The three finalists, from Easter Ross, West Lothian and the Borders, all take very different approaches to their farming business, yet all three operate at a very high standard. They are: Rhynie Farm, near Tain, owned and managed by Donald Ross Learielaw Farm, West Lothian, owned and managed by Walter…

SoilEssentials have introduced a simple pricing structure to make it easier and more straightforward for farmers to access the online precision farming platform, KORE. With access to satellite imagery, crop scouting tools, VRA mapping and more, it really is a valuable gateway to monitor and manage land use – and…

SoilEssentials have won (as part of a large consortium) a new 10-month project to put rural communities and industries first, called 5G RuralFirst. The project is being run by Cisco, with some of the other organisations involved being Agri-EPI Centre, The BBC, Microsoft and Nominet. The project kicked off in…

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) has announced the 2018 winners of their Technical Innovation Awards, with SoilEssentials receiving a Certificate of Commendation for KORE – our cloud-based precision farming platform. Presented at this year’s Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh, SoilEssentials Sales Director, Robert Ramsay was extremely…

An industry led group to share, disseminate and encourage adoption of advances in agricultural science and technology has been established. The group will explore the opportunities surrounding agricultural technologies as a means of helping farmers maximise on farm efficiency and the subsequent economic and environmental benefits that this can bring.…

SoilEssentials are delighted to host the Agri-EPI Centre on their stand at this year’s Royal Highland Show at Ingliston from 21-24 June 2018. This Agri-Tech Centre, one of four established by the UK government, is a natural fit with SoilEssentials – a member since inception – and one of the…

Secretary of State Michael Gove set out the direction of travel for our farming industry this week at the NFU Farming Conference on 20 February 2018. Here is an excerpt from it, with a link to the full speech. “I believe that we should invest in research and development to…

The RDPE Countryside Productivity Scheme provides funding for projects in England which improve productivity in the farming and forestry sectors and help create jobs and growth in the rural economy. As Trimble authorised dealers for Northern UK, SoilEssentials can provide the precision farming hardware that can be purchased to qualify…

Vast amounts of soil quality knowledge has been generated and used to map soil complexity but science has not yet created useful ‘rules of thumb’ to cut through the complexity to deliver practicable guidelines for growers. If we want to manage soil quality and get our soils right, we need…

State-of-the-art computer software is helping to equip Scottish agriculture students with the skills they need to become the farmers of the future. A collaboration between Scotland’s Rural College, SAC Consulting and SoilEssentials, one of the country’s leading precision farming specialists, has seen the development of special student mapping software to teach…