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CropCast

Farm Advisory Service

Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisors Tiffany Stephenson and Mark Bowsher-Gibbs will be joined by a range of industry experts, bringing you timely updates to help you make decisions in the field. The CropCast series alternates monthly between regular technical updates with host Tiffany Stephenson and CropCast Conversations with host Mark Bowsher-Gibbs. Producers George Gauley and Heather Stuart, Editor Cameron Waugh, Executive Producer Kerry Hammond, in association with the Scottish Government. Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service is funded by the Scottish Government. Our podcast covers a range of topics which help support your farm or croft to be more profitable and sustainable.

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Episodes

58 episodes

  1. Growing, Roguing and Marketing at Chapel Organics 43:16
  2. Sowing, Growing & Milling at Mungoswells 32:24
  3. Using Insects to make Fertiliser 34:02
  4. Field to Fork with Kettle Produce 46:17
  5. Crop Trials & Innovation 37:30
  6. Scottish Quality Crops - Under The Bonnet of SQC 42:37
  7. PCN & Water Scarcity 43:21
  8. Conversations - Hemp - The Crop in Waiting? 39:56
  9. Knowing Your Numbers 57:53
  10. Conversations - United Oilseeds 49:31
  11. Agronomy Past, Present & Future 45:59
  12. Cover Crops 41:32
  13. Conversations - The Maltsters’ Association of Great Britain 41:35
  14. Arable Farm Finances 33:13
  15. Machinery Replacement 43:53
  16. Conversations - Optimising Soil Biology 45:19
  17. Ergot 25:31
  18. Greening 2026 1:14:25
  19. Conversations - 2025 Grain Markets and Update from the Field 45:14
  20. Grain Storage 28:56
  21. Potato Viruses 27:46
  22. Conversations - Sugar beet: Making a Comeback? 33:33
  23. Talking Herbicides with Bayer 30:36
  24. Tom Scrope, Nuffield Scholar 2025 32:53
  25. Balbirnie Home Farms: Thinking Outside of the Box 46:28
  26. Grain Analysis 40:46
  27. Soil Health: A View from Jim Wilson 49:35
  28. Regenerative Agriculture (A View from Yorkshire) 47:49
  29. Spring Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update) 25:26
  30. Winter Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update) 32:46
  31. Fungicide Performance 2024 27:16
  32. Biodiversity on Arable Farms 34:30
  33. Time to talk about IPM 42:38
  34. Natural Products Part 2 - VIXERAN (Biostimulant) 30:17
  35. Natural Products Part 1 - Elicitors 29:39
  36. Spring Fertiliser Applications 30:32
  37. The Journey to Strip Tillage 55:15
  38. Alternative Crops 47:19
  39. Fungicide Performance Trial Results 2023 45:49
  40. Organic Farming 33:00
  41. Winter Grazing Cereals 48:27
  42. Barley Varieties (Winter & Spring) 54:19
  43. Winter Wheat Varieties 48:10
  44. Benchmarking & Market Forces 31:45
  45. Reduced Tillage & the Impact on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 47:52
  46. Low Drift Nozzles & Closed Transfer Systems 35:47
  47. Crop Disease Management: Winter & Spring Barley 30:05
  48. Crop Disease Management - Winter Wheat 36:44
  49. Using Nitrogen Efficiently 34:39
  50. Intercropping 38:55