Life in Lockdown
What a strange and memorable year 2020 is shaping up to be. Since the turn of the year we have seen a new threat to our modern lifestyles, in Covid -19. The spread and effect of this new virus has been alarming and unprecedented with many commentators looking to...
Spring Has Sprung
The last 2 weeks of March and the 1st week of April have seen a change in the seasonal calendar with warmer drier weather allowing hard pressed farmers to focus on planting spring crops and feeding winter crops. It is amazing at this time of year how a sickly looking...
Is this an Infodemic?
The last month markets have been in turmoil as the Corona Virus or Covid 19 has burst onto the scene. The rapid spread and governments inability to control the virus has unsettled financial markets. Initially we saw the “hot money “ flee stocks and shares, this was...
Wind on the Prairie – Scotgrain Heads West
Scotgrain’s General Manager Owen Southwood has just returned from a trip to Calagary, Alberta where he was visiting Canada Malting, a sister company of Scotgrain Agriculture as part of the United Malt family. The trip allowed Owen to share some of the experiences of...
From Fields to Fairways – Scotgrain’s Annual Golf Tournament
The 2019 Scotgrain Golf Tournament took place at Brechin Golf Club, with about 20 farmers taking to the fairways along with some of the Scotgrain team. Findlay Russell of Drummietermont Farm took the winners prize on the day, with Graeme Carnegie and Ross Hume coming...
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Visiting our Lothian plots this week.
Wind has been relentless lately making spraying tricky.
Will be interesting to compare progress with our sites further North.
We are the only Scottish maltster doing this level of independent variety evaluation #Scotgrain #Barley #Trials
Really interesting day yesterday at the Grass Seed Trade Day near Aberdeen. Thanks to #SRUC for hosting
Get in touch with your local Scotgrain farm trader about all your grass, forage, cover crop requirements.
#Grass #Seed #Scotgrain
Our Early Evaluation Plots near Edinburgh are an important part of assessing future barley varieties for both
Bairds Malt
and the Scotch Whisky Industry.
Its #WorldWhiskyDay tomorrow and we're proud to play a part in its sustainability for the future. #Whisky #Scotch
KWS Sassy emerging nicely near Banchory.
This variety has proven itself to be robust enough to handle the Scottish climate and have exceptional performance in the distillery.
Great example of Scotgrain bringing the Scotch supply chain together #GrowingInScotland #Scotgrain #KWS
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Visiting our Lothian plots this week.
Wind has been relentless lately making spraying tricky.
Will be interesting to compare progress with our sites further North.
We are the only Scottish maltster doing this level of independent variety evaluation #Scotgrain #Barley #Trials
Really interesting day yesterday at the Grass Seed Trade Day near Aberdeen. Thanks to #SRUC for hosting
Get in touch with your local Scotgrain farm trader about all your grass, forage, cover crop requirements.
#Grass #Seed #Scotgrain
Our Early Evaluation Plots near Edinburgh are an important part of assessing future barley varieties for both @bairdsmalt and the Scotch Whisky Industry.
Its #WorldWhiskyDay tomorrow and we're proud to play a part in its sustainability for the future. #Whisky #Scotch
As the central connection between growers and distillers, we are grateful for the opportunity to work alongside customers and explore more of how provenance, terroir and sustainability can be developed in the story of Scotland's best export.
#whisky
From the land to the dram: the story behind one of Scotland‘s most exciting whiskies
On the Scottish island of Islay, Bruichladdich Distillery is paving the way for progressive and sustainable whisky production
www.theguardian.com
As the initial stage of the supply chain, we recognise that our sustainability measures bring benefit not only to ourselves, but to the growers and customers that we work alongside.
KWS Sassy emerging nicely near Banchory.
This variety has proven itself to be robust enough to handle the Scottish climate and have exceptional performance in the distillery.
Great example of Scotgrain bringing the Scotch supply chain together #GrowingInScotland #Scotgrain #KWS
It’s April and we have snow of course! Great progress on spring barley in the last 10 days. This snow might delay any more for a couple of days #snow #GrowingInScotland #Harvest22
Great view of Aberdeenshire atop Mither Tap 🙌
We supply seed, fertiliser and have grain contracts in this key region for Scotch whisky supply chain.
Get in touch with your local farm trader today #GrowingInScotland #Bennachie #Aberdeenshire
Kevin Robb is Scotgrain’s farm trader for Black Isle / Easter Ross. Get in touch with us to discuss seed, inputs and contracts for harvest #GrowingInScotland #BlackIsle
