Combinable

NFU Scotland’s combinable crops chairman, Willie Thomson, who farms near Longniddry in East Lothian said: “One trend clearly apparent from the results is how much better winter crops have fared this harvest when compared to spring-sown crops.

The guest speaker was area based cereal grower, Mr Iain McMordie, who described his experience in controlling his mechanisation costs by his choice and use of farm machinery for combinable crops husbandry.

The case for the fuel has become even more pertinent because of the potential for a no-deal Brexit, said Tom Bradshaw, the union’s combinable crops board chairman.