Membership Categories
Information Service
Members subscribing to this service receive -
Monthly Bulletins describing crop development, input requirements, seasonal problems and updates on trials.
Open days on trial sites are attended by key staff who update members on trials progress and answer queries on relevant crop management issues.
Annual regional results meetings to analyse and discuss the conclusions of the seasons trials.
Annual Conference where invited speakers drawn from research organisations from the UK and abroad address members on a range of topics.
E-mail service of key trial results during
harvest.
Telephone or e-mail access is available throughout the growing season.
Group Membership
Members subscribing to this service
attend monthly meetings in groups of approximately
8—12 local farmers. These meetings are
attended by a Scottish Agronomy advisor
and detailed crop management input matters
are discussed, as well as marketing and
legislative matters. Each month the group
meets on a different farm in rotation.
The group then moves on during the day
to examine as many crops on other farms
within the group as is necessary to satisfy
each member of the decisions requiring
action over the next month. Group members
also receive the Information Service package.
Groups are established in all the arable
areas from Easter Ross to the Borders.
1-2-1
Members receive
all the benefits of The Information Service
plus a monthly meeting with an advisor
for in depth discussion on their crop
requirements coupled with crop inspections.
(Maximum time for visit is one half day.)
Field Walking
Members
receive all the benefits of The Information
Service plus a detailed crop input management
service based on field by field written
recommendations, and more frequent advisory
visits compared to the 1-2-1 service.
Corporate Membership
This membership
is offered to Manufacturers, Plant breeders
and other trade organisations who wish
to take up the Information Service.
Preferential rates for contract trials
are also offered to Corporate members
Contract Membership
Scottish
Agronomy are the largest trials organisation
in Scotland, specialising in combinable
crops and potatoes. Trials can be carried
out under confidentiality contracts
to clients own protocol or designed,
by consultation to achieve a specific
goal.
