Oatridge College

What's making the headlines at SRUC Oatridge Campus?

• New research into protecting vegetables from disease, naturally

  As concerns over pesticides such as neonicotinoids grow, SRUC is to work with the James Hutton Institute on a new research programme looking into ways of activating a plant’s natural defences instead.

• SRUC Welcomes Two New Professors

  Issues linked to intensive farming were examined during special public lectures by two recently appointed SRUC Professors.

• Yet Another Threat to Lambs – Warning of Nematodirus Infection as Temperatures Climb

  Vets from Scotland’s Rural College fear young lambs are at risk from a mass hatch of Nematodirus battus worms they expect in the next few weeks.

• Entries to Gardening Scotland from the Ayr, Cupar, Broxburn and Edinburgh Campuses of Scotland’s Rural College

  With gardeners from fifteen months to fifty-plus contributing to its entries at Edinburgh’s annual “Gardening Scotland” show, SRUC emphasises the role horticulture can play for all generations.

• SRUC Principal Elected to Fellowship of Royal Society of Edinburgh

  Professor Bob Webb, SRUC Principal and Chief Executive, has become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

• Students Collaborate in Search for Ways to Improve Damaged Grazing

  Work by students at the Oatridge Campus of Scotland’s Rural College will advise farmers on ways to quickly restore grassland and grazing badly damaged by months of poor weather.

• Getting to Know SRUC: The Crop Protection Team

  SRUC’s Crop Protection team is part of the Crop and Soil Systems Research Group.

• Gardener Callum Chosen as One of Tresco Bound Trio

  Second year, Horticulture with Plantsmanship student Callum Halsted is to spend a year working at the famous Tresco Gardens in the Isles of Scilly.

• Schmallenberg Lamb Losses Reflected in SRUC’s CT Scanning Service

  The impact of Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) in England has been reflected in the activities of SRUC’s CT sheep scanning service this year.

• Leatherjacket Numbers High

  SRUC Warns the Hard Winter Has Not Stopped March of the Daddy-long-legs grubs!