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SoilEssentials Ltd SoilEssentials are award-winning precision farming specialists helping you to improve and maximise your agricultural efficiency.

Farming smarter to make farming better. SoilEssentials Ltd, the leading Scottish precision farming specialists, are based near the foot of the Angus Glens and provide integrated solutions through the seasons to make a farmerโ€™s life easier and more profitable by farming smarter. The two directors, Jim Wilson and Robert Ramsay, each have a working farm in Angus, a heritage in farming practices and a firm passion for all that is precision. As the Trimbleยฎ designated authorised resellers for Northern UK, SoilEssentials blend this with a complementary portfolio of products and services of their own. What started with soil sampling, soon diversified further and now SoilEssentials have three distinct sections:

1. Agronomy, with soil sampling, area measuring and mapping (EssentialsMap is a precision ag portal), and EssentialsAnalysis โ€“ where SoilEssentials will create yield maps from historical data to assist growers in improving crop performance and new to the marketplace - HPI (Historic Productivity Index) maps, valuable multi-year field productivity maps to better understand historical performance.

2. Machine Control - with Trimbleยฎ Agriculture kit, Mueller Elektronik technologies, Garford mechanical weed control systems, 7Sense range of sensors and SoilEssentialsโ€™ complementary products such as EssentialsNetRTK and EssentialsRootYield.

3. Software Development/Projects - in-house team of software developers taking forward projects to further push the boundaries of possibilities and introduced our newest online platform KORE - to enhance the farmerโ€™s life and their profitability. In addition, there are ever-increasing project opportunities - at present working in partnership with some of the best R&D organisations, academic institutions and agri-tech companies around. More information: visit www.soilessentials.com

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ...
21/10/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€
David and Finlay Hay of Hay Farms, Easter Rhynd, are a fifth-generation Perthshire family business, farming 11,000 acres, growing crops including wheat, oats, barley and oilseed r**e alongside a range of vegetables.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ...
21/10/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ
West Fortune Farm, run by Haig Hamilton senior and junior at Drem, near North Berwick, is an 810ha business growing potatoes, winter barley, winter wheat and oilseed r**e, while using wind and biomass energy to support farm operations.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ...
21/10/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ
Milrig Farm in Kirklinton is a fifth-generation family business that combines 700 acres of arable crops with suckler cows and breeding ewes, while investing in technology, cover crops and soil health.

If you're heading to AgriScot on 18 November this year, you may wish to join some of the seminar sessions held throughou...
21/10/2026

If you're heading to AgriScot on 18 November this year, you may wish to join some of the seminar sessions held throughout the event.
Always a great day - we'll be there and you can meet our team on stand 192 in the Lowland Hall.
Proud to be sponsor of Arable Farm of the Year Award.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธAgriScot's Seminar Sessions for 2026 have been announced...

You can expect fresh voices and new ideas - all shaping the future of farming๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ

As AgriScot celebrates its 25th anniversary, this yearโ€™s seminar programme brings fresh perspectives and industry-led thinking to the challenges and opportunities shaping Scottish agriculture over the next 25 years.

From farm technology and crop resilience to market trends, policy and sustainability, the programme promises practical insights and lively discussion for the whole industry.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday 18 November 2026
๐Ÿ“ Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston

All seminars are free to attend, with live streaming and watch-back options available. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing a spotlight on each seminar but for now, find out more and register for free entry at: www.agriscot.co.uk

AHDB NFU Scotland Norvite Farm and Country Davidson & Robertson Scottish Dairy Hub

19/10/2026

Our SKAi spot spraying technology continues to expand further afield thanks to our Dutch SKAi dealer, Van Iperen.

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ!Our soil sampling team will be working across the Ayrshire next week, so if yo...
12/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ!

Our soil sampling team will be working across the Ayrshire next week, so if youโ€™re local and looking to get any fields sampled, it's a great opportunity to get booked in while weโ€™re nearby.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Get in touch with our Agronomy Services team to talk through your requirements - call 01356 650459 (options 3).

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ!Our soil sampling team will be working across the Black Isle next week, ...
12/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ!

Our soil sampling team will be working across the Black Isle next week, so if youโ€™re local and looking to get any fields sampled, it's a great opportunity to get booked in while weโ€™re nearby.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Get in touch with our Agronomy Services team to talk through your requirements - call 01356 650459 (options 3).

We are delighted that Angus is back in the driving seat on the family farm, and weโ€™re extremely happy to have been part ...
08/10/2026

We are delighted that Angus is back in the driving seat on the family farm, and weโ€™re extremely happy to have been part of the process and were able to help make his wish a reality.
A R Livingston and Co

Wheelchair user Angus Livingston returns to combine harvesting at his Perthshire family farm after an accident, using adapted SoilEssentials precision technology.

30/09/2026

Watching one of the new T2 7 SERIES AgBots leave the factory, heading off to its new owner in the Netherlands. Autonomous technology continues to broaden and expand, with more opportunities for farmers to explore how it could work within their own businesses.

Thinking about how an AgBot could fit into your farming business? Give us a call โ€“ weโ€™d be happy to talk it through.

Delighted that one of the contractors investing in our SKAi spot spraying technology is a finalist in the Contractor of ...
29/09/2026

Delighted that one of the contractors investing in our SKAi spot spraying technology is a finalist in the Contractor of the Year category at this yearโ€™s Scottish Agriculture Awards. ๐ŸŒŸ

We are so honoured to have been nominated for this award in the Contractor of the year section. We would like to add thanks to all our local dealerships and suppliers for all their help and advice too. From all at J&S Hay!๐Ÿ˜

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