Colin Dargie
@colin_dargie
Agronomist, Crop Adviser & Deputy General Manager at East of Scotland Farmers Ltd, Coupar Angus. Dundee born & bred - and proud of it! Views are all my own.
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16-11-2017 11:34:08
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Today’s “day in the life of a socially distancing agronomist” started with the whole new concept of reading The Courier on my iPad - filling in the crossword puzzle made a hell of a mess of the screen.....!
You know you’ve made it when you feature in The The Courier Craigie Column! True story folks, or if it’s not I hope my late Nana’s wicked sense of humour cheers you up in these uncertain times! P.S. Translations for non-native Dundonians are available......
On the 27th April 1239, Pope Alexander IV granted the Monks of Lindores permission to create schools in Dundee. One of these being the HighSchoolofDundee which still has a “Lindores” house. Ironically it was from Dundee that the reformers came from in 1543 to sack the Abbey.
.NFU Scotland Combinable Crops meeting today discussing supply chain, contracts, Brexit, trade & plant protection products 🚜 Willie Thomson Dave Bell Hamish Logan @AndrewMoir4 Mark McCallum Ian Sands Just A Farmer Martin Kennedy Colin Dargie Alistair Hodge Chris Leslie 🏴
Finishing #Run1000 on a high with my first EVER 10km! Thanks for the inspiration to run 🏃♂️@SheenaHorner & to run buddy Karen Stewart (& of course 1st ever run buddy Andrew Orr) Well done to all runners - huge amounts raised for RSABI - supporting people in Scottish agriculture et al ✋
The Grewar Farming cycling top continues on it’s annual sojourn round far flung parts of Europe! Today 55 miles from Vienna 🇦🇹 to Bratislava 🇸🇰 🚴☀️😎