Agribusiness News 2022 – SAC Farm Management Handbook 2022/23

With the importance of forward budgeting and seeking to minimise carbon emissions by maximising technical efficiency, the 43^rd Edition of the SAC Farm Management Handbook (co-funded by the Scottish Government) is now available to download free on the Farm Advisory Service website at https://fas.scot/publication/fmh2022

To own your own hard copy of this comprehensive and up-to-date source of farm and rural business management information, please visit www.sac.co.uk/fmh
or contact us on 01835 823322 or email the FMHB team on fmh@sac.co.uk

This year’s handbook includes:

• Gross margins and technical details for livestock, crop and organic enterprises,
• Information on Direct payments (Basic Payment Scheme, Greening, Grant Schemes) and Rural Development Programmes,
• The Carbon section which discusses the main greenhouse gases in agriculture, explains how the carbon footprinting process works, identifies mitigation measures, and provides farm benchmarks, and
• Guidance on diversification, building and machinery costs, renewable energy, farm woodland, crofting and small farms, new entrants, finance, taxation and much more.