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How Are Your Cows Coping with the Warmer Weather?
As temperatures increase with the summer weather, it is important to think about heat stress in your cattle and what you can do to reduce the impact. Heat stress occurs…
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Organic Oilseed Rape Production in Scotland
Organically grown oilseed rape is not a crop typically associated with the UK, and certainly not in Scotland. However, this has all started to change over the last few years based around the experiences of a small group of farmers and other stakeholders, with the first commercial crops having been grown mostly in NE Scotland over the last three seasons.
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Fermented wholecrop to boost winter forage stocks
Being a late spring, there is little silage left over from last winter and many of this year’s first cuts are reported to be light crops, raising concerns about forage…
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Keeping Water Clean For Livestock
With cattle now out to grass, it is worth remembering to empty and clean out water troughs to stop stale and potentially dirty, contaminated water sitting in troughs until cattle are housed again.
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Did You Know? (FWN36 Spring 2021)
Wooden stave churches, ‘stavkirker’, have stood for centuries, thanks to a specific technique used to prepare trees for harvest. It’s thought there were once thousands of these types of churches…
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Forestry Grant Scheme Update – (FWN36 Spring 2021)
2020-21 saw a 33% increase in the volume of Woodland Creation applications compared to 2019-2020. Scottish Forestry (SF) approved applications at a record rate and were predicted to hit the…
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Innovation in Tree Shelters – (FWN36 Spring 2021)
Is the end in sight for forests of plastic? Trees can provide many environmental benefits but why do so many start their lives inside plastic tubes? Creating new woodlands and…
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Integrating Trees Demonstrator project – (FWN36 Spring 2021)
If you are a farmer or crofter and want to find out more about tree planting, then you can’t beat seeing and hearing from those doing it practically on the…
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Funding to help support new tree nurseries – (FWN36 Spring 2021)
Could setting up a tree nursery have potential to diversify your business? An additional £1.5 million funding has been pledged through Scottish Forestry’s Harvesting and Processing Grant, which helps with the…
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New Loan Available for Small-scale Woodland Projects – (FWN36 Spring 2021)
New loan available for small-scale woodland projects A new loan scheme aimed at supporting small scale woodland creation projects has been launched. Under the Small Woodlands Loan Scheme, half of the…
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