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Policy Update – The Whole Farm Plan
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Read More >Profiting from Reduced Tillage – Minimum Tillage at St-Martins
Mark McCallum farms at St-Martins on the Black Isle. The farm is an arable unit extending to 220 ha of owned and rented land. Cropping is predominantly Spring Barley at…
Read More >Profiting from Reduced Tillage – Minimum Tillage at Rhynie Farm
Donald Ross farms in Easter Ross on Rhynie Farm. The farm is a 750-acre mixed unit, 400 acres under the arable rotation and the rest is permanent grassland. The farm…
Read More >Rush Control for Grassland Productivity – An Ayrshire Case Study
Rushes are a common sight across grassland farms and whilst small areas of rushes can provide welcome shelter at lambing and calving time they are largely an invasive weed which…
Read More >Cow Grazing Strategies in Wet Conditions
When large amounts of rainfall leave grazing fields saturated, how do we deal with wet conditions to manage the grazing platform and minimise damage to fields and gateways from poaching?…
Read More >Lantra Next Generation Training Fund
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Read More >Top Tips for Successful Calf and Lamb Management
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Read More >Getting off the Mark with Your Tenancy Application Webinar Summary
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Read More >Getting Started in Farming
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Read More >Holistic Management: Part 4 – Holistic Planning
This is the final of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management the Holistic Decision Making Framework, and…
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