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A Guide to Croft Succession Planning
When it comes to croft succession planning, regulations can be a little complex. This guide outlines three different scenarios and guidance for crofters, such as landlords of a vacant croft,…
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How Healthy Dung Communities Help Your Farm
With the price of inorganic fertilisers escalating, dung is becoming increasingly valued as a rich source of nitrogen and phosphorus. Quite literally ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass!’ Within the dung,…
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Monitoring Flock Performance Vlog Series
Throughout 2024 and 2025 we followed three sheep farmers in Scotland to discover how they monitor flock performance, and how data helped them make future decisions on breeding and management.…
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Rewilding & Farming
The practice of rewilding is gaining momentum in Scotland, with many options available for farmers and land managers to take rewilding actions. Different types of agricultural land can lend itself…
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Preparing Crofts and Small Farms for 2025 and Beyond
Future agricultural support is changing, and while the schemes crofts and small farms are eligible for will not change in 2025, there are additional things you will have to do…
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Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045
The Scottish Government has released the latest figures for Scottish agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen use for the accounting year 2022-23. The results are broadly positive with the…
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Selecting Finished Lambs – A Practical Guide
It is important to know when your lambs are ready for sale so that you can maximise returns from your flock. There are two main routes for finished lambs: selling…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Management Matters: Auction Marts
History In a system described as ‘Independent, transparent, open and competitive’; farmers have been trading livestock at auction marts for over 200 years. During that time, livestock markets have faced…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Inputs: Dairy Heifers
When you think of inputs, dairy heifers don’t instantly spring to mind, but they are a key input into the milking herd; accounting for around 20% of total production costs.…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Sector Focus: Diversification on a Shoestring
Diversification: Supporting Farm Income As the latest Scottish Farm Business Income figures for 2022-2023 highlighted that the gap in overall farm business income between the average farms with and without…
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