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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?…
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Lantra Next Generation Training Fund
Next Generation Newsletter This article is produced as a part of the FAS Next Generation Newsletter. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox quarterly. Subscribe In response…
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Top Tips for Successful Calf and Lamb Management
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Getting off the Mark with Your Tenancy Application Webinar Summary
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Getting Started in Farming
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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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ABN April 2024 – Management Matters: Retirement Planning
Thinking about your future Many farmers quite rightly concentrate on the ‘here and now’ of their businesses, but how often is there thought given to life after the farm? There’s…
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