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Land Management for Red Billed Choughs
What are Choughs? The red billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) is a member of the crow family found in rocky places, particularly sea cliffs along the West Coast. They are shiny…
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Land Management for Machair
Machair is fertile low-lying grassland dominated by grasses and herbs. It is unique to the north-west of Scotland and Ireland and is one of Europe’s rarest habitats. Found along the…
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Should We Reconsider Cocksfoot?
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), whilst often…
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Home-Saved Seed Considerations
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Home-saving non-hybrid varieties can be…
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Pest Control – Slugs
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Keep on top of slugs…
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Handling Grain for Analysis & Storage
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. With harvest in full swing,…
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Soil Carbon Code Update
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Soil carbon has been a…
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Choosing a Catch Crop for your System
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Catch crops are grown post-harvest…
Read More >Tupping Toolkit
Checking tup health and condition 6 to 12 weeks pre-tupping gives time to make any management changes or treatments to ensure tups are in the best condition for tupping. If…
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Emerging carbon markets available to farmers in Scotland
Updated 9th March 2026 The world is dangerously close to warming above 1.5°C compared to average temperatures 150 years ago. This could lead to catastrophic climate events and irreversible impacts…
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