Events
New Entrants to Farming – Abattoir Tour (Dumfries)
Venue: Border Meats LtdTime: 7:00 pm
At this FAS New Entrants meeting, there will be an overview of what you are looking for when it comes to finishing cattle and sheep for an end market. This…
Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – Stronsay
Venue: Stronsay Community CentreTime: 7:30 pm
This is the second of three meetings of the Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network aimed at highlighting the value of good soil management. We will meet at Stronsay Community Centre…
East Lothian NVZ & nutrient budgeting workshop – Haddington
Venue: Maitlandfield House HotelTime: 11:00 am
NVZ rules have been in place within the Lothians and Borders for many years now but there are still many issues arising from inspections. This meeting will remind you of…
New Entrant to Farming – Ewe Nutrition Pre & Post Lambing (Argyll)
Venue: Taynuilt Golf Club HouseTime: 7:00 pm
Come along to this interactive session. The event is open to anyone interested in the following topic Ewe Nutrition The aim of this meeting is to discuss the importance of…
PolyProduce for Crofting & Small Holding
Time: 6:00 pm
Are you interested in using a poytunnel for horticulture on your croft or small farm? Are you confused by the quantity of options available to you? Demand for poly technologies…
Cattle & Sheep Handling Facilities: A Common Approach
Venue: Kilmuir HallTime: 10:00 am
Handling systems for cattle and sheep are often labour intensive and a mis-match of old and new. Dr Simon Turner, SRUC expert in handling systems, will lead this workshop. He…
Derelict to Productive – ‘Beyond the first 5 years’
Venue: Croft 28 FiscavaigTime: 10:30 am
This event is the third in a series of three on bringing your croft (or part of your croft) from under-productive, to productive. The three sessions broadly follow a ‘5…
Building Resilience into your Flock Pre-Lambing (Alford)
Venue: Tullynessle HallTime: 7:30 pm
This meeting aims to provide a forum for discussion on sheep management in 2019 as lambing approaches, covering the key issues that farmers need to address to ensure they have…
Don’t feel sheepish: How to get the best out of your flock – Turriff
Venue: Baden Powell CentreTime: 7:30 pm
Get the best out of your flock As lambing time approaches ensuring the correct nutrition of the pregnant ewe is vital and in the light of ever-increasing feed costs, making…
Winter Forage Availability (Keith)
Venue: Royal HotelTime: 7:30 pm
Locally we are aware that many farmers are short of silage and straw. By early February this should be clear as farmers will be well into winter but there is…
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