Events
Banffshire Soil & Nutrient Network: Save money with effective nutrient budgeting
Venue: Banff Springs HotelTime: 7:00 pm
Save money with effective nutrient budgeting Can you make better use of organic manures on your farm? Can your use of fertiliser be targeted better in order to improve efficiency…
Futureproof Your Hill Farm: Making more out of what you’ve got
Venue: Dingwall MarketTime: 10:30 am
Come and find out what’s out there to help you make the most of your hill farm business, at a time when the future seems uncertain. Hear from: – David…
Ayrshire Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd event – Counting the value of slurry
Venue: SAC Consulting, JF Niven BuildingTime: 11:00 am
Don’t underestimate the value of home-produced nutrients This is the second of a series of three meetings to be held by the Ayrshire Soil & Nutrient Network. Building on the…
Sheep Condition Scoring and Nutrition – Kilberry
Venue: Coulaghailtro FarmTime: 11:00 am
Pre-lambing is one of the most important periods in the sheep calendar. Ensuring ewes achieve key targets in terms of nutrition and condition can set the footing for the coming…
A Practical Approach to NVZs and Cross Compliance – Thainstone
Venue: Glen Garioch RoomTime: 1:30 pm
Did you know that one-third of NVZ breaches found in Scotland in the last two years were in Aberdeenshire? Let’s make that a thing of the past! This meeting at…
New Entrants to Farming: Using Figures to Make Money (Brechin)
Venue: The Northern HotelTime: 7:00 pm
Research shows that successful farmers are likely to be good at using figures to plan and control their performance. SAC Consulting’s Kev Bevan will explain how to better use figures…
Brexit Meeting- Understanding a bit more about it (Cupar)
Venue: Elmwood Assembly HallTime: 1:30 am
In one form or another Brexit will be upon us in less than two months. The more we understand the more we may be able to reduce the impacts on…
Slurry Lagoon Storage & Construction – Lanark
Venue: Quothquan Village Hall,Time: 10:30 am
An informative day looking at the planning, design and construction of slurry lagoons This FAS meeting will highlight the main considerations for farmers who are thinking about building new slurry…
Making the Grade (Campbeltown)
Venue: Tonrioch FarmTime: 11:00 am
Come along to our practical workshop with Mr Bill MacKinnon of ScotBeef who will explain, in depth, how grading is executed, the presentation of fat cattle to the abattoir and…
Preparing for calving (Farm Profit Programme)
Venue: Thainstone CentreTime: 7:00 pm
Ring 2, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie Year 2 gross margin results from the focus farms. Live demo – Successfully calving a cow with Vet Andrew Smith. FREE TO ATTEND For more…
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