Quality Meat Scotland: Streamlining at the Banff and Buchan Monitor Farm

The idea for ‘Streamlining’ at Sauchentree Farm, comes from the Banff & Buchan Monitor Farm Management Group who have challenged Monitor Farmer Bruce Irvine to look at his management and build on a number of already successful time-saving initiatives.

The meeting begins at the Aberdour Parish Hall on Friday 6th June at 12.45pm.

Bruce continues to expand his business with the addition to his livestock and arable enterprises of a 32,000 layer unit at Sauchentree. This means big changes for Bruce when managing his cattle, sheep and arable enterprises-and his team.

• Michael Blanche, Perthshire livestock farmer and Pasture Pod host will open the meeting with a discussion on streamlining workloads and time management for busy farmers.
• On the farm, John Ritchie, Montalt Farm, Farmers Weekly 2023 Grassland Farmer of the Year will demonstrate how Bruce could save significant time on grassland management.
• Iain Chapman, farmer and Managing Director of Farmlay, producer/packager of over 7million eggs weekly, will highlight what he’s learned about efficiency and management through combining egg and livestock production.
• Bruce is about to take on new employees. Michael Blanche along with Robert Gilchrist, Chief Executive of the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society will face head on the challenges of management of self and others when expanding a farm business.