Events
Women in Agriculture: Angus – Employing People – What You Need to Know
Venue: Finavon HotelTime: 10:30 am
Do you employ anyone in your agricultural business? Are they contractors or self-employed? Do you know? This free meeting will be held to provide you with a toolkit of information…
Exploring the potential of machair cropping, Liniclate, Benbecula
Venue: Dark Island HotelTime: 7:30 pm
Machair cropping is one of the unique features of crofting in Uist. At this meeting, with guest speaker Derek Hanton from SAC Consulting, we will look at how crop husbandry…
Highlights of FAS Roadshow (Stirling)
Venue: United AuctionsTime: 10:00 am
Final dates for our Highlights of FAS Roadshows have now been announced. These Roadshows will take place at Lanark, Thainstone and Stirling throughout the month of March. Roadshows will bring…
Sheep Health and Nutrition (Aviemore)
Venue: Coylumbridge HotelTime: 7:15 pm
Are you Prepared for Lambing? Health and nutrition are the main drivers for a successful lambing and profitable sheep enterprise. In this volatile environment the industry finds itself in, with…
Upland Habitats & the Impact of Herbivores – Glenclova
Venue: Glen Clova HotelTime: 10:30 am
The event is being run in conjunction with Wild Deer Best Practice and is targeted to upland estates, stalkers and land managers to help assess impacts on blanket bog and…
Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd event – Nutrient Interactions
Venue: The Seaboard Memorial HallTime: 10:30 am
This is the second meeting of the Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network and the theme of ‘Nutrient interactions’ will follow on from the discussions during the first event. As yields…
Highlights of FAS Roadshow (Thainstone)
Venue: Thainstone MartTime: 10:00 am
Final dates for our Highlights of FAS Roadshows have now been announced. These Roadshows will take place at Lanark, Thainstone and Stirling throughout the month of March. Roadshows will bring…
Sheep Management for Beginners (Stornoway)
Venue: Marybank Mission HallTime: 10:00 am
Lambing? Got sheep or about to get them? Being new to sheep management can be daunting for any crofter. Come along to this practical workshop for expert advice and guidance…
Impacts of Herbivores – Is your grazing sustainable? (Glenuig)
Venue: Glenuig HallTime: 11:00 am
Are you managing a croft or farm? Join us for an interactive workshop where we will look at why, and how to assess grazing levels in order to ensure they…
Dairy Labour and Robotics (Dumfries)
Venue: Netherwood FarmTime: 10:45 am
The meeting will focus on some of the key strategies which can be used to combat labour recruitment issues on dairy farms. This will include hiring, training and motivating farm…
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