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New Entrants Case Study: Joint Ventures for Landowner
Case Study: Stephen Withers and Neil Sandilands Share Farming – A Different Approach for Owner and Operator Share Farming is not common in Scotland but two farmers explain how it…
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Integrated Land Management Plan Case study: Fergus Laing, Glenbeg Estate
Name and business: Fergus Laing, Glenbeg Estate For many years, land owner, Fergus Laing has run a successful and diverse highland estate, incorporating a tenant farm, golfing, fishing and hunting. However, due to unforeseen…
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Integrated Land Management Plan Case study: Bitney MacNab, Cairnston Smallholding
Name and business: Bitney MacNab, Cairnston Smallholding Inspired by her youngest daughter to pursue a career in farming, Bitney MacNab – has ambitious plans to diversify from her bed and…
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New Entrants to Farming: It’s A Fluke – Event Summary
New Entrants to Farming from Caithness recently attended an informative, hands on workshop on the importance of the vet labs and disease surveillance at the SAC Veterinary Services Centre at…
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Small Farmers Meeting – An Introduction to Lambing Sheep – Event Summary
Key take-home messages: Be prepared. Stay calm. Get help – if in doubt, call in the vet. Most problems at lambing are nutrition related. If you manage condition correctly you…
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New Entrants to Farming: An Introduction to Lambing – Event Summary
Most problems at lambing are nutrition related. If you manage condition correctly you can minimise metabolic disorder, lambing issues and maximise the number of lambs reared. The participants were made…
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Common Grazings Discussion Group – Uist (second meeting) – Event Summary
The meeting started with Janette Sutherland reporting back to the group on the benchmarking survey undertaken at the launch meeting. A discussion followed on the pertinent points from the survey…
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Lothians Small Farms Workshop, Cross Compliance & Tagging – Event Summary
At this workshop we offered advice on cross compliance on your farm as well as tagging and record keeping for livestock.
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New Entrants to Farming: Cow Signals Workshop (Stranraer) Event Summary
CowSignals provides a framework to structure cow observations so that management and animal welfare can be improved. By spending time observing your herd and answering key questions regarding Feed, Water,…
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North East Organic Group – Event Summary
This was the first meeting of year two of the North East Organic farming Discussion Group. Debs Roberts, Organic Policy Manager, SOPA gave a comprehensive update of the organic market…
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