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Upland Habitats and Impacts of Herbivores, Lochaber – Event summary
** This event in Lochaber was one of a series, further events are being held in Sutherland, Wester Ross & Drymen over the next few weeks ** The impacts of…
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Thinking Ahead for Better Suckler Returns: Turriff – Event Summary
Planning ahead could help improve the efficiency and profitability of suckler herds The topic for the meeting was how planning ahead could help improve the efficiency and profitability of suckler…
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Wet Weather Resilience Planning: Craigie – Event summary
Wet weather has had a massive impact on farm businesses across South West Scotland since Autumn 2017. The meeting focused on how a business can recover through the spring and…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Moray – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
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Wet Weather Resilience Planning: Isle of Bute Event summary
Wet weather has had a massive impact on farm businesses across South West Scotland since Autumn 2017. The meeting focused on how a business can recover through the spring and…
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Important information on the new version of the Muirburn Code
With the Muirburn season upon us, this is a reminder that a new version of the Muirburn Code was produced for the Scottish Government by Scotland’s Moorland Forum and launched…
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Greening & NVZ Compliance: Forfar – Event Summary
There have been subtle changes to the Greening Rules for 2018 The morning started at the Plough Inn in Forfar, with a good attendance. Gillian Innman spoke during the morning…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Laurencekirk – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies for Arable Farming (Thainstone) – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests such as…
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NVZ & Nutrient Planning Workshop (Borders) – Event Summary
NVZ regulations With the deadline for NVZ plans around the corner, farmers in the Borders were given a timely reminder of the NVZ planning and record keeping requirements at this…
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