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Employing People – What you need to know
A free roadshow of meetings will be held to provide employers with a toolkit of information in relation to employing people. Key subjects will include: • Telling the difference between…
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Visit to Drumcarro Farm proved popular
A large crowd gathered for the Organic Production Farm Visit to Drumcarro Farm near St Andrews last month. The event had been arranged to give farmers an insight into an…
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Planning For The Future Roadshow
The roadshow will be held in collaboration with FAS, NFUS and the Scottish Land Commission this will take place throughout the winter months at various different locations. The aim of…
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Farming in the Online Age: Staying Safe
As digital technology helps farming businesses to become more efficient, virtually every farmer will use at least one online service to run their business whether it’s online banking, digital accounting…
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Making Tax Digital
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intend to make the UK one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world through Making Tax Digital (MTD). The benefit of…
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Women in agriculture: Inverness – Post-event summary
The sun shone on the second Inverness group meeting, held at Kinnahaird, Contin; the farm of Amy Grant which is run in partnership with her mum, Dorothy. Poppy Frater led…
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Women in agriculture: Caithness – Post-event summary
The meeting was held at Spittal Mains Farm, by kind permission of the Erridge & Southall Families – this was recently led by SAC Consultant Cat MacGregor. An excellent turnout…
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Women in agriculture: Argyll – Post-event summary
At the second of the Argyll Women in Agriculture meetings, we went back to the basics of soil health and nutrition; what is soil made of, what nutrients can be…
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Women in agriculture: Morayshire – Post-event summary
The main speaker for the day was Poppy Frater, a grassland and sheep specialist with SAC Consulting. She used a mix of presentation and participative techniques to talk about getting…
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Women in agriculture: Aberdeenshire – Post-event summary
This was the second meeting of the Aberdeenshire Women in Agriculture group held at Scatterburn farm. Topics up for discussion on the day were grassland management, livestock vet and med,…
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