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Funding for Water Resilience and Climate Adaptation on Farms
As experienced by many Scottish farmers and crofters this year, climate change is driving warmer and drier summers. Ensuring reliable water access will require farmers and crofters to adopt forward-looking…
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Summer Shows – Animal Movements
Summer show season is now mostly over for another year. It is important that livestock keepers who exhibited livestock at summer agricultural shows ensure that cattle and sheep movements have…
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Get support to integrate AI into your operations
Farmers and crofters across Scotland are increasingly exploring the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their agricultural businesses. From streamlining operations to improving decision-making, AI offers a range of…
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Get Funded Specialist Advice to Benefit from Trees on your Farm or Croft
Planting trees on farms and crofts can help prevent livestock heat stress, increase water use efficiency and reduce the effects of erosion from wind and runoff. Trees on farms can…
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Policy Shift in Deer Management for Climate and Nature
Scotland’s wild deer populations have reached historically high levels – estimated at around one million animals, double the 1990 figure. These include red, roe, sika, and fallow deer. Without natural…
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Future Farming Investment Scheme
The Scottish Government have launched their new capital grant scheme – the Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS). The scheme opened for applications on 14th July and will close again on…
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Findings from Moorepark ’25 – Irish Dairying: Innovating the Future
Every two years Teagasc hold an open day at their dairy research facility, Moorpark, in County Cork. This year’s theme was “Innovating for the Future.” Since the removal of quotas…
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Land-Based Pre-Apprenticeship Scheme
Are you 16 to 21 years old and seeking employment opportunities in Scotland’s land-based sector? If so, the land-based pre-apprenticeship scheme could be for you. The scheme has recently been…
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Mentoring for Next Generation Farmers & Crofters
The Farm Advisory Service offers up to four days of free mentoring from experienced mentors for new entrants who have become head of a farming business within the last five…
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Next Generation Practical Training Fund
Following a successful pilot in Autumn 2023, the Next Generation Practical Training Fund has reopened and will continue until March 2027. Anyone who has entered the agricultural industry within the…
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