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Soil management in grassland systems: Nairn – Event Summary
What is soil health and why is it important? Audrey Litterick from Eartchare Technical Ltd was our first speaker. Her presentation started off with an explanation in to what soil…
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Forth Priority Catchment Area Meeting: Drymen – Event Summary
Diffuse Pollution Priority Catchment information meeting for those in the Drymen area This Stirlingshire meeting focused on solutions to protect water quality and featured a demo of spring back fencing…
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Inverness-shire Soil & Nutrient Network: Final meeting – Event summary
At the last of three Soil and Nutrient Network meetings on the Black Isle local farmers came along to participate with Agricultural Consultants Gillian McKnight, Christine Watson and Bryan Griffiths.…
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West Lothian Nutrient Network Farm Final Meeting – Event Summary
The third and final meeting of the West Lothian Soil & Nutrient Network was held at West Binny Farm. The topics for discussion were GPS soil analysis, fertiliser, an update…
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New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Management – 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 grassland can recover through the spring and…
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Alternative Watering Meeting: Dumfriesshire – Event summary
Following the introduction of the Diffuse Pollution General Binding Rules (DP GBRs) in 2008, significant livestock poaching and erosion within 5m of a watercourse is no longer acceptable. This meeting showcased the…
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News from RSABI
RSABI, a Scottish Charity that provides support for people in agriculture recently released the following press release which we’ve reprinted in full below. Here’s how they can help you if…
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New Entrants to Farming: Using Figures to Make Money – Event Summary
New entrants to farming from Morayshire and the North East of Scotland met to discuss how to ‘Use Figures to Make Money’. Samantha Stewart from SAC Consulting was the main…
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Commercial Forestry Planting on an Active Farm – Event Summary
This meeting looked at integrating commercial forestry planting onto an active farm. It will explored the sometimes difficult balance between tree planting on a commercial scale and maintaining a viable…
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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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