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New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Management Workshop – Event Summary
Introduction Delegates attended the 6th FAS New Entrant Programme workshop held on 21st February at Radstone Hotel. The group were joined by Poppy Frater from SAC Consulting and Peter Addie…
Read More >Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network: 3rd Meeting (Inverurie) – Event Summary
Did you know that one hectare of soil can contain 3.5 tonnes of fungi, 1.5 tonnes of bacteria and between 1-5 tonnes of invertebrates? The importance of soil biological activity…
Read More >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…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Adding Value to Your Produce – Event Summary
The North East and Forfar New Entrants to Farming groups joined together to discuss adding value to their farm produce. Guest speaker and food marketing ‘guru’, Kerry Allison, from SAC…
Read More >Caithness Soil & Nutrient Network Final Meeting – Event summary
This was the final of 3 visits to the Knockglass Soil & Nutrient Network Farm. With the recent wet weather Gavin Elrick, soils & drainage expert gave a very apt talk on…
Read More >Spring barley – managing disease risk
Spring barley remains the most popular and, usually, profitable of the spring cropping options in Scotland but that top ranking for profitability depends on attaining good yields of over 6…
Read More >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…
Read More >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…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Benefits of Benchmarking (Borders) – Event Summary
New entrants to farming in the Borders recently attended a workshop on the benefits of benchmarking their farm business performance. AHDB’s Benchmarking Manager Doreen Anderson led the workshop and explained…
Read More >Turning over a New Leaf – The Importance of Shelter on the Croft – Event Summary
This meeting took place in Great Bernera on the far west coast of Lewis with a croft tour of small woodland habitat and a demonstration of planting techniques in the village of Kirkibost.
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