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New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Workshop (Stirling) – Event Summary
Stirling New Entrants group met on the 30th of January 2018 to discuss Grassland management at the Stirling Court Hotel, Bridge of Allan. Poppy Frater, Sheep and Grassland Specialist from…
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Scottish farmers offered support to access £252m available for woodland planting and management
The Farm Advisory Service (FAS) is offering funded support to help Scottish farmers manage and establish woodland and access a share of the £252 million available through the Forestry Grant…
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New Entrants to Farming: Health & Nutrition Planning (Argyll) – Event Summary
CATTLE RATIONING SUMMARY During the meeting we calculated rations for a spring calving suckler cow (700 kg) as shown on the QMS Timeline leaflet (which can be found in the…
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Integrated Crop Management Roadshow: Fife – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management – a more holistic approach that can benefit your farm yields This roadshow event was held at the Elmwood campus of SRUC on 25th January 2018 with…
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Lower Tweed Priority Catchment Solutions to Protect Water Quality – Event Summary
Protecting Water Quality This Borders meeting focused on solutions to protect water quality and featured a demo of spring back fencing. The unique fence design allows a stock fence to…
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New Entrants to Farming: Skye’s the Limit – Event Summary
On Thursday 22nd Feburary a group of new entrants from Uist crossed the minch to visit some crofting enterprises in Skye. The trip had been requested by a number of…
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Ramularia update
Ramularia leaf spotting can be a major cause of early leaf death in Scottish barley, with associated yield and quality losses. As it is a relatively new disease most winter…
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Islay Agricultural Business Group – Beef & Sheep Marketing – Event Summary
Islay Discussion Group held a meeting with guest speaker Robert Logan explaining the current market trends and influences and explored how this could affect local prices in the near future.…
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Soil & Nutrient Network – Case Study: Bogindollo Farm, Angus
Introduction to Bogindollo Farm Bogindollo Farm is a mixed arable and suckler unit, run by Euan Crichton. The arable rotation includes winter and spring barley, spring oats, winter wheat and…
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Soil & Nutrient Network – Case Study: Girrick Farm, Roxburghshire
Background Girrick is an owner occupied mixed arable, beef and sheep unit farmed by Andrew Forster and his family. Girrick lies around 450ft above sea level and extends to 242ha, all…
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