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Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network 2nd Meeting – Event Summary
Soil Damage & Value of Organic Manures The second Aberdeenshire Soil and Nutrient Network meeting at East Balhalgardy Farm, focussed on the two topics of soil damage (particularly in light…
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Roxburghshire Soil & Nutrient Network Farm – Meeting 2
The second meeting of the Roxburghshire Soil and Nutrient Network Farm took place in early November. The meeting began in Stichill Village Hall where various topics on each of the major nutrients were covered.
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New Entrants to Farming: Planning Your Future (Skye) – Event Summary
Talk of accounts, business planning, gross margins and benchmarking can make us feel a bit uncomfortable, not having the confidence in understanding them, let alone using them. An enthusiastic group…
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Rationing The Suckler Cow For Improved Efficiency
At a recent FAS event at Barony College, Dumfries, farmers saw that by improving suckler cow nutrition they can improve efficiency in many aspects of their business including animal welfare,…
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New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Management: Above and Below the Soil (Forfar)
This was the 5th meeting of the New Entrants to Farming group based around Forfar. The main speakers on the night were Poppy Frater, SAC Consulting and David Ross, SAC…
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New Entrants to Farming: Liver Fluke Workshop (Stirling)
Stirling New Entrants group met on the 31st of October to discuss Liver Fluke control measures at the Stirling Court Hotel, Bridge of Allan. Heather Stevenson, Veterinary Investigation Officer from…
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New Entrants to Farming: Marketing Beef & Lamb (Stranraer) – Event Summary
Know the current market demands & keep an eye on costs of production Around 12 attendees came to Drumbreddan Farm on 30th October 2017 to hear talks from John Kerr,…
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Slurry spreading guidelines for NVZ
The welcome decision by Scottish Government to assess individual farmers needs to allow the spreading of slurry within the closed period, will come as a welcome relief to many farmers…
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Eddleston Water Priority Catchment – Event Summary
The Eddleston Catchment has become a priority catchment for water quality and this meeting described what actions farmers could take to improve water quality in the catchment. Wull Dryburgh, from…
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Farm Forestry for Profit – Event Summary
At the recent event at Auchintender we saw that better land forestry planting and maintenance can be largely mechanised, leading to a great reduction in establishment costs. Grant income can exceed the costs and in many cases it is possible to gain extra income from the sale of carbon credits.
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