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Growing a Grass Wedge: Rotational & Paddock Grazing Tips for Cattle & Sheep – event summary
Grassland management is a key element to improving cattle & sheep outputs. This meeting highlighted ways to significantly improve grassland utilisation and give farmers and land managers the confidence…
Read More >Cropping Alternatives to Increase Options, Efficiency and Profit – event summary
There were two main speakers, Alan Johnson, Kings Technical Advisor for Scotland highlighted:- The reasons for growing green cover crops Regional lessons learned from 2015/16 Crops to consider The EFA …
Read More >Small Farms Workshop (Borders) – event summary
We held a series of meetings in the Borders to support small farms. The materials (presentations and handouts) can be found below. The topics covered included: Pre-lambing nutrition Condition scoring…
Read More >Getting to the Roots of the Issue – event summary
The event was held at Keppoch farm, Dundonell in Wester Ross. Paddy Jack gave an informative presentation on the wide range of factors which need to be considered when…
Read More >Kintyre Soil and Nutrient Network: 1st Meeting – events summary
Improving Farm Soils and Making Best Use of Nutrients This was the first of three Soil & Nutrient Network meetings to be held over the next 18 months. It was…
Read More >Facebook for Farmers – event summary
Facebook is a great unknown to many farmers, but it offers a free tool for marketing your livestock, produce and services to a potentially unlimited audience. The website has over 1…
Read More >Grassland Rejuvenation Day – event summary
The event was attended by 29 farmers. Talks in the morning by Gavin Elrick on soil structure and Alex Sinclair on soil fertility and fertilisers were well received and prompted…
Read More >Is Your Grassland Working For You? (Stirling) – event summary
This event was held at Caledonian Marts, Stirling. The event provided a holistic view on nutrient planning and the affect it can have on grazing, silage production and the value…
Read More >Inverness-shire Soil and Nutrient Network Meeting – event summary
First Soil & Nutrient Network meeting on the Black Isle At the first of three Soil and Nutrient Network meetings on the Black Isle, 21 local farmers participated in lively…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Take Nothing for Granted – event summary
The event was held on Friday 10th March in the HelloDigital Meeting room at the An Lochran building in Inverness. The guest speaker was SAC Consulting’s Kara Craig who took…
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