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Managing Water Margins & Priority Catchment Area Update – event summary
The event focused on outlining the implications of the new priority catchment areas in Dumfriesshire and considered options for the effective management of water margins. After the opening of the…
Read More >Ensuring All Calves Get the Best Start: Dystocia’s Affect on Early Beef & Dairy Calf Nutrition – event summary
The future success and profitability of every farm begins with the farm’s young stock. During this successful meeting, Katrina Henderson, (Veterinary Investigation Officer from SAC Veterinary Services) spoke about the importance…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Common Grazing (Skye) – event summary
The meeting was held in Portree on the subject of Common Grazings which is very relevant to the area. A well attended meeting where 3 groups were formed to go…
Read More >The Knock-on Effects of Flooding from Storm Frank and Mitigation Measures for the Future – event summary
Around 20 farmers attended the event at Birse Hall to hear about how flooding has impacted on a local farming business, discuss soil and forage analysis from the flooded areas…
Read More >Sustainable and profitable dairying (Carrutherstown) – event summary
The meeting was based on Hardgrove Farm at Dumfries and was delivered by a range of staff covering 4 main topics which are essential to ensure that dairy farming is…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Do you know what happens at the vet lab after you drop off a sample or carcass? – event summary
This meeting was targeted towards New Entrants to farming and was only suitable for those who had a strong stomach, were over 16 years old and not pregnant! Despite the…
Read More >Livestock Health and Welfare (SAC Vets Perth) – event summary
Tour of the vet lab with practical demonstrations and discussions looking at disease and parasite control and management practices to help improve herd and flock efficiencies. The event was held…
Read More >Calving techniques – event summary
A practical evening of calving techniques with SAC vet Franz, and SAC Consultant Graham Fraser. The event will be based on topics including, where 27 Farmers attended. Practical session on…
Read More >Buying Healthy Breeding Stock: Johne’s – event summary
‘Buying Healthy Breeding Stock – Johne’s’ meeting Johne’s disease does not become apparent in breeding stock for a number of years. However during this time, infected animals could be passing…
Read More >Getting the most out of your Grassland for Production and Conservation (North Uist) – event summary
This event was held in Sollas on North Uist. The meeting had a mixure of indoor and outdoors sessions as this had proved to be popular in the past. The…
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