Search results for: pollinators
Search results for: pollinators
Agribusiness News September 2023 – Policy Brief
…moorland plants and pollinators the Bill aims to address illegal targeting of birds of prey and ensure that the management of grouse moors and related activities are carried out in…
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Get In On The Green
…grazed wood pasture offers tremendous opportunity for pollinators, farmland birds, small mammals and in the riparian environment, amphibians, and in the nature context is generally preferrable to commercial conifer woodland….
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Herbal leys – what to consider in selecting a mix
…potentially less need for wormers. Supports pollinators like bees and butterflies by providing a food source (from flowering species). Multi-species mixes can be sown in either spring/early summer, ideally when…
Read More >The Benefits of Beetlebanks on Arable land
…quality, with a lack of flowering species for pollinators or tussocky grasses to provide the over-wintering habitat required for many beneficial insects. In large arable fields often grass margins are…
Read More >Nature Based Solutions to Combat Drought and Flooding
…flowers, benefiting pollinators and natural enemies such as parasitic wasps. Alternatively, reduced or no-till have been found to greatly increase the amount of organic carbon in soil. Additionally conventional tillage…
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Farm Wildlife Walks: Tackling the Biodiversity Crisis
…increasingly recognised. Wildlife rich habitats can also sequester and store carbon, support insect pollinators and natural enemies, and regulate water flow. We have worked with NatureScot to identify five practical…
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Angus Arable Biodiversity Meeting
…pollinators on your farm | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) Hedgerow Management | Biodiversity | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Working…
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Arable Biodiversity Audit Workshop
…to improve field edges and hedges for wildlife Phone Apps that can help you recognise wildlife Lunch provided. Related FAS Materials https://www.fas.scot/news/nature-based-solutions-to-combat-drought-and-flooding/ https://www.fas.scot/downloads/natural-enemies-their-lifestyles-how-to-promote-them/ https://www.fas.scot/downloads/practical-guide-why-and-how-to-increase-pollinators-on-your-farm/ https://www.fas.scot/publication/maximising-the-nature-value-of-hedges-at-old-leckie/ https://www.fas.scot/downloads/hedgerows/ Related External Materials https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/agricultural-reform-programme/arp-route-map/…
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Benefits of Silvopasture to Farms
…benefits were measured – more beetles, spiders, pollinators and, very importantly, earthworms. We harvested completely (roots and all) some 21 year old trees and found they were storing about 70tC/ha….
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Farm Wildlife Walks – South West
…Advisory Service (fas.scot) How to increase wild pollinators on your farm | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) Hedgerow Management | Biodiversity | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)…
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