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Sustainable Sheep Systems: Viewfield Case Study

Read how the Maxwell family at Viewfield have developed a sustainable low input productive flock through a focus on functional genetics and production off forage. The Maxwell family, Marcus, Kate…

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Overhead Powerlines: recognise the dangers and stay safe

How safe are you when you are working near overhead powerlines?   Every year people are killed or seriously injured when they come into contact with...

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Purchasing Farm Software – What to Consider

Farm software can be a useful tool to help you stay compliant with regulations, to help keep track of inputs and outputs, and when combined...

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Benefits of completing your SAF online video

  New to completing your SAF form online? There are significant benefits to completing your SAF form online compared with paper. Check out this video...

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How to complete your SAF Online

  Are you heading online to complete your SAF form for the first time? Wondering how to navigate the system? Then check out this demo...

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Livestock Monthly: Sheep (May 2021)

In the latest of our livestock monthly podcasts episodes hosted by Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay of SAC Consulting, we talk sheep with Veterinary Investigation Officer,...

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Keeping children safe during lambing

Lambing is an exciting time seeing new-born lambs either in their pens or lambing outside and taking their first steps. Equally exciting is how young...

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Embracing technology to improve sustainability – EID

In this episode, Daniel Stout of SAC Consulting speaks with Harriet Wishart from SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Research Farm about the different EID and data...

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Farm Resilience – Driving Forward

Your opportunity to listen back to our evening with Jim Shanks, Colin McGregor, Neil Sandilands and Bob Prentice. Find out what makes a farm business...

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Bouncing Forward From A Crisis

Farming is a high pressure industry and while the lifestyle is great, at times of great uncertainty it is easy to become overwhelmed. With the...

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Technology for Improved Animal Welfare – EID

Daniel Stout of SAC Consulting speaks with Harriert Wishart from SRUC’s Kirkton farm about the different EID and data recording technology now available and how...

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Cost Savings Of Using A Drone

Could using a drone on farm save you money and reduce your labour costs?  Could it improve animal welfare?

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Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Bob Prentice

What is it that makes a farm business successful? And how can we all strive to be more resilient in the face of challenge and...

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Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Neil Sandilands

What is it that makes a farm business successful? And how can we all strive to be more resilient in the face of challenge and...

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Webinar: Drones and Devices for Modern Day Farming

      Thought drones were just for fun, for taking aerial shots and pretty pictures? Did you know a drone could save you time...

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Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers – Colin Hunter

In this episode Mary-Jane Lawrie speaks with Colin Hunter, who farms at Stonelaws Farm in East Lothian. Colin has been farming with min till and...

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Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers: John Sinclair

John Sinclair owns and runs Craigies Farm Shop just outside Edinburgh.  It’s a family run business with pick your own fruit and veg as well...

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Webinar Recording: Climate Change – Cows v Cars

The ‘silver-bullet’ solution to the climate change crisis is for consumers to stop eating meat – fact or fiction? Topics surrounding climate change and GHG...

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Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers – Bill & Helen Smith of The Byres Farm, Fochabers

In the first of our series of podcasts with Forward Thinking Farmers, Mary-Jane Lawrie spoke to Bill and Helen Smith of The Byres Farm, Fochabers. ...

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Overhead Powerlines: recognise the dangers and stay safe

How safe are you when you are working near overhead powerlines?   Every year people are killed or seriously injured when they come into contact with...

Read more >

Purchasing Farm Software – What to Consider

Farm software can be a useful tool to help you stay compliant with regulations, to help keep track of inputs and outputs, and when combined...

Read more >

Benefits of completing your SAF online video

  New to completing your SAF form online? There are significant benefits to completing your SAF form online compared with paper. Check out this video...

Read more >

How to complete your SAF Online

  Are you heading online to complete your SAF form for the first time? Wondering how to navigate the system? Then check out this demo...

Read more >

Livestock Monthly: Sheep (May 2021)

In the latest of our livestock monthly podcasts episodes hosted by Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay of SAC Consulting, we talk sheep with Veterinary Investigation Officer,...

Read more >

Keeping children safe during lambing

Lambing is an exciting time seeing new-born lambs either in their pens or lambing outside and taking their first steps. Equally exciting is how young...

Read more >

Embracing technology to improve sustainability – EID

In this episode, Daniel Stout of SAC Consulting speaks with Harriet Wishart from SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Research Farm about the different EID and data...

Read more >

Farm Resilience – Driving Forward

Your opportunity to listen back to our evening with Jim Shanks, Colin McGregor, Neil Sandilands and Bob Prentice. Find out what makes a farm business...

Read more >

Bouncing Forward From A Crisis

Farming is a high pressure industry and while the lifestyle is great, at times of great uncertainty it is easy to become overwhelmed. With the...

Read more >

Technology for Improved Animal Welfare – EID

Daniel Stout of SAC Consulting speaks with Harriert Wishart from SRUC’s Kirkton farm about the different EID and data recording technology now available and how...

Read more >

Cost Savings Of Using A Drone

Could using a drone on farm save you money and reduce your labour costs?  Could it improve animal welfare?

Read more >

Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Bob Prentice

What is it that makes a farm business successful? And how can we all strive to be more resilient in the face of challenge and...

Read more >

Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Neil Sandilands

What is it that makes a farm business successful? And how can we all strive to be more resilient in the face of challenge and...

Read more >

Webinar: Drones and Devices for Modern Day Farming

      Thought drones were just for fun, for taking aerial shots and pretty pictures? Did you know a drone could save you time...

Read more >

Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers – Colin Hunter

In this episode Mary-Jane Lawrie speaks with Colin Hunter, who farms at Stonelaws Farm in East Lothian. Colin has been farming with min till and...

Read more >

Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers: John Sinclair

John Sinclair owns and runs Craigies Farm Shop just outside Edinburgh.  It’s a family run business with pick your own fruit and veg as well...

Read more >

Webinar Recording: Climate Change – Cows v Cars

The ‘silver-bullet’ solution to the climate change crisis is for consumers to stop eating meat – fact or fiction? Topics surrounding climate change and GHG...

Read more >

Podcast: Forward Thinking Farmers – Bill & Helen Smith of The Byres Farm, Fochabers

In the first of our series of podcasts with Forward Thinking Farmers, Mary-Jane Lawrie spoke to Bill and Helen Smith of The Byres Farm, Fochabers. ...

Read more >

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