Sustainable Systems: Financial Health
Information on farm business economics and business resilience
Writing a Farm Tenancy Tender Application
A farm tenancy tender application is generally a substantial document generally encompassing a business plan and projected financial budgets, along with additional information which may be stipulated by the prospective…
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ABN April 2024 – Management Matters: Retirement Planning
April 1, 2024Thinking about your future Many farmers quite rightly concentrate on the ‘here and now’ of their businesses, but how often is there thought given to...
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Holistic Management: Part 2 – Holistic Decision Making Framework
March 19, 2024This is the second of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the...
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Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction
March 7, 2024This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management....
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Green Finance
January 24, 2024In this episode of Natural Capital, we are talking about the issue that underpins every topic we cover, and that is finance and funding! With...
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Thrill of The Hill – Agrecalc Cloud: The Sky’s the Limit
December 21, 2023THRILL OF THE HILL | Carbon and benchmarking carbon are here to stay, firmly embedded in the best practice for the farming community. With COP28...
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Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
November 30, 2023The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial...
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Why and how to do an energy audit
November 22, 2023Energy has become an expensive commodity in recent years and reviewing energy use through an energy audit is a practical step to help reduce costs...
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Farm Labour shortages, free upskilling events, and a conversation with The Soil Association
August 2, 2023Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany,...
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sector Focus: National Beef Herd
May 1, 2023Falling Beef Cow Numbers – Should We Be Worried? As discussed previously in the monthly beef outlooks, the higher number of cows being culled has...
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Rural Roundup – Pasture for Life, Exploring Unconventional Grazing, the Proposed Closure of the Forfar Mart and the Potential Consequences
April 26, 2023Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode we hear from Farm Advisors, Tiffany,...
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Agribusiness News Audio April 2023
April 11, 2023Welcome to the April 2023 edition of Agribusiness News, brought to you by the Farm Advisory Service (FAS). Agribusiness news helps you to scan your...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Input Costs: Seasonal Workers
April 3, 2023Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences The regulations of Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences apply to any overseas national that a UK farm wishes to employ if they...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Northern Ireland Protocol Update
April 3, 2023What is the latest on the NI Protocol? In late February Westminster announced the Windsor Framework, a new proposal to resolve ongoing post-Brexit trade issues...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 – 2022
April 3, 2023Average FBI is at its highest for the last 10 years, at £50k, and it’s also the first year that the average farm is profitable...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Budget Update
April 3, 2023High-level outlook On 15th March, Jeremy Hunt revealed his first UK Government budget, detailing plans for tax and public spending for this financial year. Alongside...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Policy Brief
April 3, 2023Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) 2022 From the 28th March 2023 payments for the 2022 SSBSS 2022 scheme year will be paid at the following rates:...
Read more >Scottish Farm Business Survey – Good Technical Efficiency Pays
March 31, 2023Every year, the Scottish Farm Business Survey (SFBS) produces National Group Average Datasets for you to benchmark your farm business. This allows you to investigate...
Read more >Universal Credit
March 30, 2023Universal credit is being withdrawn for many but you may still be eligible. This article provides information to raise awareness of how to identify what...
Read more >Energy Bill Support for Farm Businesses
March 10, 2023The energy market has been in a volatile state for some time now and this article aims to explain the current support that is available...
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Keeping Control of Costs – Financial Planning for Livestock Farmers
February 10, 2023Livestock farmers are experiencing unprecedented input costs, and while there are no silver bullets, good cost control and cashflow management can help to ensure that...
Read more >Ecosystem Markets and Green Commerce
January 11, 2023In our final episode of the series we are discussing the important financial topics which cover most natural capital projects, including ecosystem markets and green...
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Farm Management Handbook 2022/23
October 7, 2022The 44th edition Farm Management Handbook 2023/24 is out now! The 43rd edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive...
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Future Applications of Insect Protein for Agriculture
November 10, 2021Janette Sutherland SAC Portree interviews Zero Waste Scotland’s Dr William Clark about a new type of farming – insect farming. The podcast covers a wide...
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Co-operation and Collaboration – Co-ops Across the World (their future role) (webinar)
August 24, 2021The benefits of co-operation are well-evidenced. Co-operation involves farmers and others, working together to achieve a commercial objective, which they cannot achieve independently and individually....
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Setting Up A Carbon Neutral Business (webinar)
August 12, 2021In this webinar, we hear first hand from two speakers who have got low carbon and regenerative farming practices at the forefront of their businesses....
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Natural Capital and Rural Businesses
June 30, 2021In this episode of the podcast, we are exploring the subject of Natural Capital, what this term means: how does it differs from Environmental Goods...
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ABN April 2024 – Management Matters: Retirement Planning
April 1, 2024Thinking about your future Many farmers quite rightly concentrate on the ‘here and now’ of their businesses, but how often is there thought given to...
Read more >Holistic Management: Part 2 – Holistic Decision Making Framework
March 19, 2024This is the second of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the...
Read more >Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction
March 7, 2024This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management....
Read more >Green Finance
January 24, 2024In this episode of Natural Capital, we are talking about the issue that underpins every topic we cover, and that is finance and funding! With...
Read more >Thrill of The Hill – Agrecalc Cloud: The Sky’s the Limit
December 21, 2023THRILL OF THE HILL | Carbon and benchmarking carbon are here to stay, firmly embedded in the best practice for the farming community. With COP28...
Read more >Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
November 30, 2023The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial...
Read more >Why and how to do an energy audit
November 22, 2023Energy has become an expensive commodity in recent years and reviewing energy use through an energy audit is a practical step to help reduce costs...
Read more >Farm Labour shortages, free upskilling events, and a conversation with The Soil Association
August 2, 2023Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany,...
Read more >Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sector Focus: National Beef Herd
May 1, 2023Falling Beef Cow Numbers – Should We Be Worried? As discussed previously in the monthly beef outlooks, the higher number of cows being culled has...
Read more >Rural Roundup – Pasture for Life, Exploring Unconventional Grazing, the Proposed Closure of the Forfar Mart and the Potential Consequences
April 26, 2023Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode we hear from Farm Advisors, Tiffany,...
Read more >Agribusiness News Audio April 2023
April 11, 2023Welcome to the April 2023 edition of Agribusiness News, brought to you by the Farm Advisory Service (FAS). Agribusiness news helps you to scan your...
Read more >Agribusiness News April 2023 – Input Costs: Seasonal Workers
April 3, 2023Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences The regulations of Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences apply to any overseas national that a UK farm wishes to employ if they...
Read more >Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Northern Ireland Protocol Update
April 3, 2023What is the latest on the NI Protocol? In late February Westminster announced the Windsor Framework, a new proposal to resolve ongoing post-Brexit trade issues...
Read more >Agribusiness News April 2023 – Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 – 2022
April 3, 2023Average FBI is at its highest for the last 10 years, at £50k, and it’s also the first year that the average farm is profitable...
Read more >Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Budget Update
April 3, 2023High-level outlook On 15th March, Jeremy Hunt revealed his first UK Government budget, detailing plans for tax and public spending for this financial year. Alongside...
Read more >Agribusiness News April 2023 – Policy Brief
April 3, 2023Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) 2022 From the 28th March 2023 payments for the 2022 SSBSS 2022 scheme year will be paid at the following rates:...
Read more >Scottish Farm Business Survey – Good Technical Efficiency Pays
March 31, 2023Every year, the Scottish Farm Business Survey (SFBS) produces National Group Average Datasets for you to benchmark your farm business. This allows you to investigate...
Read more >Universal Credit
March 30, 2023Universal credit is being withdrawn for many but you may still be eligible. This article provides information to raise awareness of how to identify what...
Read more >Energy Bill Support for Farm Businesses
March 10, 2023The energy market has been in a volatile state for some time now and this article aims to explain the current support that is available...
Read more >Keeping Control of Costs – Financial Planning for Livestock Farmers
February 10, 2023Livestock farmers are experiencing unprecedented input costs, and while there are no silver bullets, good cost control and cashflow management can help to ensure that...
Read more >Ecosystem Markets and Green Commerce
January 11, 2023In our final episode of the series we are discussing the important financial topics which cover most natural capital projects, including ecosystem markets and green...
Read more >Farm Management Handbook 2022/23
October 7, 2022The 44th edition Farm Management Handbook 2023/24 is out now! The 43rd edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive...
Read more >Future Applications of Insect Protein for Agriculture
November 10, 2021Janette Sutherland SAC Portree interviews Zero Waste Scotland’s Dr William Clark about a new type of farming – insect farming. The podcast covers a wide...
Read more >Co-operation and Collaboration – Co-ops Across the World (their future role) (webinar)
August 24, 2021The benefits of co-operation are well-evidenced. Co-operation involves farmers and others, working together to achieve a commercial objective, which they cannot achieve independently and individually....
Read more >Setting Up A Carbon Neutral Business (webinar)
August 12, 2021In this webinar, we hear first hand from two speakers who have got low carbon and regenerative farming practices at the forefront of their businesses....
Read more >Natural Capital and Rural Businesses
June 30, 2021In this episode of the podcast, we are exploring the subject of Natural Capital, what this term means: how does it differs from Environmental Goods...
Read more >