Crofting Matters Publications
Crofting Matters – Matchmaking New and Retiring Crofters
Many aspire to having and working a croft, however crofts are difficult to obtain, at least in the more productive and scenic areas. At the same time, retiring crofters sometimes…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Subsidy and Support Changes for Crofting
Support is changing, and although not all details are clear, crofters claiming subsidy need to have specific items and plans in place by next spring. Listen in to hear the…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Livestock Disease Risks on Crofts
Disease risk in livestock, and biosecurity is something we perhaps don’t consider as much in crofting areas as farmers might in more intensive systems. Crofting tends to be more extensive,…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Routes to Crofting
This episode hears from 2 crofters with two different routes into crofting. In this episode we discuss how they gained their croft, what they found were barriers, and hints and…
Read More >Lessons from Ireland
In this episode we look at what we can learn from the Irish system, where farms are similar to our crofts. A group of crofters are just home from a…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Crofting Commission Chief Executive
Gary Campbell is our guest this week. Gary is the new Chief Executive of the Crofting Commission, having just started his role in January this year. With a background working…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Common Grazing Finances: Common Issues
We are at Dornie hall, talking to clerks and committee members about the issues they face when trying to run the common grazing, especially when it comes to finances. Firstly,…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Subsidy Future & Current Schemes
Don’t miss out on the current schemes which boost income and improve animal and soil health! We discuss the PSF scheme, the future of subsidy, recent changes to the Croft…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Succession
Crofting legislation is fairly complicated and its no different when it comes to succession! Brian Inkster, well-known crofting law specialist, takes us through different scenarios and highlights what to watch…
Read More >Crofting Matters – Tax & VAT for Crofters
It might not sound that interesting, but, especially these days, understanding what you can and should be doing with accounts and tax is important to save unnecessary expense and keep…
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