Podcast Publications
Breacan-Beithe croft – feeding the local community (podcast)
Listen to our latest podcast interview with new crofter, Catherine Mitchell, owner of Breacan-Beithe Croft. In this podcast, Catherine recalls how she got started in crofting and the help she…
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Neil Wilson – Brexit, Coronavirus and Forward Thinking (podcast)
Just before the UK ‘lockdown’ SAC Consultant Chloe McCulloch spoke to Neil Wilson, formerly Head of Agriculture at HSBC and now an independent consultant and director of the Institute of…
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North East Organic Discussion Group: Marketing (podcast)
In this podcast, Malcolm MacDonald speaks to Food and Drink consultant Kerry Allison about marketing and the wider food and drink industry. Kerry outlines the scale of the Scottish food…
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Understanding Nutrient Interactions with Mark Tripney
Mark Tripney, ISoils Ltd, returned as a guest speaker at the second meeting of the Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network. The topic for the meeting was ‘Understanding Nutrient…
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Employing People (podcast)
Employing People in agriculture is becoming an increasingly complex situation. Many farms employ people on a self-employed basis to provide valuable extra resources at busy times – for example relief…
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Women in Agriculture: Becci Barr, Easter Bavelaw Farm (podcast)
We spoke to Becci Barr, a farmer in Midlothian about her experiences as a new entrant farmer, what she learned from her time on the Rural Leadership Programme and a…
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Agroforestry in Scotland (Podcast)
Forestry consultant Stephen Adlard chats to Dr Fritha Langford, a researcher from SRUC. They discuss the wider benefits of integrating trees and agriculture, and Fritha explains how silvopastoral systems have…
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Kim Walker – Personal resilience (podcast)
The Farm Advisory Service has run a number of meetings on Personal Resilience with Kim Walker over the last few months, and we spoke to her about what it means…
Read More >Beef Efficiency Scheme – Genomics ft Eileen Wall
In this podcast, Eileen Wall, Head of Research at SRUC, provides an overview of the genomics work she is involved in – looking at genetics data and tissue samples recorded…
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Alternative bedding podcast: Compost by-products
In this episode of our podcast, Beef Consultant Sarah Balfour discusses the merits of various alternative bedding products. In this episode she visits Keenan Recycling in Aberdeenshire to discuss the…
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