Practical Guides Publications
Gross Margins For Combinable Crops At Different Grain & Fertiliser Prices
Fertiliser Prices and Grain Prices have never been higher. Click ‘Download’ to view tables on how the crop gross margins are affected by increases or decreases in both.
Read More >Improve Your Farm Finances in 30 Minutes
The information in your farm accounts is yours to use to help support your business decision making. Understanding how to access that information in a simple way can be challenging,…
Read More >Planning for high fertiliser prices in a beef system
The fertiliser price over the last six months has been on an upward trajectory and as we enter the main growing season hope of prices falling fade. Gas is an…
Read More >Cattle Record Keeping
This factsheet has been created to highlight the up-to-date requirements for cattle record keeping in Scotland. Since October 2021 all cattle births, deaths and movements must now be reported to…
Read More >Information Note: Trees and carbon capture
Agricultural land use is primarily a net emitter of greenhouse gases whilst woodland has the potential to reduce emissions by acting as a carbon sink. This Information Note accompanies the…
Read More >Sheep Record Keeping Factsheet
The aim of this factsheet is to summarise the key details of sheep record keeping. It can be used as a guide to find out what is expected from you as a producer to meet legislative and traceability requirements.
Read More >Relinquishment and Assignation of Agricultural Tenancies
The relinquishment and assignation of agricultural tenancies became live on 28th February 2021 by the Land Reform Scotland Act 2016, with a new section (32A)
being introduced.
Farm Vending guide
Farm vending is an excellent way to sell fresh farm or croft produce direct to consumers. Farm vending is revolutionising the traditional farm shop experience and is very convenient for…
Read More >Pesticide Information Note: How to conduct a LERAP
Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) allow sprayer operators to reduce the buffer zones shown on some product labels. Reading the label is key as no reduction will be…
Read More >Information Note: Improving Biodiversity on Your Farm
As modern agriculture has a large focus on production, biodiversity has seen a decline over the years as farmers have utilised much of their land. This decline in biodiversity has…
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