Video Publications
Lamb Weighing: An Alternative Method
In small scale agriculture where expensive equipment isn’t viable or available, the use of unconventional methods can still be applied to achieve the same goal when on a budget. In…
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Poultry Housing: Cheaper Alternatives
This video explores cheaper alternative items that can be used to house poultry where space, cost, and adaptability are required for a croft or small farm setting. Related FAS Materials…
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Making pesticide use more sustainable: Sprayer maintenance
Ben Bryant, Precision Farming Manager, Chafer Machinery Ltd, goes through a crop sprayer from top to bottom, identifying the key areas for operators to monitor as well as offering helpful…
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Alternative Enterprises: Wool
As part of a series of videos looking at alternative enterprises, in this video, we hear from Graeme Bethune from Caithness Yarns. Caithness Yarns offers premium quality artisan yarns made…
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Alternative Enterprises: Alpacas
As part of a series of videos looking at alternative enterprises, in this video, we hear from Simon Miller from Ulbster Alpaca Trekking. Simon and Dena Miller have been running…
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Women in Agriculture, Lothians: Motivate and Inspire with Jo McNicol
Prepare to be motivated and inspired by Jo McNicol, a very successful and driven mother of two. Jo will give an insight into her inspirational journey, diversifying the family arable…
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Webinar: Are you milking your environment?
Future payments to dairy farmers may alter with more emphasis on the environment and biodiversity. The BRIDE – Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment – project in Ireland has been…
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There’s More Than One Way to Fence in Livestock!
There’s more than one way to fence in livestock! In this webinar we looked at 3 different fencing options. Synne Foos Bundal from Nofence, the world’s first virtual fence for…
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Women in Agriculture, Argyll: Motivate & Inspire
In this webinar we heard inspirational women tell their stories about how they are involved with farming and crofting across Argyll and the Islands. Four very different backgrounds and routes…
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Natural Capital: Reasons for Measuring the Baseline of Natural Capital in a Landscape
Natural capital has finally been given economic value – the combination of soils, species, communities, habitats and landscapes are now recognised as ecosystems services, with critical societal benefits. The degradation…
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