Video Publications
Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Girtridge Farm)
In this video John Howie introduces us to his EID system. John got involved with EID through his time as a QMS monitor Farm. John is using UHF management tags…
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Introducing Our Forage Crop Vlogs
Introducing our forage crop vlog series! We have three fantastic farmers, who have kindly agreed to allow us to follow them and their forage crops throughout the year via video…
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Two’s Company Three Doesn’t Have To Be A Crowd
Do you have your scanning results, too many triplets, dreading feeding pet lambs? Considering breeding the hoggs or want to make a better job of it? Then this is webinar…
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Keeping children safe during lambing
Lambing is an exciting time seeing new-born lambs either in their pens or lambing outside and taking their first steps. Equally exciting is how young children love lambing time where…
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Final meeting of the Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network: What’s in your soil?
This webinar was the third and final meeting of the Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network (broadcast 15/12/2020) and for this meeting, the focus was on What’s living in your soil?…
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Future Crofting: Don’t fear the new gear
Don’t fear the new gear. This meeting looked at two different technologies for livestock which were available under the Scottish Agricultural Capital Grant Scheme. Sheep EID stick reader and a…
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Spring Barley – Planning your NPK (webinar)
Fertiliser is often the largest variable cost when growing spring barley with timing and rates critical to achieve optimum yield, market requirements and limit any negative effects on the environment.…
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Letting a Croft
In this short video we explain why and how to let a croft, which differs from sublets and assignations. Owner occupier crofters, and landlords, might consider this method of keeping…
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Colostrum For Lambs
Colostrum is the ultimate super food for new born lambs, watch this short video, where Kirsten Williams gives some tips on storing, freezing and defrosting colostrum for this lambing.
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – “Ewe are what ewe eat” (video)
Ewe nutrition in the 8 weeks pre-lambing is essential to ensure the ewe receives sufficient energy and protein to support the growth of the unborn lambs and milk production. The…
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