Video Publications
An Introduction to the Fife Soil & Nutrient Network: Edenwood Farm
Edenwood is an intensively run lowland Fife farm. It grows a mix of carrots, lettuce, leafy brassicas and potatoes alongside cereals and beans. The vegetables are grown for Kettle…
Read More >An Introduction to the Borders Soil & Nutrient Network – Kerchesters Farm, Kelso
This was the first in a series of events for the new for 2020 Borders Soil & Nutrient Network. Tommy Clark from Kerchesters Farm has kindly agreed to…
Read More >Webinar Recording: Getting A Start With Joint Venture Farming
The third of our series of “A new Start” webinars, looking at joint ventures. With land become harder to come by and a genuine barrier to entry into…
Read More >Webinar Recording: Success Through Hard Times
Making farming work when you have to battle against the weather, fluctuating input and output prices can be daunting and seem almost impossible. However, Charley and Andrea Walker, Grassland…
Read More >Webinar: Woodland Creation & Management Part 1 – Benefits of woodlands
We address the hows and whys of woodland creation and management in this series of webinars. During this first webinar, we focus on the benefits of woodlands both…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlogs – Adapting the grazing management to stretch grass supply
Grass growth at 50kg dry matter per hectare per day and farm average cover at 1900 kg dry matter per hectare indicates that grass supply is not ideal…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlogs: Growing fodder beet for pregnant ewes on Shetland
An expensive crop to grow, but Jamie discusses the value of fodder beet for ewe feed in the winter. He has experimented with oats alongside the beet as…
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Moving steers through rotationally grazed paddocks and clover after rain
Giles Henry at Oakwood Mill, Scottish Borders Thankful for June rainfall, Giles shows us the yearling steers during their paddock shifts and gives us clover envy!
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Adapting to slow grass growth and pre-mowing with dairy cows
The farm has received some much-welcomed rain so is greening up well. William has had to adapt the grazing management quite a lot in response to slow grass…
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