Video Publications
Video: Harvesting heat from the ground – Ground source heat pumps
Ground source heat pumps take low-grade energy in the form of heat from the ground and, with a heat exchange unit, convert it into a more usable form of energy…
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Video: UK Climate Projections 2018: What it tells us & what we can do
The UK Climate Projections produced at the end of 2018 provide the most comprehensive picture yet of how our climate might change over the next century. This is the first…
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Video: Expanding your slurry storage with AECS
Farmer Dougie Hogarth from Knockrivoch Farm in Ayrshire hosted one of our ‘Slurry Storage & Construction’ events earlier in the year. In this video, Dougie explains why he chose to…
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Video: Forage crops for an organic system
Forage crops can provide a range of benefits, including business resilience against variable fodder supplies, low cost out-wintering and opportunities to expand farm output. We recently filmed three case studies…
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Soil Phosphorous Management
Dr Bill Crooks describes a new approach to managing phosphorous in your soil. Low levels of soil phosphorous can be very detrimental to grass and clover in the sward and…
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Forage Crops: Kevin Stewart
Forage crops can provide a range of benefits, including business resilience against variable fodder supplies, low cost out-wintering and opportunities to expand farm output. We recently filmed three case studies…
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The multiple benefits of water margins on an upland farm
At least 2 km of watercourse have been fenced off as part of the agri-environmental management at SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms. Dr. John Holland an Upland Ecologist who’s been…
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Farming with trees: Integrating trees into an upland farm
Regenerative planting has been carried out at SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms, In this video with John Holland, an Upland Ecologist and Davy McCracken, Head of Hill & Mountain Research,…
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The benefits of wader scrapes in an upland farm
Dr. John Holland, an Upland Ecologist shows Prof Davy McCracken the wader scrapes that have been created as part of a SRDP AECS contract at Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms.
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Video: Woodlands for Water
Enhanced rates of grant funding are available for woodland creation in priority water catchment areas. Hear from two Ayrshire farmers how the Forestry Grant Scheme helped them get more from…
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