2020 Publications
Hedges – Cultivating, Cutting and Carbon Capture
In this video, Agricultural Consultant, Alex Pirie, provides a good overview of what to think about when considering planting, or how you manage hedgerows on the farm. Alex introduces the…
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Small scale seed saving on the Uist machair
Small scale cropping is thriving on the machairs of Uist. A key element of the system is the use of traditional indigenous varieties of seed that are uniquely suited to…
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Livestock Grazing Beet: Feat. Dr Jim Gibbs
The third and final podcast in our fodder beet for livestock series. This podcast focuses on the health of livestock grazing beet and we are again joined by Dr Jim…
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Barnside Farm – Becoming Organic, Rotational Grazing, and Mob Grazing
In this podcast SAC Consultant Malcolm MacDonald caught up with Charley and Andrea Walker from Barnside Farm. They discussed their farming system, why they became organic, rotational grazing and mob…
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Mentoring New Entrants: An interview with John Matheson
Interview with John Matheson, owner of a 300-acre, 10 year limited duration tenancy farm based in Aberdeenshire. John has over 20+ years experience in farm management and currently specialises in…
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AgriBusiness News December 2020
The December edition is now available to download and read here. Along with the regular articles on policy, cereals, beef, potatoes, sheep and milk, this month we have feature articles…
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Beef Production in South America
In this webinar, we heard first hand from Allan Cameron, who runs a large farming operation in Argentina. Allan is an Argentinian who can trace his roots quickly back to…
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New Entrants: Is the Grass Always Greener?
An international evening featuring New Entrants from across Europe discussing how they got a start in the industry and what they are doing differently from their predecessors. We had contributions…
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