2020 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…
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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…
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Patricia Sutherland
Patricia Sutherland is a crofter in Caithness, producing soft fruit which she sells at Wick Market. Alongside her husband George they have built up a successful business, selling direct to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Milk Manager News July 2020
Read the latest edition of Milk Manager News here.
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Jo Wallace
Jo Wallace is a vet and owns Machers Veterinary Services, Wigtownshire. Together, with husband Wylie and three young children, they farm the 300 acre Whitehalls Farm in Sorbie, and run…
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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…
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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…
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