2020 Publications
Michelle Stephen Podcast
Listen to our podcast interview with Michelle Stephen, A new entrant farmer at Meikle Tillyeve, Ellon. Michelle speaks about how she got started with the farm, taking it from a…
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Farm Woodland Information Note: Quick Guide to Conifer Trees
Farm Woodland Information Note: Quick Guide to Conifer Trees Use the link above to download a printable version of the Quick Guide table to broadleaved tree species as shown in…
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Webinar: Women In Agriculture – Sheep and Cattle Nutrition Starter Session
This topic, of nutrition for ruminants, was requested by the members of the Inverness-shire and Ross-shire Women in Agriculture group. This first session covered the basics of ruminant nutrition, with…
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Farm Woodland Information Note: Quick Guide to Broadleaved Tree Species
Quick Guide to Broadleaved Tree Species Use the link above to download a printable version of the Quick Guide table to broadleaved tree species as shown below. For more information…
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Farm Woodlands: Information Note – Obtaining Permission to Fell Trees
Farm Woodlands: Information Note – Obtaining Permission to Fell Trees The felling of trees is regulated by Scottish Forestry through the issuing of Felling Permissions (formerly Felling Licences). Felling includes…
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Webinar: Scotland’s Cereals – a National Update on Cereals & IPM principles
Originally broadcast on the 30th of April, this webinar looked at life post-Chlorothalonil; it’s good to know your options and our guest panellists talk through what these are. Present for…
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Farm Advisory Service newsletter May 2020
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The Effect of Reducing Milking Frequency – SRUC Dairy Farms Case Study
The Effect of Reducing Milking Frequency – SRUC Dairy Farms Case Study Are there benefits to be had from moving from a 3x milking system to 2x? Perhaps the main…
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Breacan-Beithe croft – feeding the local community (podcast)
Listen to our latest podcast interview with new crofter, Catherine Mitchell, owner of Breacan-Beithe Croft. In this podcast, Catherine recalls how she got started in crofting and the help she…
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Neil Wilson – Brexit, Coronavirus and Forward Thinking (podcast)
Just before the UK ‘lockdown’ SAC Consultant Chloe McCulloch spoke to Neil Wilson, formerly Head of Agriculture at HSBC and now an independent consultant and director of the Institute of…
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