2022 Publications
Direct Retailing from a Poultry, Dairy, Beef, Sheep & Arable farm – Lower Mill of Tynet Farm
Gordon & June Whiteford are 1st generation farmers, who have built up their farming business over the last 10 years at Lower Mill of Tynet. Their story is an inspiring…
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Cross Compliance: Disturbance of Birds
Statutory management requirements are agricultural standards set out in UK law, SMR 2 restrictions exist to protect wild birds, their eggs and habitats during the breeding season. You can check…
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Cross Compliance: Protecting Our Landscapes
Landscape features such as dykes are a unique part of the Scottish landscape, find out what the rules are under Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 7 to protect our landscape…
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Cross Compliance – Preventing Soil Erosion
Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 5 relates to limiting soil erosion. This short video explains why soil erosion is so important and your responsibilities relating to avoiding soil erosion. Related…
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Cross Compliance – Protecting Water Quality
Are you unsure of your obligations relating to the protection of water? Check out this video relating to Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions 1. Related FAS Materials https://www.fas.scot/publication/an-introduction-to-cross-compliance/
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Farm Woodland News (FWN38) Autumn 2022
Use the link above to download the latest Farm Woodland News. Articles in this edition include: Editorial Off-cuts Industry Update Resilience & Tree Health An Update on Carbon Markets (June…
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Catchment Management: The Delliefure Burn Project
In this video we speak to Penny Lawson from the Spey Catchment Initiative and Lewis Pate from the Cairngorm National Park Authority about the Delliefure Burn Project. This project was…
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Water Management on Your Farm: Catchment Based Approach
As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented wet weather to drought conditions,…
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Water Management on Your Farm: Re-connection to Floodplain
As climate conditions continue to change the sustainable management of water on farm is of great concern for many land managers around Scotland. From unprecedented wet weather to drought conditions,…
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Utilising Deferred Cattle Grazing
In this short video, we visit Giles Henry in the Scottish Borders who has been operating a low input, deferred grazing system for 26 years. We hear how Giles sets…
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