Publications
Agribusiness News April 2022
The April 2022 edition of Agribusiness News is now available. Along with the regular monthly articles on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and milk, this month we also have feature articles…
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Planning for high fertiliser prices in a beef system
The fertiliser price over the last six months has been on an upward trajectory and as we enter the main growing season hope of prices falling fade. Gas is an…
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Making The Most Of A Small Land Area – webinars
This is a three-webinar series “Making the most of a small area” This series aims to enable farmers and landowners to identify and fully utilise small areas of land, maximising…
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Agritourism Factsheet
The tourism sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy and plays a vital role in wider economic prosperity. The value of the Scottish tourism sector to the wider…
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Cattle Record Keeping
This factsheet has been created to highlight the up-to-date requirements for cattle record keeping in Scotland. Since October 2021 all cattle births, deaths and movements must now be reported to…
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Direct Marketing: Glasrai Case Study
Land values restrict the opportunities available to new entrants and to existing business looking to expand, limiting the area they can afford to purchase. So how do you make the…
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Farmers in the Field Video Case Studies
Aims/purpose; Promote sustainable farming methods and regenerative agricultural practices through the transfer of knowledge Offer lower cost, higher gain alternatives to current practices Highlight the benefits both economically and environmentally…
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Soil Association Scotland’s Agroforestry in Action 2: Knowledge Transfer Programme
The aims of the project were to build on our 2021 ‘Agroforestry in Action’ (AIA) programme’s success, leveraging the knowledge acquired to continue building interest, increasing knowledge, and providing farmers,…
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Soil Health – A Route Towards Net Zero for the Scottish Livestock Industry
Farm Stock (Scotland) Limited (FSS) was awarded a KTIF grant on 10/11/2021. The grant covered a project entitled A Route Towards Net Zero for the Scottish Livestock Industry to be…
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