Publications
Improve Your Soil Fertility
This video covers soil fertility to maximise use of synthetic fertiliser by correcting soil pH, maintaining adequate phosphate (P) and Potassium (K) indices and encouraging clover. Poppy Frater, Sheep and…
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Milk Manager News July 2022
The July 2022 edition of Milk Manager News is now available. Along with the regular articles on Milk Market Update and Straights Update; this month we also have feature articles…
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Improve Your Grassland Productivity With Weed Control
In this video we hear Poppy Frater, Grassland Specialist at SAC Consulting, and Colin Taylor, Taylor Technologies, discuss two weeds most important to established grassland in Scotland – Docks and Creeping…
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Rural Roundup Bonus Content – Catherine Collins
Catherine Collins, at Croft 11, Clovullin near Fort William, shares how mentoring through FAS has given her the right start to crofting and helped her integrate into the community. Catherine…
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Sustainable Worm Control in Sheep Factsheet
Anthelmintic Resistance to wormers is increasing and is one the biggest challenges within the sheep industry, impacting the health and profitability of many flocks. Minimising the risk of worm burdens…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – When to Wean?
Weaning date is a key management tool as it can be used to influence lamb growth rates, ewe body condition score (BCS) and allows more strategic grazing resource allocation. 12-13…
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Crop Health Updates – June 2022
The weather has been pretty variable across the country and so in some areas it has been tricky to get sprays on to spring barley. Winter crops look well although…
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Scottish Recommended Lists for Cereals 2022/23
The Scottish cereals lists include varieties of spring and winter barley, wheat and oats that are of most agronomic and commercial value to Scottish growers and the cereals sector. Recommendations…
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Assessment Plans Handout
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the holistic approach to pest management which aims to maximise profitability and productivity whilst minimising the negative impacts of production on the environment. For more…
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