Publications
Compost and Growing Media
Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?! In this webinar, Audrey Litterick…
Read More >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Natural Flood Management
Changes brought on by climate change will set new challenges for farmers and landowners, with periods of intense heat and dry conditions being followed by milder and wetter winters. At…
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A New Start to Agriculture: Tips on Record Keeping
In a new video in our series looking at advice and guidance for people who want to make a new start with agriculture, Agricultural Consultant Hazel Laughton takes you through…
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Horticultural Question Time
Horticultural Question Time – in this podcast we posed the questions asked by you the FAS listeners to horticultural expert Audrey Litterick. Lots of topics were covered from the difference…
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Regenerative Agriculture – Integrating Livestock
Integrating livestock on arable farms has many benefits from extending the rotation by providing more break crops, to increasing soil protection and boosting microbial activity below ground. However, it can…
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Sheep Feed Trough: Alternative Designs
A cheap, cost effective, alternative design for a sheep feed trough using waste items on the croft that can help provide tools to manage stock without breaking the bank. Related…
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Weed Management: Cost Effective Options
This video explores the more cost effective options to applying weed management chemicals to the croft or small holding and explains the benefits of each method whilst demonstrating them in…
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Electric Fencing: A Practical Guide
A practical demonstrative video that covers the fundamental use of electric fencing in a crofting agriculture setup and discusses the benefits or such a system as a cost effective and…
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Providing Creep Feed to Lambs
This video looks at a makeshift, low budget, adaptable means at providing creep feed to lambs using items available on the croft. The benefit of the system demonstrate what can…
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Lamb Weighing: An Alternative Method
In small scale agriculture where expensive equipment isn’t viable or available, the use of unconventional methods can still be applied to achieve the same goal when on a budget. In…
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