Publications
Future Applications of Insect Protein for Agriculture
Janette Sutherland SAC Portree interviews Zero Waste Scotland’s Dr William Clark about a new type of farming – insect farming. The podcast covers a wide variety of topics from why…
Read More >New Entrants Newsletter: Autumn 2021
Welcome to the Autumn edition of New Entrants News. Since our last edition Covid-19 restrictions have eased, vaccination role out has been extended to 12 – 15-year-olds and we are…
Read More >Technical Note (TN753): Management of inputs of heavy metals to agricultural soils and crops
Heavy metals in soils may derive from several sources: Geological parent material Industrial processes – emissions to the atmosphere followed by deposition to soils – solid and liquid wastes applied…
Read More >Regenerative Agriculture – Maintaining A Living Root
Bill Stewart is a beef finisher from Huntly who grows spring barley to feed his cattle, and he shows us why he believes keeping a living root in the soil…
Read More >What are livestock bridges? (video)
What are livestock bridges? Watch to find out how, in some situations, they can be a win:win for biodiversity and climate change.
Read More >Livestock Monthly: Beef (Recorded October 2021)
In the latest of our livestock monthly podcasts episodes hosted by Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay of SAC Consulting, we talk beef with Veterinary Investigation Officer, Alwyn Jones of SRUC Veterinary…
Read More >The Oats-So-Simple Brewing Trial
In this podcast we hear from Richie Walsh who organised the Oats So Simple Brewing trail using oats grown on a croft in Lismore. We discuss his vision of craft…
Read More >Cropcast: The Journey To Net Zero
Net Zero is a phrase that we hear all the time, but what does the journey to net zero look like for cropping systems. In this Cropcast, Prof Fiona Burnett…
Read More >New Entrants with Added Value – Morton’s Milk
Morton’s Milk is a family business based at Auchinbay Farm in Ayrshire. David and Gillian Morton farm 500 acres milking 320 Holstein cows and store 120 Belgian Blue cross-dairy cattle.…
Read More >Regenerative Agriculture – Maximising Crop Diversity
Above ground plant diversity can lead to a more resilient soil by promoting a diverse soil food web with a range of organisms. On farm, this can be achieved a…
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