Publications
Multi-species Grassland Management for Productivity
In this podcast the Farm Advisory Service sits down with farm manager and regenerative agriculture enthusiast, Iain Graham. With the need to balance the demands of farming in a more…
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What’s Stopping You? – Barbara Girvan
Barbara Girvan’s enthusiasm shines through as she describes her recent new enterprise of a pumpkin patch in the Highlands, providing entertainment for school holidays and raising funds for charity. Her…
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Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows 2021: Crop selection and variety performance
To coincide with the launch of the new SRUC Scottish Cereals list, this presentation will update the top choices for 2021/22. The spring barley list has been consolidated with the…
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Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Soil Health
Soils are complex systems that are important in providing and sustaining the landscapes they support. They are built up of three main components – physical, chemical and biological and these…
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Nutrient Strategy – Green Manures
In this episode George Gauley is joined by David Fuller – Shapcott from Sweethope Farm, near Kelso along with Audrey Litterick from Earth care technical. David uses a low tillage…
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Soil Association Scotland’s Farming with Nature Knowledge Transfer Programme
Farming with Nature (FWN) was a three-year knowledge transfer and skills development programme designed to work with farmers, crofters and environmental practitioners to support nature friendly farming by integrating profitable…
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The Healthy ‘BEES’ (Bee Education in Scotland) Final Report 2017 to 2020
The Healthy ‘BEES’ (Bee Education in Scotland) Project was a 3 year training programme of 24 intermediate and advanced beekeeping courses across Scotland with an overall aim to improve honey…
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Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Business Resilience and Markets
Arable businesses are seeking ways to improve their resilience what-ever the future brings. The uncertainty of an EU-UK trade deal may now be behind us but in this event we…
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Animal Health is Wealth (podcast)
Following on from Animal Health is Wealth webinar, James Orr talks to The Woodlands Trust Scotland farmer Janet Pringle and her vet, Rhona Anderson of Forth Valley Vets, about their experience…
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Sheep Health Factsheet
This factsheet aims to highlight the general considerations for sheep health and what to look out for. It should be used as a guide for when to seek veterinary advice,…
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