Publications
Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Dawn Destor-Mackinnon
Find out how Dawn built up her contract shepherding business here
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Jane Isaacson
From being brought up on a croft raising pedigree welsh black cattle to milking her Highlanders for ice cream – read about Jane Isaacson’s journey…
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Helen McColm
Find out what it took to stop Helen describing herself as ‘just’ a farmer’s wife…
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Agroforestry in Scotland
In this video, we hear from farmers, Andrew & Seonag Barbour from Mains of Fincastle as they explain how their hill farm cattle and sheep…
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Farm Advisory Service newsletter February 2020
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Technical note (TN732): Recommended grass and clover varieties 2019-2020
+++Please note that the latest list (2020/21) is now online and can be found here+++ The agricultural industry in Scotland is co-operating in a scheme…
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Bielgrange Farm, East Lothian – a Soil & Nutrient Network host farm
Niall Jeffrey manages Bielgrange Farm in East Lothian and was one of our Soil & Nutrient Network host farmers during the period 2018 – 2020.…
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Technical note (TN728): Planning Agricultural Field Drainage
Download TN728 – Planning Agricultural Field Drainage Planning agricultural field drainage requires a detailed investigation to obtain the best results. Depending on the site, there…
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Agronomy 2020: Soil Health, what are the benefits? Hargreaves, Cloy & Rees
Agronomy 2020: Soil Health, what are the benefits? Hargreaves, Cloy & Rees Read the presentation slides used by SRUC’s Dr. Paul Hargreave, Dr. Joanna Cloy…
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Agronomy 2020: Re-inventing Farm Trading, Sam Scott
Agronomy 2020: Re-inventing Farm Trading, Sam Scott During the Scottish Borders Agronomy 2020 event, Sam Scott a local grain merchant with Graindex gave a presentation…
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