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CropCast – Greening 2026

17 July 2025
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In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Donald Dunbar and Alan Bruce to discuss changes to EFA options under the Scottish Government’s enhanced greening measures for 2026, and how…

Thrill of the Hill – Between a Rock Rose and a Hard Place

17 July 2025

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

Rural Roundup Podcast

Rural Roundup – Future Farming Investment Scheme

14 July 2025

Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. On today’s episode George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson discuss the new Future Farming Investment Scheme, which will open for applications on 14th July 2025…

Agri Culture podcast

Agri Culture – Brose Oats: Cream of the Crop

9 July 2025
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Mary-Jane Lawrie is joined by Josh Barton from Brose Oats. Josh tells us about the company, Brose Oats, and their oat milk products, telling us the story of how the…

Business and Policy News Audio July 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on Scottish Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission and Nitrogen Use

8 July 2025

Along with our regular monthly updates on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we also have a spotlight on Scottish Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission and Nitrogen Use.…

Stock Talk Podcast

Stock Talk – The 5-Mile Pig!

27 June 2025
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Welcome to Stock Talk hosted by Principal Consultant Kirsten Williams.  On today’s episode Kirsten is joined by farmers Ben and Harriet Lowe. HB Farms in Aberdeenshire consists of Newseat of…

Crofting Matters podcast

Crofting Matters – FFIS, CAGS, WFP and Greening for Crofting

27 June 2025

The Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) grant scheme is a new scheme in 2025, allowing crofters and farmers to invest to improve business efficiency, nature and climate friendly farming. The…

Rural Roundup Podcast

Rural Roundup – Enhanced Greening for 2026

26 June 2025

Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. On today’s episode George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson talk to Professor Steven Thomson about the Enhanced Greening conditional changes which will come into effect…

Natural Capital – NatureMetrics: eDNA

24 June 2025

Measuring and accounting for biodiversity across farmlands is becoming increasingly important. Environmental DNA (eDNA) involves collecting genetic material from environmental samples like water and soil to detect what species are…

Thrill of the Hill – Planting MOREwoods: The Woodland Trust

19 June 2025
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Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…



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