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Rural Roundup: On-Farm Events & Farmer to Farmer Learning and Talking Stock Talk
Topic: Rural Business
Type: Podcast
Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode George & Robert discuss the plethora of opportunities to get onto…
Agribusiness News June 2023
Type: Agribusiness News
Welcome to the June edition of Agribusiness News. If you prefer to download this document click the download button. N e w s i n b r i e f…
Animal Health Updates May 2023
Topic: Livestock
Type: Animal Welfare Updates
Crofting Matters – Obtaining a Croft
Topic: Crofts & Small Farms
Type: Podcast
Getting a croft isn’t easy, whether you are new to agriculture or have been working in crofting all your days. In this episode, Siobhan Macdonald and Graham Fraser discuss how…
Stock Talk – Beef & Sheep Nutrition: Planning Ahead
Type: Podcast
In this podcast we hear from SAC’s livestock ruminant nutritionists Lorna Shaw and Karen Stewart. They discuss beef and sheep nutrition from grazing at grass through to planning winter rations…
Thrill of the Hill – It’s a Trap!
Type: Podcast
THRILL OF THE HILL | With a lack of apex predators in Scotland, human intervention is often required to maintain a balance of nature, whether that is at the species,…
Rural Roundup – Headlines & Deadlines, Talking Silage; Whack it, Bale it & Stack it, & Abi Mordin from Propagate
Type: Podcast
Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany MacTaggart and George Chalmers bring you the headlines and deadlines…
Reduced Tillage & the Impact on Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Type: Podcast
Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by a range of industry experts,…
Intercropping
Topic: Intercropping [SS.WFS.I]
Type: Video
In this video, Donald Dunbar speaks about companion crops, otherwise known as Intercropping, with Jonny Mccririck in the Scottish Borders. As protein prices have been rising farmers have been looking…
Agribusiness News Audio May 2023
Type: Podcast
Along with our regular monthly updates on policy briefs, arable, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we bring you two sector overviews on sustainability trends and falling suckler cow…
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