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Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Sustainable Principles
Topic: Livestock, Crops and Soils, Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Crofts & Small Farms, New Entrants, Forage For Profit, Women in Agriculture, Organics, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Podcast
Managing Scotland’s landscapes sustainably is what all farmers, crofters and landowners seek to achieve. For years now there has been a steady increase in the number of land managers turning…
The Oats-So-Simple Brewing Trial
Topic: Crops and Soils, Crop Health, Rural Business, Crofts & Small Farms, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Podcast
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…
Farm Management Handbook 2021/22
Topic: Livestock, Nutrition, Grassland, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Crops and Soils, Crop Health, Soils, Farm Woodland, Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Management, Rural Business, Business Tools, Crofts & Small Farms, Brexit, New Entrants, Discussion Groups, Forage For Profit, Women in Agriculture, Organics, Common Grazings, Honeybee Group, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Farm Management Handbook
The 42nd edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, crofters, rural professionals,…
Crofting and Corncrakes (Podcast)
Type: Podcast
Janette Sutherland, SAC Portree, interviews Skye’s RSPB Corncrake project officer Shelagh Parlane. They discuss how partnership working with farmers and crofters is key to this bird’s breeding success in Scotland.…
Podcast: The Thrill of The Hill – Common Grazings for Common Good
Topic: Livestock, Crops and Soils, Environment, Rural Business, Crofts & Small Farms, Discussion Groups, Common Grazings, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Podcast
In this episode Alex Pirie chats to agricultural and crofting consultant, Janette Sutherland (SAC), about a range of topics and issues, including the lessons conventional farms can take from…
Podcast: The Thrill of The Hill – Lime & Soil Health
Topic: Livestock, Grassland, Beef Cattle, Sheep, Crops and Soils, Soils, Environment, Biodiversity, Rural Business, Crofts & Small Farms, Discussion Groups, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Podcast
In the eleventh episode of the Thrill of the Hill podcast series, agricultural consultant Alex Pirie talks to Dr Bill Crooks (SAC), about the current state of Scotland’s soils, the…
Farm Management Handbook 2020/21
Topic: Livestock, Nutrition, Grassland, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Crops and Soils, Crop Health, Soils, Farm Woodland, Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Management, Rural Business, Business Tools, Crofts & Small Farms, Brexit, New Entrants, Discussion Groups, Women in Agriculture, Organics, Common Grazings, Honeybee Group, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Farm Management Handbook
The 41st edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, rural professionals, students…
Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Kirsteen MacKinnon
Find out about the livestock and haulage enterprises Kirsteen MacKinnon is a partner of on the Isle of Tiree; how she has got to where she is now, and what…
Farm Management Handbook 2019/20
Topic: Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Crops and Soils, Crop Health, Soils, Farm Woodland, Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Management, Rural Business, Business Tools, Crofts & Small Farms, Brexit, New Entrants, Discussion Groups, Women in Agriculture, Organics, Common Grazings, Honeybee Group, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Farm Management Handbook
The 40th edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, rural professionals, students…
What can the Farm Advisory Service do for you?
Topic: Livestock, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Crops and Soils, Crop Health, Soils, Farm Woodland, Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water Management, Rural Business, Business Tools, Crofts & Small Farms, Brexit, New Entrants, Discussion Groups, Women in Agriculture, Organics, Common Grazings, Honeybee Group, Smallholders, Island & Remote Business Group
Type: Video
Regardless of farm size or business stage, the Scottish Farm Advisory Service can help you to increase the profitability and sustainability of your farming business through Government funding for one-to-one…
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