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Preparing Stock for Sale – Top Tips
Type: Video
Selling stock is an important part of any crofting or farming business. Before selling stock at the mart, there are a few things to consider. This video has tips…
Farm Management Handbook 2022/23
Topic: Biodiversity, Nutrition, Your Business [SS.FH.YB], Crofts & Small Farms, Grassland, Farm Woodland, Water Management, Organics, New Entrants, Dairy Cattle, Arable, Sheep, Livestock, Pigs, Smallholders, Crops and Soils, Chickens, Environment, Rural Business
Type: Farm Management Handbook
The 44th edition Farm Management Handbook 2023/24 is out now! The 43rd edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive…
Direct Marketing: Glasrai Case Study
Land values restrict the opportunities available to new entrants and to existing business looking to expand, limiting the area they can afford to purchase. So how do you make the…
Lamb Weighing: An Alternative Method
Type: Video
In small scale agriculture where expensive equipment isn’t viable or available, the use of unconventional methods can still be applied to achieve the same goal when on a budget. In…
Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Sustainable Principles
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…
Small scale seed saving on the Uist machair
Topic: Crop Health, Crofts & Small Farms, Smallholders, Crops and Soils, Rural Business, Discussion Groups
Type: Video
Small scale cropping is thriving on the machairs of Uist. A key element of the system is the use of traditional indigenous varieties of seed that are uniquely suited to…
Farm Management Handbook 2020/21
Topic: Business Tools, Biodiversity, Crop Health, Nutrition, Climate Change, Soils, Crofts & Small Farms, Women in Agriculture, Grassland, Farm Woodland, Water Management, Beef Cattle, Brexit, Organics, New Entrants, Dairy Cattle, Common Grazings, Sheep, Honeybee Group, Livestock, Pigs, Smallholders, Crops and Soils, Chickens, Island & Remote Business Group, Environment, Rural Business, Discussion Groups
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…
Farm Management Handbook 2019/20
Topic: Business Tools, Biodiversity, Crop Health, Climate Change, Soils, Crofts & Small Farms, Women in Agriculture, Farm Woodland, Water Management, Beef Cattle, Brexit, Organics, New Entrants, Dairy Cattle, Common Grazings, Sheep, Honeybee Group, Livestock, Pigs, Smallholders, Crops and Soils, Chickens, Island & Remote Business Group, Environment, Rural Business, Discussion Groups
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: Business Tools, Biodiversity, Crop Health, Climate Change, Soils, Crofts & Small Farms, Women in Agriculture, Farm Woodland, Water Management, Beef Cattle, Brexit, Organics, New Entrants, Dairy Cattle, Common Grazings, Sheep, Honeybee Group, Livestock, Pigs, Smallholders, Crops and Soils, Chickens, Island & Remote Business Group, Environment, Rural Business, Discussion Groups
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…
Valuing Your Soils – Practical Guidance for Scottish Farmers
Valuing Your Soils – Practical Guidance for Scottish Farmers
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