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Mitigating Beavers’ Impacts on a Farm

25 July 2023

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Kate Sanky from West Moss-side Organic Farm has noticed beaver activity on her land and is concerned about the risk of flooding to her land and business. Dr Roo Campbell,…

Accommodating Beaver Impacts on a Farm

25 July 2023

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Nicola Colquhoun from Ledcharrie farm, a family run deer farm in the north of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, discusses how she first noticed beavers on her land.…

Beavers: Translocation, Ecology and Mitigation

25 July 2023

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The Cairngorm National Park Authority (CPNA) is in the process of applying for a license to translocate beavers to the national park. Jonathan Willet and Lewis Pate from CNPA discuss…

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Trace element deficiencies in growing lambs

Any disease or ill health in livestock can have a negative impact on production through reduced growth rates, fertility, and rearing ability. Poor or prolonged performance will result in a…

CropCast – Winter Wheat Varieties

24 July 2023

Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Stephenson will be joined by a range of industry experts,…

Rural Roundup – SPOTLIGHT: Policy

19 July 2023

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Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany, George & Robert catch up with Steven Thomson, Rural Policy…

Milk Manager News – July 2023

11 July 2023

Welcome to the July edition of Milk Manager News.  If you prefer to download this document click the download button. Along with the regular articles on milk and cereal market…

Minimising Dry Matter Losses in Clamped Silage

Dry matter (nutrient) losses from clamped silage can be on average 25%, representing a significant amount of feed value disappearing between cutting the grass and feeding the silage out to…

Resilience Vlog 1 – Joe Baker (Scottish Borders)

7 July 2023

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This year we will be following Joe Baker at Windshiel Farm near Duns in the Scottish Borders. Joe is trialling various cropping methods in order to improve forage production resilience…

Agribusiness News Audio July 2023

6 July 2023

Along with our regular monthly updates on policy briefs, arable, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we are also bringing you 2 sector overviews on potatoes and having bees…



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