Publications

Help for housing for crofters is available through the Croft House Grant Scheme, with up to £38000 available for new builds or improvements to older housing. With many rural crofting…

Cara Cameron is a Welsh girl living in the Scottish highlands with a love of the outdoors and agriculture. She has a thirst for knowledge and also loves to be…

This week the Rural Roundup is bringing you something a little different, we spoke to six diversified farm businesses across Scotland, asking them about their journeys, the conversations they had…

Third generation crofter Ian Angus Macleod started crofting in his own right after inheriting a 4.5 ha land locked croft from a neighbour on the Isle of Harris. Here he…

This week the Rural Roundup is bringing you the latest in our series of six diversified farm businesses across Scotland, asking them about their journeys, the conversations they had along…

Common Grazings that have committees in place are able to access so much more, such as grants and funding, to enable installations of facilities, as well as income for shareholders. …

Tha Dòmhnaill MacGilleEathain, a Talamh Choiteachainn Bhuirgh, a  mìneachadh nam buannachdan a tha an comataidh aca air fhaighinn ann am Bearnaraigh na Hearadh.  

Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. Happy New Year and a Happy Burns Night from all of us at the Farm Advisory Service! This show is produced in association with…

Mary-Jane Lawrie talks to Richard and Fiona Lamb of Fordhead Farm, Kippen, about how they have diversified their farming business and how they have adapted to the many challenges that…

Although crofting and farming may feel like they have unique problems – many of them stem from the human condition that faces people in all walks of life and business.…