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Employing People (podcast)
Employing People in agriculture is becoming an increasingly complex situation. Many farms employ people on a self-employed basis to provide valuable extra resources at busy times – for example relief…
Women in Agriculture: Becci Barr, Easter Bavelaw Farm (podcast)
We spoke to Becci Barr, a farmer in Midlothian about her experiences as a new entrant farmer, what she learned from her time on the Rural Leadership Programme and a…
New Entrants to Farming Gathering 2020: delegates
The second instalment from #negather20, (The first is here) perceptions from our super inspired participants. Why should you attend a day like this? Listen to their feedback…
Animal Health Planning for Crofters (advertorial)
In the Scottish Farmer published, 21st March 2020, we published the advertorial below to promote advice to crofters around animal health planning. Animal Health Planning (advertorial)
New Entrants to Farming Gathering 2020
We had a fantastic New Entrants to Farming Gathering at the end of February. Thank you to all speakers, stand holders and delegates. This short video shows a summary of…
Kim Walker – Personal resilience (podcast)
The Farm Advisory Service has run a number of meetings on Personal Resilience with Kim Walker over the last few months, and we spoke to her about what it means…
Video case study from tea business owner on mentoring new entrants to the market
See the latest FAS case study video, featuring Beverly Wainwright, Owner of The Scottish Tea Factory. In the video, Beverly describes her experience of mentoring new entrants to the Scottish…
AgriBusiness News March 2020
Read the March edition of AgriBusiness News here.
Employing People (advertorial)
In the Scottish Farmer published, 7th March 2020, we published the advertorial below to promote the issue of how farmers and crofters need to better understand the rules around employing…
Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Dawn Destor-Mackinnon
Find out how Dawn built up her contract shepherding business here
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