Publications

Summary Cow tracks can lengthen the grazing season from reduced damage to pasture and improved field access in poor weather Correctly constructed cow tracks can prevent lameness within the herd…

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…

In the final video of our series, we join farmer Gordon Mackay and SEPA’s Pete Wright at the end of the priority catchment visit for a round-up of the findings…

In the fourth video in our Priority Catchment Inspection series, we hear about diffuse pollution problems in livestock fields.

In the third video in this series, we hear from SEPA field officer, Pete Wright, about what SEPA are looking at in an arable field in terms of diffuse pollution…

In the second video of our series explaining what to expect from a Priority Catchment Inspection, we join Pete Wright (SEPA) as he takes us through a steading assessment.

What’s involved in a priority catchment farm inspection? This is the first of a series of videos explaining what to expect on the day of the inspection.

Learn more about willow spiling and how it can help prevent riverbank erosion. Farmers and landowners within the Garnock Catchment are invited to contact Garnock Connections about trialling riverbank stabilisation…

Farmer Dougie Hogarth from Knockrivoch Farm in Ayrshire hosted one of our ‘Slurry Storage & Construction’ events earlier in the year.  In this video, Dougie explains why he chose to…

At least 2 km of watercourse have been fenced off as part of the agri-environmental management at SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms. Dr. John Holland an Upland Ecologist who’s been…