Climate Change
Hedges – Cultivating, Cutting and Carbon Capture
In this video, Agricultural Consultant, Alex Pirie, provides a good overview of what to think about when considering planting, or how you manage hedgerows on the farm. Alex introduces the…
Read More >Farm Management Handbook 2020/21
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…
Read More >Farm Woodlands Information Sheet: Woodland Creation and Carbon Sales
With the strengthening global concern around climate change and the impact our emissions are having across the globe, companies and countries alike are searching for a solution to try cool our climate and capture the vast quantities of CO2 that have been created since the industrial revolution. Trees have the potential to play a major part in the global effort to solve the climate crisis we currently face.
Read More >Keeping Pace with Green Policy
For over ten years, Scottish agriculture has come to recognise the importance of sustainable management of the farmed environment, mainly in response to the growing climate crisis and biodiversity decline.…
Read More >Webinar: Woodland Creation & Management – Part 2: Successful Woodland Establishment
In the second of our series of Woodland Creation & Management webinars, we took an in-depth look at how to manage the successful establishment of new woodlands. Our…
Read More >Webinar: Woodland Creation & Management Part 1 – Benefits of woodlands
We address the hows and whys of woodland creation and management in this series of webinars. During this first webinar, we focus on the benefits of woodlands both…
Read More >Farm Woodland Information Note: Quick Guide to Broadleaved Tree Species
Quick Guide to Broadleaved Tree Species Use the link above to download a printable version of the Quick Guide table to broadleaved tree species as shown below. For more information…
Read More >Managing Costs & Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Improving efficiency in the dairy herd
Whilst milk price is seen as the biggest influencer on profitability, the range in milk prices is sometimes not as wide as the difference in cost of production and the…
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