Crofts & Small Farms
Crofting Matters – Shetland Wool: Threads of Heritage, Innovation, & Community Life
Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting. This is the final episode in this series and we’re going…
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Succession Planning: Taking the Next Step for your Farm or Croft
Succession planning can look different to everyone and is an important consideration for Scottish farmers and crofters looking to secure their business’s future. Whether you plan to pass the business…
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Crofting Matters – Big Projects, Local Communities – Navigating Development Proposals
Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting. Today we’re speaking with Chartered Surveyor and Senior Agricultural Consultant with…
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Crofting Matters – Northmavine: from Tradition to Tomorrow
Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting. For this series, we are bringing you Crofting Matters from Shetland.…
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Crofting Matters – Shetland, From Land to the Sea
Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting. Over the next few episodes, we will be bringing you Crofting…
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Crofting Matters – Shetland Black Aets: Preserving an Ancient Land Race, and Heritage Straw Crafts
Hello and welcome to Crofting Matters, hosted by Osla Jamwal Fraser where we discuss topics that matter in crofting. Over the next few episodes, we will be bringing you Crofting…
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Crofting Matters – Crofting Through the Seasons : Autumn & Winter
In this special two-part edition of Crofting Matters, “Crofting Through the Seasons”, we take you back to Autumn & Winter last year, where Kieron Sim visited both the Isle of…
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Crofting Matters – Crofting Through the Seasons: Spring & Summer
In this special two-part edition of Crofting Matters, “Crofting Through the Seasons”, we take you back to Spring/Summer last year, where Ross Mackenzie visited the Staffin Sheepdog Trials, a hugely…
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Crofting Agricultural Grant Scheme (CAGS) – Update
Good news for crofters! The CAGS scheme, which helps support and improve crofting businesses, is getting an upgrade to make it easier and quicker to apply for funding. To make…
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Milk Fever in Suckler cows on Machair Land
Hypocalcaemia, also known as milk fever, is typically not an issue in suckler cows, although experience shows that the conditions on the Uists are just right to be an exception…
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