Crofts & Small Farms
Horticulture – Compost and Growing Media
Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your smallholding or croft? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?! Join us for this online…
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Horticulture – Crop Choice, Rotations and Marketing Produce
Planning on growing and selling veg from your smallholding or croft? This online talk and discussion for smallholders and crofters is about maximising income from your holding with profitable cropping.…
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Common Grazing Developments – Portree
Resumptions, turbines, hydro, woodland – all items on a Common Grazing that need careful treatment of the costs and income. In this meeting, Finlay Beaton from the Crofting commission, along…
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Calpa Nàdarra – Gaelic, culture and crofting
In this episode of Natural Capital Ross Mackenzie and Janette Sutherland visit Sam Thorburn’s croft on the Isle of Skye. They discuss the natural capital on the islands, Gaelic culture,…
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Crofting Matters – Common Grazing Finances: Common Issues
We are at Dornie hall, talking to clerks and committee members about the issues they face when trying to run the common grazing, especially when it comes to finances. Firstly,…
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Crofting Matters – Subsidy Future & Current Schemes
Don’t miss out on the current schemes which boost income and improve animal and soil health! We discuss the PSF scheme, the future of subsidy, recent changes to the Croft…
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A Simple Guide to Common Grazings Terms
This guide will help you navigate the language used for Common Grazings in the Crofting counties. Further information, guides, videos and case studies can be found in the links. The…
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Crofting Matters – Succession
Crofting legislation is fairly complicated and its no different when it comes to succession! Brian Inkster, well-known crofting law specialist, takes us through different scenarios and highlights what to watch…
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Crofting Matters – Tax & VAT for Crofters
It might not sound that interesting, but, especially these days, understanding what you can and should be doing with accounts and tax is important to save unnecessary expense and keep…
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Crofting Commission Online Applications
The Crofting Commission has recently started accepting online applications through their website for some of their crofting regulatory applications. In this episode, Siobhan Macdonald and Graham Fraser discuss which applications…
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