Crops and Soils

Grant Support For Croft Woodland Creation: A Comparison

Download a PDF version of this information sheet. Tree planting and hedgerows can offer a multitude of benefits for farms and the rural environment including additional income, shelter for crops,…

Grant Support For Croft Woodland Creation: A Comparison

Tree planting and hedgerows can offer a multitude of benefits for farms and the rural environment including additional income, shelter for crops, buildings and livestock, as well as the potential produce that tree crops can provide such as firewood, fruit and fodder. But what support is out there to help Crofters to plant trees, and which option is best for your project?

Arable Scotland – Leading Discussion to Help and Inform the Farming Industry in Scotland

Next week’s Arable Scotland event on 29 June offers on-line resources and information relevant to the Scottish arable sector.

Organic Oilseed Rape Production in Scotland

Organically grown oilseed rape is not a crop typically associated with the UK, and certainly not in Scotland. However, this has all started to change over the last few years based around the experiences of a small group of farmers and other stakeholders, with the first commercial crops having been grown mostly in NE Scotland over the last three seasons.