Ecosystem Functions [SS.EF]
Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Grazing Strategies
Equally important to both profit and biodiversity as pasture composition, is the way in which we graze the pasture with livestock. Grazing duration, intensity and rest impacts profit drivers (pasture…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity at Peelham
In this video, Denise and Angus Walton discuss how developing a rotational grazing system combined with deferred grazing for cattle wintering has seen a multitude of benefits for both farm…
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Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Multi-Species Swards
This factsheet looks at the wide range of benefits multi-species swards can bring for farm profitability and biodiversity including improved stock and pasture productivity on less inputs, resilience during drought…
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CropCast – Cover Crops & Green Manures
Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by a range of industry experts,…
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Compost and Growing Media
Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?! In this webinar, Audrey Litterick…
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Evaluating Soil Quality and Testing for Soil Health Status
At grass roots level SAC consultants are noting a growing interest in soil health from farmers and increasing numbers of questions about what SRUC can offer. Soil health is not just about having a good biological system (lots of worms, ample beneficial microbes to keep the pathogens in check) there are also physical and chemical aspects, and to have soil in ‘good heart’ you need the biology (biodiversity), physics (structure) and chemistry (pH and nutrients) in balance.
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Tackling Soil Compaction to Reduce Fertiliser Costs
Dairy farmers across Scotland often rely on fertiliser to ensure that they grow enough grass to meet the needs of their livestock. However, fertiliser prices have soared recently, which will…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Confused about Carbon? Let’s Clear the Air!
So much talk about reducing farm emissions, lowering your carbon footprint, carbon neutral, net zero and how to farm more efficiently…..confused by all this and need some clarity on what…
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Trees and carbon capture – The Science
Can trees really help combat climate change, and how? If you’ve ever wondered “what’s the evidence that tree planting targets will work?” watch the recording of our FAS webinar looking…
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