Environment | Helping farmers in Scotland

Farm Management Handbook 2019/20

The 40th 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…

Managing the uplands to deliver public benefits (Invercauld Estate)

Upland managers are increasingly being asked to deliver a wide range of public benefits including carbon sequestration, flood mitigation and biodiversity conservation, alongside commercial agricultural, sporting and forestry management. Balancing…

South West Dairy Focus Group – Calving Pattern & Fertility (Stranraer)

This is the second in a series of six meetings for the newly formed South West Dairy Focus Group, with the focus being on Calving Pattern and fertility. For dairy…

Opportunities for farm scale renewable projects (Laurencekirk)

This meeting looks at opportunities for farm scale renewable projects. In this meeting we will look at what are the opportunities for farmers now, and what the opportunities for in…

Opportunities for farm scale renewable projects (St Boswells)

This meeting looks at opportunities for farm scale renewable projects. In this meeting we will look at what are the opportunities for farmers now, and what the opportunities for in…

Changing Practices for a Changing Climate – Inverness

Climate change and extreme weather events have become one of the major challenges faced by the arable sector. This event which includes a farm visit to Mid Could Farms, will…

Manage Slugs to Minimise Crop Damage

Slug trapping can be used now to assess the risk from slugs in a particular field. To get the best from slug trapping the bait placed under the trap needs…

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Upland Habitats And The Impacts Of Herbivores – Isle of Lewis

For upland managers, it is important to recognise different upland habitats and be able to identify their condition in relation to management. This event is targeted to upland estates, common…

Upland Habitats And The Impacts of Herbivores – Caithness

For upland managers, it is important to recognise different upland habitats and be able to identify their condition in relation to management. Habitat condition, as indicated by the vegetation type,…

Late Mown Grassland: Improving Quality for Birds and Livestock – New Deer

Could you break with tradition and improve your grass silage quality with a later maturing seed mix? SRDP funding within the Aberdeenshire area has paid farmers to delay mowing hay…