Environment
Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost – Zero Waste Scotland
Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost – Zero Waste Scotland
Read More >Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost
Thinking of using digestate or compost? This guide from Zero Waste Scotland in association with NFUS can help you choose the right product. The guidance gives you key questions to ask to support you through the process of sourcing and using compost and digestate to help make sure the materials will meet your requirements.
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Integrated Pest Management on Arable Farms, Angus – Event Summary
Integrated pest management Pest and disease control strategies for spring barley and winter wheat formed the focus of this meeting at Scotston of Kirkside. There was an emphasis on the…
Read More >Managing water on your farm – Arran: presentation slides
These are the presentation slides used by Seamus Donnelly during the Managing water on your farm event held on Arran during July 2018
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Priority catchment awareness meeting; Lothian Priority Catchments – Event summary
Reducing diffuse pollution risks can help you to stay on the right side of the Regulations and protect farm payments, whilst protecting surrounding water quality. Often driven by rainfall or…
Read More >Nutrients, structure & drainage for grass – presentation slides from Gavin Elrick
These are the presentation slides used by Gavin Elrick during the ‘Soils, drainage & grassland – Shetland’ event held in July 2018
Read More >Soil management for grassland – presentation slides from David Lawson
This is a copy of the presentation slides used by SRUC’s David Lawson during the ‘Soils, drainage & Grassland – Shetland’ event in July 2018
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Managing water on your farm – Arran: event summary
This meeting focused on improving drainage and reducing compaction in soils to improve productivity and efficiency whilst also improving water quality. A small but enthusiastic group of farmers turned out…
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Soils, drainage & grassland, Shetland – Event summary
Grass has a key role in sustaining ruminant livestock production The day consisted of a mix of outdoor practical sessions, indoor presentations and discussions aiming to help farmers understand how…
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