Farm Woodland
What can the Farm Advisory Service do for you?
Regardless of farm size or business stage, the Scottish Farm Advisory Service can help you to increase the profitability and sustainability of your farming business through Government funding for one-to-one…
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Money Grows on Trees: Adding value to your farm with forestry
Come and find out what trees can do for your farm business. This practical day includes a visit to an FSC® certified forest and Mosstodloch sawmill and covers: – Forest management requirements…
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How to Make the Best of your Croft: Wester Ross – Event 1 – Seeing Your Croft’s Potential
Has an area of your croft become overgrown? Are you looking for help realising your croft’s potential? This event is the first in a series of three on improving the…
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Video: The Timber Crop Cycle
This video provides a taster of the first day of the Sapling to Sawmill event held at Capenoch Estate in January 2019. We looked at the benefits and practicalities of growing and managing woodlands as part…
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‘Here’s one we planted earlier’ – Woodland creation (Strichen) North Elgin
Join us for a woodland creation information event in the North Elgin area. Senior forestry consultant Simon Jacyna will lead the event which will begin in the village of Strichen before moving on to an on-site forest walk at the nearby Borrohill woods. Booking is essential for this event.
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Chainsaw work and safety in forestry operations
As a farmer or landowner, you’re often expected to be a ‘jack of all trades’ and undertake a vast array of jobs: engineer, vet, inventor, bookkeeper and administrator to name…
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Upland Habitat Assessment – Stranraer
Support for Agri-environmental schemes and advice on how to manage uplands is changing. This meeting will seek to address the change in mindset required by farmers in managing their sensitive upland farms to benefit the environment but also to be financially sustainable.
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The Ground Preparation Contractor – Preparing for woodland planting
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. This old advice could be applied to any project but it’s particularly true for woodland planting. Creating a favourable growing environment for young trees…
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The Fencing Contractor – fencing woodlands
Fencing can be one of the most costly parts of creating a new woodland but getting it right is worth the investment to ensure the young trees get the best…
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Using woodlands to reduce ammonia emissions from animal housing
A new tool has been launched to help farmers plant trees to reduce ammonia emissions from animal housing. Trees can capture ammonia in the canopy and help disperse plumes of…
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