Livestock
Dealing with Rocketing Fertiliser Prices
Given the recent hike in fertiliser prices, there has never been a more pressing need to investigate your soil’s nutrient status for better targeted use of organic manures and to…
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Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Nature Friendly Farming Network
In the shadow of COP26 Scotland prepares to host the world as we agree common targets and policies to combat climate change, equally important is the biodiversity crisis. In episode…
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Webinar: Are you milking your environment?
Future payments to dairy farmers may alter with more emphasis on the environment and biodiversity. The BRIDE – Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment – project in Ireland has been investigating how a results-based payment scheme could work whilst protecting and enhancing the biodiversity on lowland intensive farms.
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Croft & Small Farms: A Season with Cattle – Getting Ready for Winter
On Wednesday 3rd November at 7:00pm we will be joined by SAC Consulting Livestock Nutritionist Mary Young, SAC Consulting Beef Consultant Lesley Wylie and SRUC’s Veterinary Centre Manager, Dr Franz…
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Reviewing your Concentrate use per Litre
Concentrate use per litre is a key measure of feeding efficiency in the dairy cow. The less concentrate required for a given level of milk production with the more milk…
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Farmers’ handbook highlights need to address climate change
With COP26 starting in Glasgow this month, reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be a top priority for all businesses – including farms. This is the message from the Farm Advisory Service which has just published the 2021-22 Farm…
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More To Sheep Than Meat (webinar)
Meat is the primary product for the majority of sheep farmers and crofters, however not everyone breeds and keeps sheep for meat. In this webinar, we hear from a panel…
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Farm Management Handbook 2021/22
The 42nd 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, crofters, rural professionals,…
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Thrill of The Hill – Heather Management
Scotland is host to the largest concentration of heather moorland in the world with huge biodiversity interest and carbon holding potential. In this episode of the Thrill of the Hill…
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