Livestock
Is Your Bull Working?
Is Your Bull Working? Now that bulls will have been out with cows for at least one cycle it is important to make sure that cows are holding to service.…
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Grassland Productivity Grazing Management
In this video we hear from Poppy Frater, Grassland Specialist as SAC Consulting, discussing tips and strategies to make more from grass considering increasing input costs. She speaks…
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Utilising Forage Crops to Reduce Winter Costs
In this webinar, recorded on the 19th May, SAC specialist Kirsten Williams covers the practicalities and benefits of growing a forage crop to reduce reliance on purchased feeds in the…
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Rural Roundup (May 2022)
The Rural RoundUp is Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service’s regular Podcast, hosted by Kerry Hammond, featuring a roundup of the latest news, information and opinions from some of our other Podcast…
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Hay Instead of Silage?
Farmers have generally moved away from hay in favour of silage over the years to be less dependent on a good spell of weather. If silage is made well, it…
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Benefits of completing your SAF online video
New to completing your SAF form online? There are significant benefits to completing your SAF form online compared with paper. Check out this video to find out what the…
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How to complete your SAF Online
Are you heading online to complete your SAF form for the first time? Wondering how to navigate the system? Then check out this demo of an online SAF completion…
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Nematodirus Hatching…….
The warm weather has been a welcome return for grass growth and conditions for outdoor lambing’s. However, this warmer weather has made conditions for Nematodirus battus hatching. Who favour a period of cold weather followed by a cumulative period of 7-10 days of temperatures over 11ºC. Nematodirus eggs on the pasture shed by lambs last year will have survived through winter and will hatch in the right conditions now.
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