Livestock
Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Dawn Destor-Mackinnon
Find out how Dawn built up her contract shepherding business here
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Jane Isaacson
From being brought up on a croft raising pedigree welsh black cattle to milking her Highlanders for ice cream – read about Jane Isaacson’s journey in agriculture here
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Women in Agriculture: Case Study – Helen McColm
Find out what it took to stop Helen describing herself as ‘just’ a farmer’s wife…
Read More >Making the most of Red Clover
Red clover benefits As a forage legume, red clover has the ability to fix nitrogen due to the presence of bacteria in the root nodules. During establishment and growth of…
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Alternative bedding podcast: Compost by-products
In this episode of our podcast, Beef Consultant Sarah Balfour discusses the merits of various alternative bedding products. In this episode she visits Keenan Recycling in Aberdeenshire to discuss the…
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Agroforestry in Scotland
In this video, we hear from farmers, Andrew & Seonag Barbour from Mains of Fincastle as they explain how their hill farm cattle and sheep enterprises have benefitted from incorporating…
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