New Entrants

Case Study: Ian McKnight  To build a viable farming business, one young farmer retains flexibility to work within different agreements. After studying Agriculture at the Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive (Ayr)…

Case Study: Stephen Withers and Neil Sandilands  Share Farming – A Different Approach for Owner and Operator Share Farming is not common in Scotland but two farmers explain how it…

New Entrants to Farming from Caithness recently attended an informative, hands on workshop on the importance of the vet labs and disease surveillance at the SAC Veterinary Services Centre at…

Most problems at lambing are nutrition related.  If you manage condition correctly you can minimise metabolic disorder, lambing issues and maximise the number of lambs reared. The participants were made…

CowSignals provides a framework to structure cow observations so that management and animal welfare can be improved.  By spending time observing your herd and answering key questions regarding Feed, Water,…

Wet weather has had a massive impact on farm businesses across South West Scotland since Autumn 2017. The meeting focused on how a grassland can recover through the spring and…

New entrants to farming from Morayshire and the North East of Scotland met to discuss how to ‘Use Figures to Make Money’. Samantha Stewart from SAC Consulting was the main…

The final of the 2017 / 18 Argyll New Entrant Group meetings was held on Monday 5th March 2018 at the Falls of Lora Hotel, Connel. Health Planning Local vet,…