New Entrants
New Entrants to Farming: Benefits of Benchmarking (Borders) – Event Summary
New entrants to farming in the Borders recently attended a workshop on the benefits of benchmarking their farm business performance. AHDB’s Benchmarking Manager Doreen Anderson led the workshop and explained…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Record Keeping (Argyll) Event Summary
Livestock records can be a complicated and daunting aspect of running a farming business to get your head round but it’s a majorly important one for various reasons. Livestock identification…
Read More >Adding Value to Farm Produce – Event Summary
This two day introductory workshop on ‘Adding Value to Farm Produce’ was the first of its type within the Farm Advisory Service New Entrants to Farming Programme; taking a small…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: The Importance of the Vet Lab & Disease Surveillance (Morayshire) Event Summary
New Entrants to Farming from Morayshire recently attended an informative, hands on workshop on the importance of the vet labs and disease surveillance at the SAC Veterinary Services Centre at…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Contract & Share Farming – An Introduction (Inverness) Event Summary
The availability of land is often seen as the most common barrier against entry into the agricultural industry. However direct or total ownership is not necessarily the best way to…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Management (North East) Event Summary
Paddy stressed the importance of good soil health for the successful establishment and performance of grass, clover and forage crops, with the most important factors highlighted below: soil pH, moisture…
Read More >Metric / Imperial conversion tables
This sheet contains multiple metric to imperial conversion ratios that might be of use to you and your farm business.
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Workshop (Stirling) – Event Summary
Stirling New Entrants group met on the 30th of January 2018 to discuss Grassland management at the Stirling Court Hotel, Bridge of Allan. Poppy Frater, Sheep and Grassland Specialist from…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Health & Nutrition Planning (Argyll) – Event Summary
CATTLE RATIONING SUMMARY During the meeting we calculated rations for a spring calving suckler cow (700 kg) as shown on the QMS Timeline leaflet (which can be found in the…
Read More >New Entrants to Farming: Skye’s the Limit – Event Summary
On Thursday 22nd Feburary a group of new entrants from Uist crossed the minch to visit some crofting enterprises in Skye. The trip had been requested by a number of…
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