New Entrants
How to Establish a Successful Farm Business: Make Your Mark
Are you a new entrant to farming and want to build your business skills, knowledge & confidence to help you develop a successful business? Then watch this short video from…
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New Entrants Calendar – Weaning Lambs – Best practice for New Entrants
In this video SAC Consulting’s Willie Budge gives an overview of what you need to consider when deciding to wean lambs and shares some top tips to minimise stress during…
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New Entrants Calendar – Shearing Sheep and Control of Blowfly Strike
Are you new to keeping sheep and wondering when to shear your sheep? Or what do do with the wool after shearing? In this short video SAC Consulting’s Willie Budge…
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New Entrants Calendar – Best practice for good silage making for New Entrants
In this short video SAC Consulting dairy specialist Lorna MacPherson discusses the process of producing the best quality baled silage from; The timing of cutting How long to wilt To…
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New Entrants Calendar – Grassland Weed Identification For New Entrants
Wondering what the weeds in your grassland are and how to deal with them? In this video SAC Consulting agricultural consultant Finlay Ross discusses how to identify and control common…
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Opportunities for new entrants in the face of rising land costs
Driven by limited supply and increased demand, once again farmland values in Scotland rose during 2021. Growing numbers of forestry, lifestyle, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) buyers are entering…
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New Entrants Newsletter: Spring 2022
Welcome to the Spring edition of New Entrants News. By the time you read this we will have marked the 2nd anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, with the last…
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Making The Most Of A Small Land Area – webinars
This is a three-webinar series “Making the most of a small area” This series aims to enable farmers and landowners to identify and fully utilise small areas of land, maximising…
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Agritourism Factsheet
The tourism sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy and plays a vital role in wider economic prosperity. The value of the Scottish tourism sector to the wider…
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