New Entrants

VLOG – A New Entrant’s Journey

Join us as we follow new entrant crofters Aoife Gould and Jake Sayles through a year on their croft near Edinbane in the north of the Isle of Skye. Find…

Cattle mob grazing in field. Photograph credit to Clem Sandison

Mob Grazing With Beef Cattle

Mob grazing with beef cattle can reduce housing cost, improve soil structure and improve pasture productivity long term. This New Entrants Factsheet gives an overview of what it involves and how to get started.

Crofting and Smallholders Guide to Organisations

Technology for Animal Health & Welfare – UAVs

As technology is rapidly becoming part of everyday life and farming is no exception, this short video explains how the use of a drone can be used to optimize many…

New Entrants: Is the Grass Always Greener?

An international evening featuring New Entrants from across Europe discussing how they got a start in the industry and what they are doing differently from their predecessors. We had contributions…

Bouncing Forward From A Crisis

Farming is a high pressure industry and while the lifestyle is great, at times of great uncertainty it is easy to become overwhelmed. With the challenges of Brexit and now…

Positive PR Infographic

This infographic highlights the key messages from the three Positive PR podcasts held with Jane Craigie from Jane Craigie Marketing, Martha Bryce of Sound Bite PR and Claire Pollock from Ardross Farm Shop. What PR is, how to deal with negative PR, how to use social media for positive PR, an example of good PR and some top tips are all covered.