Rural Business
Performance Targets for Small Herds
Benchmarking is as an important tool for small herds as it is for larger herds. However, due to mathematics – many of the standard industry targets don’t really make sense…
Read More >Rural Roundup – 16th November
In this fortnight’s edition we get the latest news from Tiffany MacTaggart, who is joined by Robert Ramsay and George Chalmers to discuss what’s happening in the agricultural sector, I…
Read More >New Entrants – East Neuk Market Garden
East Neuk Market Garden is a small-scale agroecological farm growing a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and salads in Fife. Leaving London in 2017, Tom and Connie went to…
Read More >New Entrants – Annfield Farm Scottish Mohair
Annfield Farm is a traditional mixed farm based near Dunfermline in Fife. Andrew and Laury-Anne have diversified by introducing Angora Goats as a unique way to add value to wool,…
Read More >New Entrants – Rootin’ and Roamin’ Pork
Ian Buchanan is a New Entrant farmer from Kinross-shire producing free-range pork from rare breed pigs along with grass fed beef from their herd of pedigree dexter cows. Diversifying the…
Read More >Engaging with Consumers – Part 1
Engaging with consumers may not be the first thing you think about when putting your wellies on and heading out onto your farm or croft in the morning, but it…
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