Rural Business
Funding for succession planning advice can help agri businesses to cover some legal and financial costs
Are you seeking professional support on legal, financial or mediation matters related to your agri business? If so, the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) can help you access up to £1,000…
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Farmers’ handbook highlights need to address climate change
With COP26 starting in Glasgow this month, reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be a top priority for all businesses – including farms. This is the message from the Farm Advisory Service which has just published the 2021-22 Farm…
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More To Sheep Than Meat (webinar)
Meat is the primary product for the majority of sheep farmers and crofters, however not everyone breeds and keeps sheep for meat. In this webinar, we hear from a panel…
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Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition with Anna Groom
As part of the Health is your Wealth series we chatted with Anna Groom, registered dietician, nutritionist and farmers wife. With Anna we discuss why nutrition is important and how…
Read More >Thrill of The Hill – Heather Management
Scotland is host to the largest concentration of heather moorland in the world with huge biodiversity interest and carbon holding potential. In this sixteenth episode of the Thrill of the…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: Confused about Carbon? Let’s Clear the Air!
So much talk about reducing farm emissions, lowering your carbon footprint, carbon neutral, net zero and how to farm more efficiently…..confused by all this and need some clarity on what…
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Buzzing About Bees (webinar)
In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector for the Scottish Government and…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: A Year in Grass (webinar)
When does your grass grow? How can you make it grow better? When should you apply fertiliser? Does your ground need lime? When should you re-seed? When is the best…
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