Rural Business
A New Start to Agriculture: Building A Brand And Telling Your Story
In a new video in our series looking at advice and guidance for people who want to make a new start with agriculture, Food & Enterprise Consultant Calum Johnston looks…
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Agribusiness News October 2021
The October 2021 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to download and read on the FAS website. Along with the regular monthly articles on policy, beef, potatoes, sheep and…
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Getting Started In Arable Agriculture – Machinery Appraisal
Machinery cost on farms can be a major contributor to high levels of fixed costs. In 2020, it was estimated that £1.8-1.9billion was spent on new farm machinery in the UK. This factsheet will compare the costs of doing the job in-house against paying a contractor.
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Funding Your Dream (webinar)
Looking to fund your dream piece of farm machinery or invest in livestock but don’t have the luxury of cash at hand? Heard of HP and mart loans but not…
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Growing cut flowers in Skye
Janette Sutherland SAC Portree interviews Catherine Matheson, Flùraichean le Gaol, Skye. Flùraichean le Gaol means flowers with love in Gaelic and Catherine discusses growing cut flowers in Skye, starting a…
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A New Start to Agriculture: Getting Registered to Keep Livestock
In a new video in our series looking at advice and guidance for people who want to make a new start with agriculture, Agricultural Consultant Willie Budge looks at getting…
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Writing A Marketing Plan
A marketing plan is an operational document that outlines the marketing activity that a business plans to implement to generate leads and reach its target market.
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Health is your Wealth: Doug Avery – Discovering your Talents. Growing your Wellbeing (webinar)
Discovering your talents. Growing your wellbeing After the success of last year’s FAS webinar on resilience, Doug Avery has agreed to come back to Scotland, all be it virtually, to…
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