Rural Business
Brexit & the Pig Sector
At the start of the year, Brexit was very much in the limelight with much being made of the short timescale for both the UK government and the EU to…
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Webinar: Tax Basics For New Entrants
We don’t need to be experts, but it is important that when starting a new business, as either a sole trader or partnership, we have a basic understanding…
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Combine Settings in a Bad Skinning Year for Malting Barley
With the malting barley harvest now underway, it is being reported that skinned grain levels are higher than normal in grain samples. This can lead to deductions or worse costly rejections with…
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Starting A Farming Business And Growing Crops For The First Time – A Conversation with Patrick Laurie
Patrick Laurie, Galloway based author of ‘Native’ speaks to Janette Sutherland in Skye about his book. They discuss his starting a farming business and growing crops for the first time. …
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AgriBusiness News September 2020
The September 2020 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to download and read. Along with the regular monthly articles on policy, cereals, beef, potatoes, sheep and milk, this month…
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Grain sampling during COVID restrictions
Many grain merchants provide an on-farm grain sampling service to their clients in order to gauge the quality and suitability of grain lots. This is extremely important in the case of malting barley…
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Podcast – New Entrants: Andrew Prentice
Andrew Prentice and his family, overcame the new entrant hurdle of sourcing land by moving to the Isle of Iona to continue their farming journey. Listen to this very inspiring…
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Podcast – What’s Stopping You?: Nina Clancy from the RSABI
What’s Stopping You? Nina Clancy (@clancy_nina) speaks to Janette Sutherland, (@ConsultingSAC) about her career, media engagement, recognising opportunities and avoiding burnout. We also learn more about the excellent work of…
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