Rural Business
Farm Advisory Service newsletter May 2020
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Read More >Woodland creation, management & conservation support
Up to £1000 in woodland creation, management & conservation support available, without a prior ILMP The Scottish Government has lifted requirements to complete an Integrated Land Management Plan (ILMP) prior…
Read More >Breacan-Beithe croft – feeding the local community (podcast)
Listen to our latest podcast interview with new crofter, Catherine Mitchell, owner of Breacan-Beithe Croft. In this podcast, Catherine recalls how she got started in crofting and the help she…
Read More >Tenant’s Improvements Amnesty Deadline – Extended to 12 December 2020
The amnesty is a one-off opportunity to clarify, and have agreed for the record, the improvements which the tenant carried out and which in future will be discounted from the…
Read More >Managing Costs and Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Protecting your Financial Health
COVID-19 has brought with it a huge amount of uncertainty to the dairy industry, and while it may seem that the factors impacting on dairy businesses are out with your…
Read More >Managing Costs and Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Where to make savings?
The biggest expense on the dairy farm is by far feed, followed by labour, depreciation and supplies (in no particular order as this may vary from farm to farm). Many…
Read More >Managing Costs & Protecting Financial Health in the Dairy Herd: Improving efficiency in the dairy herd
Whilst milk price is seen as the biggest influencer on profitability, the range in milk prices is sometimes not as wide as the difference in cost of production and the…
Read More >Neil Wilson – Brexit, Coronavirus and Forward Thinking (podcast)
Just before the UK ‘lockdown’ SAC Consultant Chloe McCulloch spoke to Neil Wilson, formerly Head of Agriculture at HSBC and now an independent consultant and director of the Institute of…
Read More >Coronavirus (COVID-19): New Guidance for Private Landlords
As many farming businesses rent out surplus domestic properties on farm or have investment properties off the farm; they may have tenants concerned about being evicted if due to the…
Read More >AgriBusiness News May 2020
Read the May edition of the AgriBusiness News here.
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