Rural Business

Getting registered to keep livestock and claim for support fact sheet

New Entrants to Farming – Grassland Matters (Caithness) Event Summary

Paddy from DLF gave an insight to grass growth and getting the best from the farms biggest asset (a copy of his presentation is available to view below). Take home…

Derelict to productive: Seeing Your Croft’s Potential – Event Summary

This event was extremely well received and feed-back from participants was extremely positive. Take home messages: Getting to know your croft can take a long time – much like getting…

Horticultural Hercules: The Mighty Polycrub – Event Summary

The event was a very well attended and was a highly engaging meeting to discuss crofting horticulture. Audrey Litterick covered the fundamentals of soil health and nutrient management where attendees…

Boxed Produce fact sheet

Managing Straw Supplies

We’ve identified options to reduce or make the best use of purchased straw this autumn, writes Robert Logan, Livestock Business Consultant at SAC Consulting. Read more here.

Smallholder Training Event – Selecting lambs fit for the Abattoir (Darvel) – Event Summary

Assessing whether lambs are ready for slaughter is best done by hands-on feeling the lambs’ back, ribs and tail, and also weighing the lamb. Each market outlet has its advantages…

New Entrants to Farming: Setting up a Profitable Enterprise (Ayr) Event Summary

A practical workshop for New Entrants was held on 15th August at Coldcothill Farm, Craigie by kind permission of Stewart Wilson. Stewart has recently taken on a 5 year tenency…

Know the score

Sheep examination can help to maximise your productivity A new technical note illustrates how to perform the simple physical examination, the results of which allow farmers to adjust management and…

TN702: Body Condition Scoring of Mature Sheep

Read our technical note, ‘TN702: Body Condition Scoring of Mature Sheep’ here

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