Rural Business

Metric / Imperial conversion tables

This sheet contains multiple metric to imperial conversion ratios that might be of use to you and your farm business.

New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Workshop (Stirling) – Event Summary

Stirling New Entrants group met on the 30th of January 2018 to discuss Grassland management at the Stirling Court Hotel, Bridge of Allan. Poppy Frater, Sheep and Grassland Specialist from…

New Entrants to Farming: Health & Nutrition Planning (Argyll) – Event Summary

CATTLE RATIONING SUMMARY During the meeting we calculated rations for a spring calving suckler cow (700 kg) as shown on the QMS Timeline leaflet (which can be found in the…

New Entrants to Farming: Skye’s the Limit – Event Summary

On Thursday 22nd Feburary a group of new entrants from Uist crossed the minch to visit some crofting enterprises in Skye. The trip had been requested by a number of…

Islay Agricultural Business Group – Beef & Sheep Marketing – Event Summary

Islay Discussion Group held a meeting with guest speaker Robert Logan explaining the current market trends and influences and explored how this could affect local prices in the near future.…

New Entrants to Farming: Business Planning, Budgeting & Farm Insurance – Event Summary

As a new entrant it is hugely important that you are able to convey your business ambitions to an audience, be that your family, external investers or even Scottish Government.…

Milk Manager News January 2018

In the January issue of Milk Manager News – milk market update, straights update, assessing cow comfort, encouraging update of selective dry cow therapy, genomic improvement in dairy cows, foward milk pricing, carbon auditing on dairy farms and dates for your diary.