Rural Business

Registering a Croft or Small Holding for Cattle and Sheep

North East Organic Discussion Group – 4th Meeting

On Tuesday 7th November the NE Organic Discussion Group enjoyed a workshop on social media, which is increasingly important in all walks of life, and although constantly changing, can be…

Resilience Planning for your Cattle Herd (Balivanich) – Event Summary

Calving Season Approaching With calving on the horizon crofters in Uist met to discuss a number of topical issues for their cattle herd. SAC vet Franz Brulisauer was the main…

AgriBusiness News November 2017

New Entrants to Farming: Planning Your Future (Skye) – Event Summary

Talk of accounts, business planning, gross margins and benchmarking can make us feel a bit uncomfortable, not having the confidence in understanding them, let alone using them. An enthusiastic group…

New Entrants to Farming: Grassland Management: Above and Below the Soil (Forfar)

This was the 5th meeting of the New Entrants to Farming group based around Forfar. The main speakers on the night were Poppy Frater, SAC Consulting and David Ross, SAC…

New Entrants to Farming: Liver Fluke Workshop (Stirling)

Stirling New Entrants group met on the 31st of October to discuss Liver Fluke control measures at the Stirling Court Hotel, Bridge of Allan. Heather Stevenson, Veterinary Investigation Officer from…

New Entrants to Farming: Marketing Beef & Lamb (Stranraer) – Event Summary

Know the current market demands & keep an eye on costs of production Around 12 attendees came to Drumbreddan Farm on 30th October 2017 to hear talks from John Kerr,…

Slurry spreading guidelines for NVZ

The welcome decision by Scottish Government to assess individual farmers needs to allow the spreading of slurry within the closed period, will come as a welcome relief to many farmers…

Farm Management Handbook 2017/2018

Farm Management Handbook 2017/2018 is available to read online. Read the 2017/18 Farm Management Handbook

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