Water Management

Water Management

What the dry summer can tell us about our fields

photo of a cover crop mix including red clover

Cover crops – Information note

Read our cover crops information note, here.

Valuing Your Soils – Practical Guidance for Scottish Farmers

Water trough with sunlight reflecting from it

Fire For Water – Using the sun to water your livestock

A water extraction point in a watercourse. There are a lot of river stones that can be seen from which the watercourse appears from. The abstraction point is below the river stones.

Alternative Watering episode 1 – Papa pump

Alternative Watering episode 2 – Solar and pasture pumps

Alternative Watering episode 3 – RAM pump

Case Study: Hardens Farm – Using a RAM pump to provide alternative watering for grazing livestock

Case Study: Hardens Farm – Using a RAM pump to provide alternative watering to grazing cattle

John Anderson farms at Hardens Farm which lies within the Lower Tweed Priority Catchment. The farm steading is located at 200 m above sea level, has a weak main supply with fields that rise to 300 m which are located a distance of 900 m from the steading in two different directions. In order to provide an alternative watering source for grazing cattle, John installed a RAM pump system.

Tyne, Esk & East Lothian Coast Water: Diffuse Pollution Priority Catchment

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