Water Management
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.
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‘Mind The Gap – 2 m and 10 m buffer strips near watercourses’ Information note
‘Mind The Gap – 2 m and 10 m buffer strips near watercourses’ Information note
Read More >‘Mind The Gap – 2 m and 10 m buffer strips near watercourses’ Information Note
Mind the gap – 2m and 10m buffer strips near watercourses. Vegetated buffer strips of varying distances are used throughout Scotland to help ensure that on-farm pollutants and run off do not get into watercourses. Maintaining these areas not only helps comply with the Diffuse Pollution General Binding Rules (DP GBRs), but also helps to protect water quality and biodiversity, improving farm environmental performance.
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Farm Management Handbook 2018/2019
The 39th edition of the Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, rural professionals, students…
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Water – Waste not, want not!
Even before we entered the driest six month period since 1984 this summer, water use on farms was starting to be mentioned as one of the assessment criteria to be…
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Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost – Zero Waste Scotland
Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost – Zero Waste Scotland
Read More >Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost
Thinking of using digestate or compost? This guide from Zero Waste Scotland in association with NFUS can help you choose the right product. The guidance gives you key questions to ask to support you through the process of sourcing and using compost and digestate to help make sure the materials will meet your requirements.
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