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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Cattle Resilience – Are you ready for Winter? – Event Summary
Farmers from across the North East attended Woodside Farm, Kinloss this week to discuss issues facing farmers this coming Winter. Presentations and practical demonstrations were part of the meeting.
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New Entrants to Farming – ‘Asset Finance: Choosing the right option for you’ – Event Summary
FAS meeting held in Dumfries on 3rd October 2017 Guest speaker Donald Stewart (Farming & Industrial Finance) delivered a presentation on the finance market and the numerous different options that are…
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AECS & Pains on the Croft – Event Summary
This was a joint meeting between FAS & the Soil Association (Scotland) and was held on a working croft near Ullapool. The event was dedicated to helping crofters identify habitats and…
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New Entrants to Farming: Marketing Matters (Caithness)
The initial meeting of Caithness & Sutherland New Entrant group 2017/2018 was held at Quoybrae Mart on Thursday 28th September at 7pm. Stuart is available for any guidance on selling…
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