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Sheep Identification & Record Keeping for Sheep Stock Clubs and Common Graziers (Skye) – Event Summary

Slips up with tagging and record keeping are a common cause for cross compliance penalities. This course allowed Sheep Stock Clubs and graziers who use common grazings to refresh and…

Islay Business Discussion Group – Land Registry Event Summary

This Islay Business Discussion Group meeting was attended by 13 farmers & crofters. Unfortunately a ferry mix-up by the guest speakers meant they arrived late. While waiting the group discussed…

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.…

Stonehaven Smallholders Discussion Group – Event Summary

Some of the north east smallholders in the area got together to see if their was interest for forming a regular discussion group. On the night there were discussion on:…

Common Grazings Discussion Group – Skye – Event Summary

The launch meeting of the Common Grazings discussion group went well. The survey undertaken by the attendees has revealed interesting information that will be the basis for future work and…

A group of farmers join Gordon MacKay at Moorpark Dairy on the Isle of Lewis

Testing Times – Winter Cattle Management (Isle of Lewis) – Event summary

Winter Cattle Management on the Isle of Lewis 13 participants from across Lewis and Harris took up the opportunity to see round the new (and only) dairy on the island,…

Common Grazings Discussion Group – Uist – Event Summary

The launch meeting of the Common Grazings discussion group went well. The survey undertaken by the attendees has revealed interesting information that will be the basis for future work and…

Common Grazings Discussion Group – Lewis – Event Summary

The launch meeting of the Common Grazings discussion group went well. The survey undertaken by the attendees has revealed interesting information that will be the basis for future work and…

An open bale of silage and the farmer taking a silage sample for analysis

Testing Times – Winter Cattle Management (Isle of Harris) – Event summary

Winter Cattle Management There was a good representation of Harris and Lewis cattle producers who attended the meeting at West Harris Trust hall at Talla-na-Mara. Angus Mackay, who crofts at…