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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,…

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…

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…

The Lanark group met at the end of September to develop business planning skills and improve efficiency within the sheep enterprise by following prime lambs from ‘Hoof to Hook’. The…

The Inverness New Entrants group met in Mid September at the local Dingwall Mart, having been encouraged to bring along samples of their own grass to be evaluated in an…

The meeting was on crofting support schemes and was requested by several of the group members as they were unsure of all the support available to them. The meeting went…

The final new entrants workshop of the winter was held on farm for the first time in the Borders, with a focus on grassland management. Grassland management is a key…

The event was held on Friday 10th March in the HelloDigital Meeting room at the An Lochran building in Inverness. The guest speaker was SAC Consulting’s Kara Craig who took…

+++This event was repeated in Morayshire+++ A grassland management meeting was held on Monday 6th March 2017 as the last of the Argyll & Lochaber New Entrant events for 2016/17.…

Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing was the keynote speaker at this year’s New Entrants to Farming Gathering held at Perth Racecourse. The event – organised…