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Greening & NVZ Compliance: Forfar – Event Summary
There have been subtle changes to the Greening Rules for 2018 The morning started at the Plough Inn in Forfar, with a good attendance. Gillian Innman spoke during the morning…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Laurencekirk – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies for Arable Farming (Thainstone) – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests such as…
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Tyne, Esk & East Lothian Coastal Water Rural Diffuse Pollution Priority Catchment – Event Summary
East Lothian Diffuse Pollution Priority Catchment On the 13th of February the Farm Advisory Service held a meeting at the Maitlandfield Hotel in Haddington. Over 30 people attended to hear…
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NVZ & Nutrient Planning Workshop (Borders) – Event Summary
NVZ regulations With the deadline for NVZ plans around the corner, farmers in the Borders were given a timely reminder of the NVZ planning and record keeping requirements at this…
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Don’t Rush Your Drains: Oban – Event Summary
It has been a very wet year! After a very wet year the topic of this meeting, “Drainage and Rush Control”, was well received by the 33 farmers & crofters…
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Integrated Crop Management Roadshow: Fife – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management – a more holistic approach that can benefit your farm yields This roadshow event was held at the Elmwood campus of SRUC on 25th January 2018 with…
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Lower Tweed Priority Catchment Solutions to Protect Water Quality – Event Summary
Protecting Water Quality This Borders meeting focused on solutions to protect water quality and featured a demo of spring back fencing. The unique fence design allows a stock fence to…
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Growing More Grass (Benbecula) – Event summary
Good grassland management is key to improving the efficiency of our sheep and beef enterprises. This event looked at how to get the most out of the grassland on crofts…
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Integrated Crop Management Roadshow: Perth – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management – a more holistic approach that can benefit your farm yields The Perth & Angus event of this roadshow was held at the Huntingtower Hotel during December. …
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