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Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Concentrating on Calving

Calving is one of the busiest times of the year for those in the beef sector and a crucial time for things to go right! A successful calving has huge…

Forage Crop Ground Preparation

Good ground preparation of forage crops is a large contributor to their yield potential, with a fine, firm seedbed, with the correct pH and nutrients being the ideal.  Peter Lindsay, SAC Consulting Senior Consultant discusses ground preparations in this short video.

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Pairing Reader to Weigh Head)

10 May 2021
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By pairing a canner and a weigh-head, you can make weighing animals paper free and time efficient. This short video shows the simple steps you’ll need to take to pair…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (UHF Tags)

10 May 2021
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In this video David Kerr from ScotEID discusses the differences between Low Frequency RFID and Ultra High Frequency RFID technology.  Highlighting some of the reasons why Scotland are forging ahead…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (J & M Anderson)

10 May 2021
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In this video we meet Tom Nelson from J and M Anderson farm supplies. He is one of many companies supplying cattle and sheep Tags. Recently he has added UHF…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Coull Farm)

10 May 2021
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In this video we meet Andrew Jones from Coull farm Islay. Andrew is one of the many Scot EID Pilot farms. Andrew has started using UHF tags to help simplify…

Cattle EID – Making It Work For You (Girtridge Farm)

10 May 2021
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In this video John Howie introduces us to his EID system. John got involved with EID through his time as a QMS monitor Farm. John is using UHF management tags…

Introducing Our Forage Crop Vlogs

10 May 2021
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Introducing our forage crop vlog series!  We have three fantastic farmers, who have kindly agreed to allow us to follow them and their forage crops throughout the year via video…

Livestock Monthly Podcast: Beef (April 2021)

30 April 2021
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In the latest of our livestock monthly podcasts episodes hosted by Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay of SAC Consulting, we talk beef with Veterinary Investigation Officer, Tim Geraghty of SRUC Veterinary…

Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode 1

Welcome along to our animal health & welfare series of podcasts. Over the course of 2021, we’ll be bringing you 8 podcasts, each falling under the theme of animal health…



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