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Agribusiness News November 2021
The November 2021 COP 26 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to. This months along with the regular monthly articles on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and milk, this month…
Read More >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Working for Waders
In this episode of the Thrill of The Hill podcast, host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from Working For Waders. They discuss the decline of waders in Scotland, the…
Read More >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Nature Friendly Farming Network
In the shadow of COP26 Scotland prepares to host the world as we agree common targets and policies to combat climate change, equally important is the biodiversity crisis. In episode…
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Farmers’ handbook highlights need to address climate change
With COP26 starting in Glasgow this month, reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be a top priority for all businesses – including farms. This is the message from the Farm Advisory Service which has just published the 2021-22 Farm…
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Cropcast: Ramularia
Ramularia has established itself as one of hardest of all pathogens to manage in our barley crops. Symptoms are unpredictable and severity varies hugely site to site and season to…
Read More >Thrill of The Hill – Heather Management
Scotland is host to the largest concentration of heather moorland in the world with huge biodiversity interest and carbon holding potential. In this sixteenth episode of the Thrill of the…
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Crop Trials Research into Practice
In this podcast, Agricultural Consultants Julian Bell and Mark Bowsher-Gibbs review the 2021 growing season along with a few market predictions going forward. Expectations at sowing and following the cold…
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Buzzing About Bees (webinar)
In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector for the Scottish Government and…
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Women in Agriculture, Caithness: A Year in Grass (webinar)
When does your grass grow? How can you make it grow better? When should you apply fertiliser? Does your ground need lime? When should you re-seed? When is the best…
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