New Entrants
Making The Most Of A Small Land Area – webinars
This is a three-webinar series “Making the most of a small area” This series aims to enable farmers and landowners to identify and fully utilise small areas of land, maximising…
Read More >Agritourism Factsheet
The tourism sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy and plays a vital role in wider economic prosperity. The value of the Scottish tourism sector to the wider…
Read More >Getting the farm ‘climate ready’
Farmers and land managers are constantly making business decisions whilst having to factor in and account for various unknowns; fluctuating commodity prices, market trends, changing regulations and new schemes are…
Read More >CPG on Rural Policy: Supporting Scotland’s Young Rural Entrepreneurs
In the next CPG on Rural Policy we will discuss support for young people in rural Scotland with particular focus on entrepreneurship About this event The topic for this meeting…
Read More >Selling Your Own Produce – Birchwood Croft
Beth Rose from Birchwood Croft takes us through her journey of selling her own produce from buying their land, how they started selling online and what the challenges have been.…
Read More >New Entrant Case Study – Isla Murray
Isla Murray is a 17 year old New Entrant to Crofting from the Isle of Lewis who has recently taken on a Sublet of a 6 Acre Croft. She has…
Read More >A New Start to Agriculture: Tips on Record Keeping
In a new video in our series looking at advice and guidance for people who want to make a new start with agriculture, Agricultural Consultant Hazel Laughton takes you through…
Read More >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Sustainable Principles
Managing Scotland’s landscapes sustainably is what all farmers, crofters and landowners seek to achieve. For years now there has been a steady increase in the number of land managers turning…
Read More >Relinquishment and Assignation of Tenancies – Opportunities for New Entrants
This focussed in on the potential opportunities for new entrants and those progressing in their businesses through relinquishment and assignation of agricultural tenancies. We aim to allow you to have:…
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