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Information-packed afternoon at Dumfries Monitor Farm summer meeting

Information-packed afternoon at Dumfries Monitor Farm summer meeting

Stock health plans, managing ewes for a successful 2024 lambing, soils, rotational grazing and water shortages were key points discussed at an information-packed Dumfriesshire Monitor Farm summer meeting. More than 80 visitors heard how Monitor Farmer Richard...

IAAS Lamb Bank open for business again

IAAS Lamb Bank open for business again

With the ongoing success of the Lamb for St Andrew’s Day campaign run by the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS), auctioneers are once again calling on farmers to support the project that has seen over 65,000 school children cook and eat Scotch...

BASF’s Project Fortress for people, planet & profit

BASF’s Project Fortress for people, planet & profit

Just days after the world’s hottest day on record, BASF revealed interim results  for Project Fortress – an on-farm five-year trial exploring strategies to increase resilience to the impacts and challenges of climate change. Project Fortress is hosted at The Grange...

Donate a tonne for Doddie at the Turriff Show

Donate a tonne for Doddie at the Turriff Show

Doddie Weir’s legacy as a campaigner for a better understanding of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) put the disease and fundraising into vital research firmly into the spotlight. Doddie founded the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation charity – the five coming for the number of his...

New survey demonstrates the value of break crops

New survey demonstrates the value of break crops

A recent BASF survey of break crop growers across the UK  demonstrated that growers continue to appreciate the impact these crops have on their rotations and are willing to invest in them. Oilseed rape, the most widely grown break crop Oilseed rape (OSR) was the most...

Mentoring matters to Ringlink’s pre-apprenticeship programme

Mentoring matters to Ringlink’s pre-apprenticeship programme

Ringlink’s pre-apprenticeship for 16–21-year-olds has been remarkably successful at attracting new recruits, with almost half of the trainees having no previous agricultural background. The Land-based Pre-apprenticeship is a vocational pathway for school leavers or...

Join us at the EQ Food and Drink Pavilion Turriff Show 2023

Join us at the EQ Food and Drink Pavilion Turriff Show 2023

Turriff Show’s wholesome EQ Food and Drink pavilion, sponsored by EQ Chartered Accountants, will be the heart to some of the finest Scottish local food and drink producers in the region. This year the pavilion has been extended to welcome over 40 local exhibitors...