Agri-Business
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced that eight new farms are...
Collaboration, sustainability and resilience will be the key themes at a one-off AgriScot seminar as the four-year Monitor Farm Programme approaches its final few months.
New Monitor Farm host Ashley Jones has the bold aim of generating enough extra profit to replace direct payments within the next three years – about £200/ha.
The next meeting of the Borders Monitor Farm in Scotland, to be held on May 22, will feature talks on how technology and data can be used.
Arable
A local mindset is central to business for Hale Village tenant farmer Bill Webb - one of the latest recruits to the Monitor Farm programme.
Beef
Strategies to boost silage quality and optimise herd and calf health will be the focus of the next Borders Monitor farm meeting on Wednesday, March 6 at Whitriggs Farm, near Denholm.
Rural Life
Farming families around Scotland are being invited to put their names forward to be selected as Scotland's next monitor farm hosts.
The benefits of investing in genetics and EID technology will be showcased at the next Lochaber Monitor Farm meeting on Thursday, January 31.
A herd of pedigree Limousin cattle have adapted to the climate and are helping to improve margins at the Cameron family’s Strone Farm near Fort William.
Developing effective winter feed plans to maximise performance will be the focus of the next Sutherland Monitor Farm meeting.
Farmers attending the next Lothians Monitor Farm meeting this Wednesday will find out how the farms have performed over the long, hot summer.
Sheep
The effective control of Liver Fluke in sheep will be the focus of the next Lochaber Monitor Farm meeting on Thursday, November 1.
Strategic Monitor Farm East will start to look at managed lower inputs during the next 12 months.
Ensuring high fertility levels in suckler cows and selection of breeding rams will be discussed at the next Shetland Monitor Farm meeting.
Preparing winter grazing strategies will be the focus at the next meeting of Nithsdale Monitor Farm, set to take place on Thursday.
A variety of market options for lambs on the west coast of Scotland will be discussed at the next meeting of the Lochaber Monitor farm.
Dairy
Over 70 farmers and industry representatives attended the recent launch of the first AHDB Strategic Dairy Farm in Scotland.
Forage crops and pasture management are set to be the focus of the next Shetland monitor farm meeting on Saturday, August 25.
The results of the 'Soil My Undies' trial to assess soil health will also be discussed at the meeting, which will be held at Girtridge Farm, Dundonald.
Livestock farmers are being urged to take steps now to make the most of feedstocks and limit the effects of the dry conditions on farms.
A Somerset 'min-till' cereal farm is the latest to join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) monitor farm programme.
The next Nithsdale Monitor Farm meeting on Thursday, July 19 is set to focus on how technology can be used to increase efficiency.
N.Ireland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking for six new monitor farmers to join its research network - and for...
