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16/05/2024

Our second meeting for the Big Beef Roadshow will be held in Kelty on 29 May! Come and join us to hear from industry experts on topics such as efficiency, sustainability and nutrition.

Book your place today 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-big-beef-roadshow-tickets-886051372507?aff=oddtdtcreator

31/01/2024

The second of our visits from international fodder beet expert Dr Jim Gibbs will be taking place on Burn Farm in Brechin.

Find out more and book your space here ➡️ https://t.ly/pyc6x

21/11/2023

Get Carbon Literate | Our new partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful offers a new industry qualification which supports the journey towards a net zero future.

Learn more about Carbon Literacy Training for your rural business: eu1.hubs.ly/H06h4tH0

13/11/2023

09/11/2023

Interested in finding out more about growing Sugar Beet?

Join us for this fantastic farm tour hosted by Stracathro Estates which will include crop viewing, seeing the harvester and cleaning equipment in action, as well as finding out more information about the anaerobic digester plant.

The Sugar Beet Project Group was set up to form a partnership in supplying beet to the Scottish chemical industry. Members of the group, including SAC Consulting (part of SRUC), SAOS, IBioIC, and farmers, will present the project.

Book your place today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sugar-beet-for-industry-tickets-749408630387

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06/03/2023

01/02/2023

FARM MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK | Why not use the Handbook 2022/23 to help plan your applications for spring 2023?

Buy now: https://www.sruc.ac.uk/business-services/sac-consulting/farm-business-management/farm-management-handbook/

17/06/2022

ACTION REQUIRED: The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 have now come into force, requiring all farm businesses using pesticides to register their details. The regulations covers all pesticide use in Great Britain. The deadline for completion of the registration form is 22 June 2022. Everyone must register if they use pesticides on their farm, even if these are applied by a third party. The form can be completed at https://buff.ly/3uAPNQe. If you need assistance in completing this please contact your local office.

If you’re a business, organisation or sole trader that uses professional PPPs and adjuvants in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.

19/05/2022

Are you a seasoned Microsoft developer who is highly skilled in Azure, C # and .NET Core? Do you have front-end UI skills in JavaScript and Angular? Do you want to build the future of sustainability software solutions? If so, you could be the perfect fit to join , THE leading carbon and efficiency tool that gives the food supply industry clarity and confidence in reducing carbon emissions.

Reporting to the Head of Product, you will be responsible for architecting and developing our platform running on the Microsoft Cloud, building scalable solutions to meet worldwide demand and partnering with complementary applications. You will also get the opportunity to work closely with some of our key customers. Commutable distance to Glasgow or Edinburgh is highly desired. #
Contact Niall Depledge via LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3sJPocU

01/04/2022

Today is April 1st, and here's how some of the food and drinks companies celebrated this (unofficial) National Pranks' Day (nothing could make you slim faster than Brussel Sprouts-flavoured Slimfast):

Fmcg brands became all-out pranksters for 1 April, with fake products and spoof news stories appearing on social media

22/03/2022

We're looking for a Ruminant Nutritionist to join our livestock team
The role will be vastly varied and will include tasks such as, delivering knowledge exchange through 1-2-1 consultancy, finding practical nutritional solutions on farm, and speaking in meetings, podcasts and videos.
Apply here - https://buff.ly/3wxVaRH

08/03/2022

Join the Agrecalc team at stand 414 at the Low Carbon Agriculture Show today and tomorrow! We welcome all your questions and queries about the one-of-a-kind tool for carbon calculation. Visit us for a cuppa, a chat and a demo!

01/03/2022

One week to go! Join at the Low Carbon Agriculture Show ( ) - stand 414, 8 and 9 March 2022, Stoneleigh, England! The team are excited for our first live event after 2 years - come and chat with us! Register here: https://buff.ly/3qPi54H

11/02/2022

There is still time to register for our series of virtual events, starting with optimising live lambs in indoor systems https://buff.ly/3txdcSj

01/02/2022

Did you enjoy your turkey this Christmas?
Are you interested in rearing them yourselves?
Do you have small areas of land which you think you could utilise better?

Well join this webinar on the 3rd of February to learn everything you need to know about Turkey Production. Including practical and technical advice, as well as advice on current legislation which affects small scale turkey production.

Did you enjoy your turkey this Christmas? Are you interested in rearing them yourselves? Do you have small areas of land which you think you could utilise better? Well join…

29/01/2022

We have an excellent line up of specialists, vets, researchers and fantastic award winning farmers for our LambCrop series, register now https://buff.ly/3txdcSj

19/01/2022

Still time to book on to the second part of the AHDB , Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS and SRUC Agronomy roadshows being held online tomorrow morning.

In this Enhanced Agronomy session there will tech talks and Q&A on carbon calculation, optimising fertilser inputs, the future of alternative plant protection products and the key priorities in integrated pest management planning.

AHDB, FAS and SRUC will be coming together in January 2022 and running three Agronomy roadshows as on-line events. Two of these were originally planned as physical events at Carfraemill and…

18/01/2022

Join us for our series of three virtual events to prepare you for lambing, in the indoor, upland and hill environments https://buff.ly/3m1HSH8
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29/12/2021

The AHDB / Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS / SRUC Agronomy Roadshow 2022 will once again be online due to current Covid restrictions with three dates looking at a range of new ideas and offering you the chance to get your questions in to the experts.
Book your place now!

AHDB, FAS and SRUC will be coming together in January 2022 and running three Agronomy roadshows as on-line events. The winter Agronomy Roadshows will cover the latest in technical content for…

15/12/2021

As part of the EU-wide GrASTech project, researchers at SRUC’s Dairy Research and Innovation Centre have modelled the effect of precision livestock farming technologies on improving fertility and milk yield and the subsequent impact on carbon footprint. For a 225-cow average Scottish dairy farm yielding 8000 litres/annum, introduction of an automated heat detection and health monitoring system was expected to reduce the calving interval from 410 to 390 days and increase milk yield to 8500 litres/annum. Total emissions from milk production fell by 2.5% from 2,520,977 to 2,457,829 kg CO2e and in terms of emissions per kg of output, the carbon footprint fell 8.27% from 1.33 to 1.22 kg CO2e/kg fat and protein corrected milk, demonstrating that improvements to technical performance can help lower a farms carbon footprint and increase profitability. For more information see: unearthed-modelling-efficiency-improvements-on-dairy-carbon-footprint.pdf (sruc.ac.uk)

03/12/2021

Come and join this webinar on Planning to Grow Cereals in 2022, with a range of SRUC specialists available to answer your questions.

This event provides growers with an opportunity to get a brief update on crop trials from 2021 carried out at SRUC from Neil Havis (one of SRUC’s Senior Plant Pathologists) , along with spring cereal variety recommendations for 2022 from Steve Hoad (SRUC agronomy researcher) who is part of the tea...

29/11/2021

SRUC’s Crichton Royal Farm recently invested in four calf verandas to help accommodate increasing numbers of dairy heifer calves.
Verandas are a low-cost, flexible and easy way to solve housing issues, without the requirement for planning permission. These roofed, mobile pens can house up to 14 calves and are used in combination with an igloo, providing shelter from adverse weather, fresh air and a snug, draught-free lying area. Groups of calves are housed separately, ideal for managing the risk of disease between different age groups. The verandas are on wheels making them easy to muck out. They can be moved to a clean area on the yard with the calves still enclosed to muck out the existing site.
Each veranda came at a cost of approximately £7,500, with an addition £5,000 cost to lay a solid concrete base. With calves remaining in the verandas for a total of nine weeks, that means each veranda rears 80 calves per year and over a 10-year period the investment works out at £15.60/calf. A small labour cost should also be factored in for assembly which was about 8 hours per unit.
Farm Manager Hugh McClymont says “It is an excellent system that anyone could manage without complications of high-tech equipment. When feeding the calves twice daily, you immediately see who is drinking or not as the case maybe. After nine months of operation the verandas have performed extremely well and are easy manoeuvred to allow frequent cleaning out”.

08/11/2021

is dominating our newspapers and televisions. As we move into week two of the conference the team at Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS have summarised some of the more significant takeaways from week one:

As we look towards another week of COP26, what has already happened over the last 7 days of the conference has been significant.

02/11/2021

30/10/2021

With high store cattle prices and feed prices rising finishing margins will be squeezed this winter, come along to this on farm event looking at health, nutrition and research to help maximise margins in beef finishing systems with presentations and discussions from SAC Consulting specialists and SRUC researchers.
Take home new ideas to help you maximise the potential from your finishing business. Book your place at [email protected]

17/09/2021

There's a lot of talk about COP26 but what's the big deal and what does it mean for Scottish agriculture? Our Environment Team have put together a series of free meetings for Scotland's Farm Advisory Service - FAS
https://www.facebook.com/FASScot/posts/1159458134464327

27/08/2021

SRUC’s dairy farms have been embracing selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) since 2016. On average 75% of cows across the three herds are now dried off with teat sealant only, a saving in antibiotics of around £9/cow. Cows do not receive antibiotics at drying off if their last three milk recordings show a somatic cell count ≥11,000 and ≤99,000 cells/ml and there has been no clinical mastitis in the last three months of lactation. Mastitis cases of dry period origin (those occurring during the dry period and first 30 days of lactation) are only around 1%, well below the 1 in 12 target or

17/08/2021

Athlete vs Farmer: What’s the difference? Is there a difference? Athletes are paid to use the tools of their trade, to perform at their best using their body and mind,…