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Magic Margins – helping maintain soil on farm

In this podcast we chat to David Boldrin from JHI about how magic margins can be used to help reduce diffuse pollution on farm and help maintain soil on farm.

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The 4 Point Plan

Risk Assessments for Manures & Slurries

Alex Pirie, SAC Consulting

A Risk Assessment for Manures and Slurries (RAMS) is an essential tool for Scottish farmers,…

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Autumn 24 Newsletter Newsletter

The Scottish Voluntary Initiative Champion Network

John Flanagan, NFUS and Neal Evans, Voluntary Initiative

The Voluntary Initiative (VI) is a UK-wide industry-led organisation that was set up to promote…

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Autumn 24 Newsletter Newsletter

Winter planning on arable farms

Freya Lance, SAC Consulting

What can Arable Farmers do now to succeed in the spring? Just about now the…

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Autumn 24 Newsletter Newsletter

Why is it important to reduce clean water entering into slurry stores?

Sarah Cowie & Tracey Roan, NFU Scotland

With ever more volatile winter rain, problems around increased rainfall and slurry storage are quickly…

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Podcast

Reduce, reuse, recycle: clean and dirty water on farm

In this podcast Jackie McColm and Robert Ramsay discuss managing water on farm. Looking at ways and methods farmers can reduce clean water entering slurry storage tanks, therefore, increasing capacity and leading to cost savings.

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A rural scene with a loch in the background, and in the foreground a mobile sheep dipper parked in front of pens of sheep with farm vehicles parked nearby. Photo is Photo supplied by and copyright registered to ©Neil Fell https://mobilesheepdipping.co.uk/

Podcast Sheep dip

Environmental and animal welfare considerations of dealing with sheep scab

This podcast focuses on how farmers can manage sheep scab. In particular discussing what farmers need to be aware of and the rules and regulations that need to be followed when managing sheep dip from animal welfare, to environmental regulation. Photo credit: ©Neil Fell

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Newsletter Summer 24 Newsletter

You don’t always need a pump!

Robert Ramsay, SAC Consulting

Discussing alternative watering with farmers is always an enjoyable challenge. From crofters in the Western…

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Publications

Keeping Equines: reducing pollution risks and managing water

This information is aimed at equine businesses and those running stable yards or liveries to help identify and reduce diffuse pollution risks, improve water management and meet legal responsibilities.

What is diffuse pollution? Diffuse pollution can come from several sources, for example nutrients, dung,…

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