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Pesticides Podcast

Integrated Pest Management and the Voluntary Initiative

How can you improve pesticide management on farm?

How can you improve pesticide management on farm? In this podcast we chat with Neal…

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PEPFAA Code

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The 4 Point Plan

The 4 Point Plan
Ann-Marie MacMaster Land Use and Nature-Based Solutions Project Officer with The River South Esk Partnership

Spring 25 Newsletter

Catchment Management Plans – why are they important?

Here Ann-Marie MacMaster, Land Use and Nature-Based Solutions Project Officer with The River South Esk Partnership explains more.

Catchment management plans bring together all aspects of the water environment. They take into account…

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hands feeling soil

Spring 25 Newsletter

Sustaining Scottish soils

Sarah Buckingham, SAC Consulting

The importance of soils Soils underpin all nature-based systems, therefore, are vital in supporting Scotland’s…

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Riverbank along River Teviot, with sustainable protection from erosion.

Spring 25 Newsletter

Sustainable solutions to bank erosion: how trees can help protect Scotland’s riverbanks

Helen Reid, SEPA

Scotland’s rivers are facing increasing challenges due to more frequent and intense flood events. As…

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Silage bales stacked in a grassland field.

Spring 25 Newsletter

Pit silage Vs. Bales

Fiona Salter, SAC Consulting and Robert Hunter, West Tarbrax Farm

Making and storing silage is an expensive operation. How you choose to store silage needs…

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Edwin Third, River Operations manager standing alongside willow spiling on the River Don.

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Sustainable Bank Protection: willow spiling

Willow spiling and bank regrading on the River Don

Willow spiling and bank regrading on the River Don Beidleston Farm, on the River Don,…

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Walter Douglas, Carlinrig Farm, standing in front of a regraded section of the River Teviot

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Sustainable Bank Protection: regrading with large trees and willow

Regrading banks and willow planting in the Scottish Borders

How can you cope with a high energy river that is eroding a bank and…

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Chris Savage, a Rural Business Consultant, explaining the brash bundles and root wad intervention on the Milton Burn.

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Sustainable Bank Protection: brash bundles & root wads

Brash bundles and root wads on Milton Burn

Milton burn was experiencing severe erosion on its banks and the team wanted to explore…

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Helen Field, SEPA, standing in front of a river that has had some riverbank restoration work completed to SEPA's guidance and rules.

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Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and Rules

Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and GBR

Sustainable Bank Protection: Guidance and GBR Including sustainable bank protection within your management plans to…

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A meandering river with riparian trees planted along the riverbank.

Natural Flood Management Podcast

Riverbank Stabilisation – what do you need to do?

Riverbank stabilisation features can been a key solution to protecting riverbanks and safeguarding key agricultural land.

In this podcast episode we chat with Helen Reid, Senior Hydromorphologist from SEPA and Alex…

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A soil sampling bag being filled by two people's hands - one person's hand is holding the bag open and the other gloved hand is pushing soil off a soil auger into the bag.

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Organic matter – why is it important?

Organic matter, why is it important, what benefits does it bring to the soil? In this podcast we discuss organic matter, from what it is, to the benefits that can be gained from improving the quantity in your soil.

Organic matter, why is it important, what benefits does it bring to the soil? In…

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A double bunded plastic fuel tank sitting in the corner of a farmyard with a red gate nearby.

Winter 25 Newsletter

Oil Storage: How to ensure you stay safe

Andrew Wallace, SEPA

Fuel and oil are essential resources for the daily operations of farms across Scotland, but…

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A large drone sat on a red landing pad in an upland grass pasture field.

Winter 25 Newsletter

Remote sensing: can it help water management on farm?

Jack Zuill, SAC Consulting

Efficient water management is vital for both productivity and sustainability in agriculture. Scottish farmers face…

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