OnFARM Podcast: Royal Highland Show 2023: OnFARM round-up

From the cattle ring, to the Highland Hall and the machinery lines and everywhere in between, Monty and Dave catch up with the Sheep Game's Cammy Wilson, celebrate the Highland Pony Society's centenary with president Sylvia Ormiston, and check in with veteran Kelso stockman Keith Redpath, ahead of his prestigious task of judging the beef interbreed teams.

OnFARM Podcast: Golden Shears world shearing championships at the Royal Highland Show

The Golden Shears world sheep shearing championships are hosted in 2023 by the Royal Highland Show. The competition's first return to Scotland in over 20 years has teams from 30 countries competing in machine shearing, hand shearing, and wool handling categories. Competitors gathered earlier this week for a last-minute training session at Crookston Farm in the Borders. OnFARM's Monty and producer Dave were there too.

OnFARM Podcast: RHET chairman's cycle challenge

RHET chairman and Dumfries and Galloway farmer Alistair Marshall is midway through a cross-Scotland cycling challenge fundraiser, when he hopes to visit primary schools in all 13 RHET regions in the run-up to the Royal Highland Show. The aim is to raise £10,000 to support RHET to continue to provide free educational activities and experiential learning for young people aged 3 -18 years.

Help us celebrate 150 episodes of the OnFARM podcast!

We are about to hit the 150th episode of the OnFARM podcast. It’s a huge milestone, and we are extremely proud to be still going from strength to strength, surrounded by a brilliant community, and with steadfast supporters and sponsors. We’ve had wonderful guests on the show, from high-profile celebs to people that have been loads of fun, and just passionate communicators about the work that goes on in rural Scotland.

OnFARM Podcast: Organic farming: 'The Road Ahead' SOPA conference

Anna attended the recent national conference of SOPA – Scottish Organic – at the Royal Highland Showground. It was a brilliant forward-thinking day; in fact the theme of the event was “The Road Ahead”. Organic is still quite a small part of the total food and farming economy, but it is growing, and there is huge potential for the future.

OnFARM Podcast: Feuds, disputes, and arguments: how mediation can help

This episode is all about the power of mediation – hearing from Gillespie Macandrew's dispute resolution team lead Fiona Cameron, and Gordon Davies, a mediator working for - among others - rural support charity RSABI.

OnFARM Podcast: Ringside at Fife Show with the Gillespie Macandrew team

We are alongside the main arena at Fife Show, courtesy of OnFARM partners and sponsors Gillespie Macandrew. Guest co-presenters are Carol McQuillan and Sam Connington from GM's Land and Rural Business Team.

OnFARM Podcast: Heather thatching at Braemar Castle - with Bell Ingram

A follow-up to our episode on the restoration of Braemar Castle in Royal Deeside. We are with Bell Ingram team volunteers, senior architect Iain Cram, and expert Scottish thatcher Brian Wilson, as they gather sheaves of heather to redo the roof of a folly - or 'fog house' - in the castle grounds.

OnFARM Podcast: Braemar Castle community restoration project - with Bell Ingram

Braemar Castle in Royal Deeside has been under scaffold for many months - as it is being lovingly restored by a team led by the local community, and with architecture support from specialists at Bell Ingram.

OnFARM Podcast: Helping It Happen awards from SLE: what it means to win (2 of 3)

The 2023 Helping It Happen awards from Scottish Land and Estates are open for nominations. In this mini-series in partnership with SLE, Anna meets the 2022 winners, to find out how the recognition has helped them or given their work a boost.