Dairy, Beef and Sheep farmers, reliant on grass silage for their winter livestock rations, are being urged to have their bales and pits sampled and analysed in this bumper yielding year.The call comes as AgriScot launches its annual silage competition, itself designed to encourage farmers to better evaluate their silage and silage growing strategies.
READ MOREFrom the coffee connoisseur looking for the latest coffee craze to casual drinkers looking to kick start their coffee experience there is something for everyone at the EDINBURGH COFFEE FESTIVAL on the 5th October 2019, taking place at one of the city’s best-known venues, ...
READ MOREThe team from AHDB Scotland was crowned winner of the 2019 RSABI Great Glen Challenge, sponsored by full-service Scottish law firm Ledingham Chalmers, solicitors on Friday, beating 25 other teams to the trophy following a thrilling competition in the wettest conditions seen for the competition since its inception.
READ MOREAnimal nutrition specialists, Norvite, have today announced the appointment of two new nutritionists to strengthen their technical and commercial teams.
READ MOREEstablished in 1983, Skyeskyns, based in Waternish on the beautiful Isle of Skye, is the sole remaining commercial woolskin tannery in Scotland. The family business has today taken its next step towards a neutral carbon footprint, by introducing, for the first time, Mimosa Tanned Sheepskins - skins tanned using mimosa bark.
READ MOREWell known Fife farmer and star of the BBC’s ‘This Farming Life’, Steve Mitchell, has today launched a ‘Founders Club’ crowdfunding campaign to turn his buffalo mozzarella dreams into reality. Steve’s ambition is to provide Scotland with its first ever home-produced buffalo mozzarella, at the same time giving founding investors a 10 per cent return on investment.
READ MORELand-based member organisation Scottish Land & Estates is delighted to announce the 2019 Helping It Happen Awards finalists.Now in its third year, the campaign and its annual Awards are becoming increasingly renowned as champions of rural business and entrepreneurship in Scotland.
READ MORETwenty-five years since the very first AgriScot (formerly DairyScot) will be celebrated when the event takes place on 20th November this year. To mark the occasion, the first 2 chairmen of the event, Alex Brown and Robin Young, have agreed to act as joint independent assessors for the prestigious Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year award 2019.The pair, who will be aided in their assessment duties by current AgriScot board member, Gilmour Lawrie, are now calling for nominations and entries to the award.
READ MOREA new, unique forestry event - Forestry Expo Scotland - will take place in Scotland next month – 22nd and 23rd August.Forestry Expo Scotland will provide visitors with the opportunity to not only see the latest and best forestry machines and equipment at work but also hear from leading industry experts on the latest industry technology.
READ MORERapeseed Protein FeedA recently introduced protein-rich feedstuff from Norvite, the long-established, Scottish livestock feed firm, aims to cut the livestock sectors reliance on imported Soya Bean Meal. Extended trials of NEOlac on an award-winning Aberdeenshire dairy unit have shown that it can replace Soya Bean Meal with no adverse effects on cow health, milk yield or quality. NEOlac, which is derived from cold-pressed oilseed rape grown locally to Norvite’s plant in North East Scotland, has been developed specifically for dairy cow rations.
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