Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode I’m joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson to talk about The Whole Farm Plan, and what it means for farmers, crofters & smallholders.

FAS Resources

Preparing For The Future | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

The Farm Management Handbook | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Events | Events helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Agribusiness News July 2024 - Sector Focus: Whole Farm Plans | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Other Resources

Whole Farm Plan (ruralpayments.org)

Scottish IPM Assessment Plan | Plant Health Centre

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Welcome back to the Rural Roundup hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode I’m joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson who chat about the census, thinking about silage and the ECS organics deadline, and I’m later joined by Eleanor Kay from Scottish Land & Estates who talks about their theme of resilience this year. We discuss everything from their organisational strategy, right through to how land-owners can take advantage of the right opportunities at the right time.

FAS Resources

https://www.fas.scot/downloads/feed-and-forage-factsheet/

Integrated Land Management Plans (ILMPs) | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Specialist Advice | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Other Resources

Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (ruralpayments.org)

https://www.ruralpayments.org/news-events/agricultural-census-2024.html

https://www.scottishlandandestates.co.uk/

Scottish Land & Estates | Musselburgh | Facebook

Natural_Capital_Toolkit_Open_Version.docx (live.com)

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode I’m joined by George Chalmers and Tiffany Stephenson who chat all things Carbon. Carbon Audits, emissions reductions and more.

FAS Resources

Carbon Audits | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Specialist Advice | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Other Resources

Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) (ruralpayments.org)

Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (ruralpayments.org)

Carbon Literacy for rural industries | Keep Scotland Beautiful

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode I’m joined by George Chalmers, Robert Ramsay and Tiffany Stephenson who discuss the recent bout of wet weather, and the implications of this on our agricultural businesses. We also talk about beef enterprise efficiencies. I’m later joined by Sascha Grierson, Principal Consultant at SAC Consulting and Project Lead for the Scottish Farm Business Survey, commissioned by the Scottish Government. Sascha tells us the latest findings from the Scottish & Farm Business Survey, and provides some figures for industry performance.

If you want to sign up for the farm business survey please email Sascha.grierson@sac.co.uk

FAS Resources

Stock Talk - Performance in Beef Herds | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

CropCast - Spring Fertiliser Applications | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Whole Farm Benchmarks Tool 2022-23 | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Other Resources

Agricultural Reform Route Map (ruralpayments.org)

Supporting documents - Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2022-2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. This episode is part of a spotlight mini-series titled Trees of the Gaelic World. This episode is all about Scot’s Pine and will explore the Gaelic language and lore surrounding the species with scholar Dr Mìcheal Newton, and advice from Alan Crawford from The Woodland Trust on the best conditions for the species, and how to manage or establish Scot’s Pine on our land in the current day. You can find three more episodes in this series on the Rural Roundup Podcast, we also cover, Yew, Birch and Oak.

Dr Mìcheal Newton was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 for his dissertation The Tree in Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition.

Music Credit:

Our sincere thanks go to composer David Bertrand for providing the folk music interludes in this episode. https://www.davidbertrandmusic.com/

Resources

Tree Planting Advice - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Michael S Newton - Academia.edu

Home (hiddenglenfolk.org)

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2023/01/trees-for-the-crofting-community/

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. This episode is part of a spotlight mini-series titled Trees of the Gaelic World. This episode is all about Oak and will explore the Gaelic language and lore surrounding the species with scholar Dr Mìcheal Newton, and advice from Alasdair Firth from The Woodland Trust on the best conditions for the species, and how to manage or establish Oak on our land in the current day. You can find three more episodes in this series on the Rural Roundup Podcast, we also cover, Yew, Birch and Scot’s Pine.

Dr Mìcheal Newton was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 for his dissertation The Tree in Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition.

Music Credit:

Our sincere thanks go to composer David Bertrand for providing the folk music interludes in this episode. https://www.davidbertrandmusic.com/

Resources

Tree Planting Advice - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Michael S Newton - Academia.edu

Home (hiddenglenfolk.org)

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2023/01/trees-for-the-crofting-community/

For more information, visit www.FAS.scot

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National Advice Hub

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Email: advice@fas.scot

Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. This episode is part of a spotlight mini-series titled Trees of the Gaelic World. This episode is all about Yew and will explore the Gaelic language and lore surrounding the species with scholar Dr Mìcheal Newton, and advice from Iona Hyde from The Woodland Trust on the best conditions for the species, and how to manage or establish Yew on our land in the current day. You can find three more episodes in this series on the Rural Roundup Podcast, we also cover, Yew, Birch and Scot’s Pine.

Dr Mìcheal Newton was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 for his dissertation The Tree in Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition.

Music Credit:

Our sincere thanks go to composer David Bertrand for providing the folk music interludes in this episode. https://www.davidbertrandmusic.com/

Resources

Tree Planting Advice - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Michael S Newton - Academia.edu

Home (hiddenglenfolk.org)

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2023/01/trees-for-the-crofting-community/

For more information, visit www.FAS.scot

Twitter: @FASScot

Facebook: @FASScot

National Advice Hub

Phone: 0300 323 0161

Email: advice@fas.scot

Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. This episode is part of a spotlight mini-series titled Trees of the Gaelic World. This episode is all about Birch and will explore the Gaelic language and lore surrounding the species with scholar Dr Mìcheal Newton, and advice from Viv Halcrow from The Woodland Trust on the best conditions for the species, and how to manage or establish Birch on our land in the current day. You can find three more episodes in this series on the Rural Roundup Podcast, we also cover, Yew, Oak and Scot’s Pine.

Dr Mìcheal Newton was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 for his dissertation The Tree in Scottish Gaelic Literature and Tradition.

Music Credit:

Our sincere thanks go to composer David Bertrand for providing the folk music interludes in this episode. https://www.davidbertrandmusic.com/

Resources

Tree Planting Advice - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

Michael S Newton - Academia.edu

Home (hiddenglenfolk.org)http://woodlandcrofts.org/?page_id=552   

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2023/01/trees-for-the-crofting-community/

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Celebrating-Birch-by-Greg-Wright/9781565233072

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Birch-by-Anna-Lewington/9781789140118

For more information, visit www.FAS.scot

Twitter: @FASScot

Facebook: @FASScot

National Advice Hub

Phone: 0300 323 0161

Email: advice@fas.scot