Scotland's Farm Advisory Service
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Providing advice and resources to farmers & crofters to increase the profitability and sustainability of their businesses.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined August 2016
Join our Financial Management series in Stranraer, Ayr and Stirling this autumn to boost your farm business skills. Over four workshops we will cover: 💰 Farm admin 📊 Cashflow 📈 Accounts 🌳 Future-proofing More info & sign up: https://t.co/hpf5zhH1hr
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🌱 Catch crops can do more than fill a gap — they add fodder & fertility for the next crop. But can they follow late-harvested cereals like winter wheat? See how one farmer drilled stubble turnips into wheat stubble 👇 🎥 https://t.co/0rkXTGMYi8
#CatchCrops #SoilHealth
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Join us for a Winter Feeding Workshop with SAC Consultant Derek Hanton! Talk + Farm Walk at Torgorm Farm Focus: Sheep & cattle nutrition Lunch included – booking essential! Decode your silage analysis 🌱 Learn winter forage & feeding strategies https://t.co/ZA5ttwRfRG
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Inverness-shire Women in Agriculture. Join us for a presentation, followed by farm walk, with SAC Consultant Derek Hanton, focused on understanding winter feeding requirements for sheep and cattle.
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Join us on 4 Nov in Wilkieston for a relaxed, practical session on creating an Animal Health & Welfare Plan for your farm. 🐑 We will also cover Whole Farm Plan and Preparing for Sustainable Farming. All welcome – book your spot 👇
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Join the Lothians Women in Agriculture group to learn how to create an animal health and welfare plan for your farming business. Please use the above map
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🌱 Managing EFA Greening or previously exempt? Join us 6 November at Fans Farm, Earlston to learn about 2026 changes, new options & tips to boost soil health, livestock & biodiversity. Booking essential! https://t.co/FdAyG7WZbR
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Are you a producer who currently requires EFA Greening or a livestock producer who was previously exempt? Join us at Fans Farm Earlston by kind permission of Douglas Stewart to learn about current...
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🐑 Want more from your flock? Join our Women in Agriculture event in Orkney – 18th Nov at Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall to learn how smart sheep health planning can boost productivity & profits! 💡🐑 Booking essential! https://t.co/8jeunj4u5e
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Orkney Women in Agriculture. Are you looking to boost productivity, improve output and increase the profits from your flock?
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🎙️ Welcome back to Crofting Matters! Siobhan’s joined by Jonathan Hogg of NFU Mutual Dingwall — tackling crofter challenges from theft to wild weather 🌧️🐂 Hear all about Public & Employer’s Liability (and runaway bulls!) 👇 🎧 https://t.co/pPPLUVHwrD
@NFUStweets
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🚨 Now taking bookings for Elgin, Perth, Aberdeenshire & Stirling! Want healthier soil & better crops? Join our autumn/winter workshops on soil & nutrient management to boost efficiency, cut emissions & improve crop health. More locations with date tbc. https://t.co/NBvTbx1ZCS
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🌿 Join us in the Flow Country to explore #PeatlandRestoration! Learn how it benefits farmers & crofters, find funding support, hear local success stories, and join our expert Q&A panel. Booking essential. @PeatlandACTION @TheFlowCountry @NatureScot
https://t.co/IAFDZ2mi2T
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FAS is collaborating with Peatland ACTION to deliver a series of events that will better help you understand the benefits and opportunities available now.
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Catch up on our latest CropCast episode, where George Chalmers is joined by Andrew Coalter from SAC Consulting to discuss Arable Farm Finances, particularly cash flow challenges, investment and capital allowances for arable farms. 📈 Full episode here: https://t.co/cLmW7OENuq
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Harry Fisher & Alex Pirie reflect on Scotland’s first @NFFNUK Summit — exploring how farmers are stewards of the land, why profitability & biodiversity go hand in hand, and what the future of funding looks like. 🌿 🎧 Listen now 👇 https://t.co/UIphppfwb1
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Catch up on our Sustainable Sheep Systems webinar with Michael Blanche, exploring how to rethink, value, and manage your time to reach your goals 🎯 More webinars coming up in Nov & Dec on managing labour on sheep farms. More at https://t.co/NBvTbx1ZCS ▶️
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Crofter or smallholder? 🐑 Unsure where to start with your carbon audit? Come along to one of our free practical workshops! A perfect opportunity to learn everything you need to know and ask any questions. Book on now at https://t.co/cbkBWl436p
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Tickets are selling fast for our Autumn Event with guest speaker, Sammi Kinghorn OBE however still some available https://t.co/05SQ3ISmVR
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🌱 Involved in a Common Grazing? Join our two-part session in Mallaig on 29th Oct & 19th Nov to explore real-life challenges & solutions, using a fictional Common Grazing. With experts from the Crofting Commission 👨🌾 Please ensure to book onto both parts! https://t.co/QvdEPSs22T
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The Sustainable Beef Systems webinar series is back for series 3! Join us for our Finishing Strong series, led by SAC and @SRUCVets, where we will focus on finishing cattle, looking at nutrition, health and marketing. ✅ Visit https://t.co/NBvTbx1ZCS for more info and bookings!
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🚨 New date! Join us on 28 October for expert insights from Kythe McKenzie (SRUC) as she shares how health planning in your herd can: ✅ Boost herd productivity ✅ Unlock financial gains ✅ Prepare you for the future of farming Booking is essential! https://t.co/9VZH6Jqcy1
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Animal health and welfare plans are one of the five Whole Farm Plan elements being introduced from 2025 and all livestock producers will need one by 2028.
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🌱 Join us Tues 11 Nov for a Forage Focus Field Day at Chapelton (by kind permission of the Biggar family). Hear from James Biggar on forage crops, bale grazing & adapting systems to climate & cost challenges. Lunch provided – booking essential! 👉
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e will be covering the agronomics and costings of the different forage crops and discussing how the system can be modified in response to climate challenges and rising costs.
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🐑 Got an eye for lameness in sheep? Join Women in Agriculture – Lewis & Harris event on 29th Oct with SRUC Vet Lynn Gibson to learn all about sheep foot care: spotting problems early, treating Footrot & Scald, and keeping your flock sound. https://t.co/cNkUEJHCI9
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Western Isles Women in Agriculture. When it comes to foot care in sheep. Are you confident in identifying lameness and in how to treat?
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The Whole Farm Plan is compulsory in 2026. Are you as a Sheep Stock Club prepared? Read more in our article here! 🐑 https://t.co/VYzbclEMJx
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The Whole Farm Plan (WFP) is mandatory for all businesses claiming Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2026. In 2026 all BPS claimants will need to tick two
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🌾 Catch crops, cover crops & break crops — all key tools for better soil & productivity. But could one crop do it all? See how one farmer uses autumn-sown Italian Ryegrass to boost their system 👇 https://t.co/9zOkpzMEWj This video is part of the Arable + Series
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