Two talks which featured our farming heritage with a link to both the climate change emergency and our food security were: ‘The Lost Flock of St Kilda’ and ‘Make it with Oats, and try it with Bere’.
Farming’s Past for the Future #OISF
‘Facts are Chiels That Winna Ding’
Today, the numbers we were talking about – the exporting of forty bottles of whisky per second, the incredible contribution of farming to Scotland’s GDP – are now very much a mainstream discussion. It’s hugely encouraging that promotion of one of Scotland’s greatest success stories is being championed widely.
“We talk about enemies more than we used to”
There is ” a wider truth about the increasingly polarised world that we live in, one in which our views are subjected to the confirmation bias brought about by the echo chambers of social media. We’ve become tribal and angry. We talk about our enemies more than we used to.”
Animal Health and Welfare Funding for Farmers and Crofters
“This new animal health and welfare payment is one of the first steps in this process and will reward farmers who take an active role in improving the health and welfare of the animals they keep.” – Rural Affairs Secretary in the Scottish Government Mairi Gougeon
Free Business Support for Orkney Farmers
Livestock producers can apply now to take part in the programme which is open to dairy and livestock family farm businesses and crofters and takes a whole-farm and whole-family approach.
Short Film of the West Mainland Show
It was a fabulous and very successful West Mainland Show with the sun coming out after a brief showery start on Thursday 10th of August. In the Community Centre, the Horticultural and Industrial Show gave some respite from the heat of the day to view the skilled work of crafters and gardeners in the West Mainland.
Images of the East Mainland Show by Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson has captured some memorable moments at the East Mainland Show
Turriff Show Hosts The Ryeland Scottish National and the Aberdeen Angus Summer National
This summer on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st July, The Scottish Ryeland National and The Aberdeen-Angus Society’s Summer National will be hosted by north east Scotland’s two-day agricultural event, Turriff Show
A Pig in a Poke
As so often, here a single case speaks to a wider truth. Why are tatties so dear?
New Approaches to Agri-Environmental Schemes: Co-Creating Contracts
“Through our research we were able to show that farmers are willing to implement innovative approaches to land management that promote biodiversity, so long as the contractual agreements are motivating and reliable, rather than restrictive and vague.” Dr Prager
