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[/color][/color]Saturday 21st July, 12.30pm – 4.15pm at Achaphubuil, Fort William[/b][/u][/color][/font]
A practical walk and talk afternoon event exploring the benefits of woodland creation, management and funding opportunities. Includes discussion on riparian and shelter belt planting, agroforestry and how to manage existing woodland. Come along to hear and discuss what trees can do for you. Speakers include Iona Hyde of Woodland Trust Scotland, Ian Collier from Forestry Commission Scotland and Michael Foxley of Achaphubuil Croft. Free to farmers, crofters, foresters and land managers. Lunch will be provided. The Camusnagaul Ferry (£3.60 return) will take you over as required, then it’s a short walk to Treslaig village hall where the event will start. Book online, call Jane on 0131 666 2474, or email. Funding for this activity is made available through the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union), with partner funding from Quality Meat Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.[/font][/size]
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[/color]Monday 23rd July, 3-6.30pm, Lochend of Barra Farm, Inverurie, followed by dinner [/b][/font]
[/color]Pollinators are worth an estimated £43 million pounds to Scotland. Join us at our Pollinator Demo Farm near Inverurie for a farm walk to demonstrate how pollinators help your crops and how to create and manage the farmland features that will support them all year round. We will finish with a participatory session on how we can take this work forward. Dinner is included. Call Sarah on 07800 841 822 or [/color]e[/email][/u]mail[/email][/u] Funding is provided through SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union) with partner funding from Scottish Water and RSPB Scotland[/font]
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[/color]Thursday 26th July, 10.30am–3pm Inverkip Community Hub, Greenock[/b][/font]
[/color] [/b][/color]A discussion and interactive session on farm looking at the restoration and management of species-rich grassland and making the most of native pastures. We will examine how they can be productive and valuable for fattening stock using mob grazing techniques. Book online[/url][/u]. Call Sarah on 07800 841 822 or [/color]e[/email][/u]mail[/email][/u] for more information. Funding is provided through SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union) with partner funding from Scottish Water and RSPB Scotland.[/font]
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[/color]Friday 27th July, 10.30am–3pm. Grant Arms, Grantown on Spey[/b][/font]
[/color]A discussion and interactive session on farm looking at the restoration and management of species-rich grassland and making the most of native pastures. We will examine how they can be productive and valuable for fattening stock using mob grazing techniques. Book online[/url][/u]. Call Sarah on 07800 841 822 or [/color]e[/email][/u]mail[/email][/u] for more information. Funding is provided through SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union) with partner funding from Scottish Water and RSPB Scotland.[/font]
[/color] [/font][/color][/color]Field Lab: [/u]Good Green Manures. Which green manures work best in North East Scotland? [/size][/b][/color][/font]
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[/size]Green manures should be good for your crops and your soil. But do they make enough of a difference to justify their cost? This field lab compares different green manure mixes, their benefits for the soil and crop yield.Join us for our second meeting at Mains of Blackton with a field visit to look at the green manure trials. Call Clem on 0131 666 2474, or [/size][/color]email[/url][/u]. Funding for this activity is made available through the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union), with partner funding from Quality Meat Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.[/i][/font]
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[/color]Saturday 4th August, 1.30pm – 4.30pm[/color] Achintraid, Kishorn[/b][/color][/font]
[/color]A practical walk and talk afternoon event exploring the benefits of woodland creation, management and funding opportunities. Includes discussion on planting on marginal hill land, shelter belt planting, and how to manage existing woodland. Come along to hear and discuss what trees can do for you. Speakers include Donnie Chisholm, of Woodland Trust Scotland and Murray Stark, [/color]Grazing Clerk of the Achintraid Township Common Grazing. Free to farmers, crofters, foresters and land managers. Book online, call Jane on 0131 666 2474, or email. Funding for this activity is made available through the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union), with partner funding from Quality Meat Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
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[/color][/color]Worming Your Way to Profit[/url][/u]: Controlling fluke and worms in grass-based livestock systems.[/b][/color][/color] [/font]
[/color][/color]Tuesday 7th August, 3–7.30pm.Forteviot Village Hall, Perthshire, minibus travel to Netherholm Farm[/color][/font]
[/size] A practical workshop at Michael Blanche’s innovative grassland farm looking at effective ways of treating fluke and worms. Dinner is included. Call Sarah on 07800 841 822 or [/size][/color]e[/email][/u]mail[/email][/u]. Funding is provided through SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (which is jointly funded by the Scottish Government and the European Union) with partner funding from Scottish Water and RSPB Scotland.[/font]
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Topic: Soil Association Scotland Events Summer 2018 Part 2 (Read 1692 times)
