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Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast — 603 episodes

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CropCast - PCN & Water Scarcity

2

Rural Roundup - AECS & Updates

3

Business and Policy News Audio April 2026: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on Maker Space, a Digital Dairy Chain project

4

Natural Capital - South of Scotland Natural Capital Innovation Zone

5

Rural Roundup - Policy Update

6

Business and Policy News Audio March 2026: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on how a turbulent global trading environment is shaping the outlook for Scottish agriculture

7

Rural Roundup - Spotlight: Crofting Through The Seasons Autumn & Winter

8

Crofting Matters - Crofting Through the Seasons : Autumn & Winter

9

Stock Talk - James Orr - Stock Talk Handover

10

Natural Capital - The Importance of Natural Capital to the Scottish Economy

11

Crofting Matters - Crofting Through the Seasons: Spring/Summer

12

Rural Roundup - Spotlight: Crofting Through The Seasons Spring & Summer

13

Thrill of the Hill - Where Policy Meets Pasture - The Agri-Environment Climate Scheme with David Brown

14

Rural Roundup - Farm Insurance

15

CropCast Conversations - Hemp - The Crop in Waiting?

16

Agri Culture - Atholl Estates: Regenerative Farming at the Heart of Community

17

Business and Policy News Audio February 2026: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on promoting your farm or croft online

18

Stock Talk - Gordon Whiteford: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm

19

Natural Capital - The History of Scotland's Natural Capital

20

CropCast - Knowing Your Numbers

21

Rural Roundup - Conferences, Updates & Reminders

22

Thrill of the Hill - Counting Carbon: Auditing the Uplands with James Orr

23

Agri Culture - Building A Life Of Health From The Ground Up: Steading & Co Family (Part 2)

24

Agri Culture - Building A Life Of Health From The Ground Up: Steading & Co Family (Part 1)

25

Business and Policy News Audio January 2026: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on geopolitics and global agricultural trends

26

Stock Talk - Basil Lowman: 55 years of Driving the Beef Industry Forward and Pioneering New Ideas

27

Rural Roundup - 6. Unsung Heroes - Agriculture’s Position in the Climate Change Conversation

28

Rural Roundup - 5. Unsung Heroes - Haggs Farm: Machinery (Slurry Separator)

29

Rural Roundup - 4. Unsung Heroes – Birks Farm: Efficiency (Calving at Two)

30

Rural Roundup - 3. Unsung Heroes – Park Farm: Dairy Technology (Robots & Solar PV)

31

Rural Roundup - 2. Unsung Heroes - Temples Farm: Data (Genomics)

32

Rural Roundup - 1. Unsung Heroes - Littleton Farm: Biodiversity (Weeds)

33

Thrill of the Hill: Are You In or Out? - Cattle Wintering Strategies with Lorna Shaw

34

Rural Roundup - Autumn Budget 2025

35

CropCast Conversations - United Oilseeds

36

CropCast - Agronomy Past, Present & Future

37

Agri Culture - Future Farmer: Jack Munro & Anna Wylie

38

Business and Policy News Audio December 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on the UK Autumn Budget

39

Stock Talk - Robert Gilchrist & Gavin Hill

40

Natural Capital - Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere OPIN

41

CropCast - Cover Crops

42

Thrill of the Hill - Happening Organically: Supporting Organic Farming in Scotland

43

Rural Roundup - Men’s Health Month – Blood Pressure & Baler Twine

44

Agri Culture - Barbara McLeod: Cruciferous Croft

45

Business and Policy News Audio November 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on dairy technology

46

Stock Talk - Innovation and Technology in the Livestock Industry

47

Crofting Matters - Covering the Croft and Common

48

Natural Capital - Reflections from the Nature Friendly Farming Summit

49

CropCast Conversations - The Maltsters’ Association of Great Britain

50

CropCast - Arable Farm Finances

51

Thrill of the Hill - Flying Blind: Conservation Management for Bats with Harry Fisher

52

Rural Roundup - Storm Amy, AgriScot & Reminders

53

Agri Culture - Wallace Currie: Rural 2 Kitchen

54

Business and Policy News Audio October 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on farm-scale renewables.

55

Stock Talk - Herd Monitoring with Jilly Duncan Grant

56

Natural Capital - The Free Company

57

Crofting Matters - Starting up in Crofting

58

Thrill of the Hill - When the Rivers Run Free: Restoring Our Waterways with Struan Candlish

59

Rural Roundup - New Regulations for Applying Waste to Land

60

CropCast - Machinery Replacement

61

Agri Culture - Eilidh Verstage, Arngask Home Farm: Growing a Community

62

Business & Policy News Audio September 2025 - Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on the economic cost of infertile gimmers.

63

Crofting Matters - Breaking the Grass Ceiling: Women in Crofting

64

Stock Talk - Bred to be Wild!

65

Natural Capital - Landscape Enterprise Networks: Leven LENs

66

CropCast Conversations - Optimising Soil Biology

67

Thrill of the Hill - Getting Your Fill When Out on the Hill: Livestock Nutrition Planning

68

CropCast - Ergot

69

Rural Roundup - Hot weather, FFIS & Cross Compliance

70

Agri Culture - Liz Haines: Levelling The Field, Neurodiversity in Agriculture

71

Business & Policy News Audio August 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on Selling Your Farm: what you need to have in place

72

Crofting Matters - Croft Diversification: New Enterprises in Uist

73

Stock Talk - Livestock Health: Laying it All Out

74

Natural Capital - Galvanising Change through Natural Capital: James Hutton Institute

75

CropCast - Greening 2026

76

Thrill of the Hill - Between a Rock Rose and a Hard Place

77

Rural Roundup - Future Farming Investment Scheme

78

Agri Culture - Brose Oats: Cream of the Crop

79

Business & Policy News Audio July 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on Scottish Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission and Nitrogen Use

80

Stock Talk - The 5-Mile Pig!

81

Crofting Matters - FFIS, CAGS, WFP and Greening for Crofting

82

Rural Roundup - Enhanced Greening for 2026

83

Natural Capital - NatureMetrics: eDNA

84

Thrill of the Hill - Planting MOREwoods: The Woodland Trust

85

CropCast Conversations - 2025 Grain Markets and Update from the Field

86

CropCast - Grain Storage

87

Business & Policy News Audio June 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on farm business diversification.

88

Agri Culture - James Logan: Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland

89

Stock Talk - Craig and Claire Grant

90

Crofting Matters - Changes to Improve Welfare of Lambs

91

Natural Capital - John Wright: Hedgerows, Ditches, and Drystane Dykes

92

Rural Roundup - AECS & Water Scarcity

93

CropCast - Potato Viruses

94

Agri Culture - John Ferguson: Thinking outside the box

95

Business & Policy News Audio May 2025: Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on US tariffs

96

Thrill of the Hill - Finding the Next Generation: The Scottish Land Matching Service

97

CropCast Conversations - Sugar Beet: Making a Comeback?

98

Rural Roundup - Farm Business Survey Results & The Spring Statement

99

Agribusiness News Audio April 2025: A spotlight on home grown proteins, nature based solutions, pollinators and seasonal workers

100

CropCast - Talking Herbicides with Bayer

101

Rural Roundup - Headlines & Deadlines for SAF (IACS) and AECS

102

Agribusiness News March 2025: A spotlight on the potato sector, New Zealand, fertiliser use in Scotland and Wills and Power of Attorney

103

Stock Talk - Kirsten Williams Stock Talk Handover

104

Natural Capital - Biodiversity Funding on Farms

105

Thrill Of The Hill - Staggeringly Good: Raising The Profile of Venison in Scotland

106

Rural RoundUp -Spring Update, Avian Flu & a “New Deal for Agriculture”

107

CropCast - Tom Scrope, Nuffield Scholar 2025

108

Agribusiness News Audio February 2025: A spotlight on breeding bulls, pigs, the benefits of Co-operatives and how Whole Farm Plans will affect landlords

109

Stock Talk - Sam Parsons, Balcaskie Estate

110

Natural Capital - Combating Nature Loss: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

111

Rural Roundup - First Footing Forward: Planning for the Year Ahead

112

CropCast - Balbirnie Home Farms: Thinking Outside of the Box

113

Agri Culture - SAYFC Respect

114

Thrill of the Hill - First Aid on Farm with Sean Magee

115

Agribusiness News Audio January 2025: A Spotlight on 2024 Environmental Developments, Global Trends, the New Scottish Budget and Financial Update

116

Stock Talk - Jock Gibson

117

Natural Capital - Tackling the Climate and Biodiversity Crises

118

Thrill of the Hill - Droning On

119

Rural Roundup - Keeping Well at Christmas

120

CropCast - Grain Analysis

121

In Conversation With...The Golden Hoof

122

Agribusiness News Audio December 2024: A Spotlight on the Trump Effect, HerdPlan, Calving Intervals and Carbon & Biodiversity Credits.

123

Agri Culture - Kenneth Bone: Diversifying for a Thriving Island Community

124

Stock Talk: SRUC Easter Howgate update

125

Stock Talk: Jan Vos & Lorna Galloway

126

Natural Capital - Fungi: The forgotten kingdom?

127

Thrill of the Hill - What's Good for the Goose...

128

In Conversation With... Winter Stocktake – flock health and records

129

Rural RoundUp: The Autumn Budget 2024 (Death & Money)

130

CropCast - Soil Health: A View from Jim Wilson

131

Agri Culture - Jim Chapman: Adapting to Life After an Accident

132

Agri Culture - Stephanie Berkeley: Yellow Wellies

133

Agribusiness News Audio November 2024: A spotlight on finding the right advisor, farming with extreme weather, homegrown proteins and biodiversity and the Whole Farm Plan

134

Crofting Matters – Matchmaking New and Retiring Crofters (Updated)

135

Natural Capital - Pivotal: Nature is Invaluable

136

Thrill of the Hill - Taking it to the Max (MSO)

137

Rural Roundup - Policy Spotlight - Calving Intervals & EFA

138

CropCast - Regenerative Agriculture (A View from Yorkshire)

139

In Conversation With... - Sebastien Mallet

140

Agribusiness News Audio October 2024 - A spotlight on biomass, bale grazing cattle, forage and feed budgeting and heating rural housing

141

Agri Culture - Cathy Magee: Delving into Dyslexia

142

Stock Talk - Vic & Jason Ballantyne

143

Natural Capital - NatureScot Biodiversity Audits

144

Crofting Matters – Subsidy and Support Changes for Crofting

145

Agri Culture - Pete Black: The Superpower of Dyslexia

146

Thrill of the Hill - Climate Change Catch-Up with Seamus Murphy

147

Rural Roundup - Climate Week

148

In Conversation With... - Marketing, Mating and Management

149

Agribuiness News Audio September 2024: A spotlight on the pig sector, Brazil’s agricultural sector, Suckler Beef Support Scheme and grazing winter cereals.

150

CropCast - Spring Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)

151

Stock Talk - Graham Lofthouse

152

Natural Capital - The Royal Highland Education Trust

153

Crofting Matters - Livestock Disease Risks on Crofts

154

Natural Capital - Loch Leven's Larder

155

Agri Culture - Fred Swift & Stella Stewart: From Sheep to Shop - Increasing the Value of Wool

156

Thrill Of The Hill - Cattle Grazing Benefits: Good Messages Being Herd

157

CropCast - Winter Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)

158

Rural Roundup - Agritourism, the People, the Places, the Produce

159

In Conversation With.....Global and Scottish Grain Markets

160

Agribusiness News Audio August 2024: A spotlight on reducing enteric methane, diversification on a shoestring, dairy heifers and auction marts

161

In Conversation With... - Pesky Parasites

162

Crofting Matters - Routes to Crofting

163

Stock Talk - Growing the Business: Andrew Marchant

164

Thrill of The Hill - Understanding Soil From The Ground Up with Lorna Galloway

165

Agri Culture - Lesley Mitchell: Building a thriving family business, the importance of work life balance and converting to organic

166

CropCast - Fungicide Performance 2024

167

Rural Roundup - The Whole Farm Plan

168

Agribusiness News Audio July 2024: A spotlight on local food supply chains, whole farm plans, artificial Intelligence and the Bluetongue virus

169

Natural Capital - LENs and Forth Rivers Trust

170

Crofting Matters – Lessons from Ireland

171

Stock Talk - Cattle EID with David Kerr

172

In Conversation With...- Distilling the Arbikie story

173

Thrill of The Hill - A Damming Conclusion? Part II

174

Rural Roundup - Census, Silage, & Scottish Land & Estates

175

CropCast - Biodiversity on Arable Farms

176

Agri Culture - Claire Taylor : Positive Perceptions of Agriculture

177

Agribusiness Audio June 2024 - A spotlight on new tiers for agriculture support, carbon calculators, forage first sucklers and land registration in Scotland

178

Crofting Matters - Crofting Commission Chief Executive

179

Stock Talk - James Biggar & Lorna Galloway

180

Thrill of the Hill - The Farm Business Survey Part 2

181

Natural Capital - Trees on Farm

182

CropCast - Time to Talk about IPM

183

In Conversation With... - Peaks and Troughs of Grass and Water

184

Rural Roundup - A Carbon Conversation, Audits, Emissions, Reductions and More

185

Agribusiness News Audio May 2024: A spotlight on pigs, Scottish hemp production for fibre products, straw alternatives and managing winter forages

186

Agri Culture: Jenn Stewart: Successful Succession

187

In Conversation With... - Malting Matters

188

Rural Roundup - Water, Water Everywhere and Far too Much to Do

189

Agribusiness News April 2024: A Spotlight on Straw & Muck, Scottish Sheep Meat, Why you should Invest in your Vet and Future Proofing your Retirement

190

Thrill of the Hill - Made it by a Hare

191

Stock Talk - Practical Advice for Lambing & Calving

192

Natural Capital - Biodiversity Net Gain

193

CropCast - Natural Products Part 2: VIXERAN (Biostimulant)

194

CropCast - Natural Products Part 1: Elicitors

195

Rural Roundup - Trees of the Gaelic World : SCOT’S PINE (mini-series)

196

Rural Roundup - Trees of the Gaelic World : OAK (mini-series)

197

Rural Roundup - Trees of the Gaelic World : YEW (mini-series)

198

Rural Roundup - Trees of the Gaelic World : BIRCH (mini-series)

199

Rural Roundup - Spring Updates, SAF, IACS, AECS, Calving, Lambing and Cropping Advice

200

Agribusiness News March 2024: A spotlight on forestry, how the changing climate affects Scottish farms, optimising grassland management and fertiliser usage & costs

201

Thrill of The Hill - Fire Action Planning and Control

202

Natural Capital - Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS)

203

Stock Talk - Performance in Beef Herds

204

Rural Round Up - Spotlight: Policy

205

CropCast - Spring Fertiliser Applications

206

Rural Roundup - Downloading the Highlights from the FAS Connect Conference

207

Agribusiness News February 2024: A spotlight on farm economic data, soil management, the importance of calf management in the dairy sector and applying for farm tenancy

208

Stock Talk - Sean Cursiter

209

Thrill of the Hill - Species in Hot Water

210

Rural Roundup - Adverse Weather Advice

211

Natural Capital - Green Finance

212

CropCast - The Journey to Strip Tillage

213

Agribusiness News January 2024: A spotlight oil outlook and energy transition, global market trends and the new Scottish Budget & financial update.

214

Rural Roundup - Back to the Future, a Resolution to use our Past to Inform our Next Steps

215

Stock Talk - Dairy Genomics

216

Natural Capital - Rothiemurchus Estate & their Christmas Trees

217

CropCast - Alternative Crops

218

Thrill of The Hill - Agrecalc Cloud: The Sky's the Limit

219

Rural Roundup - Working Together in Agriculture to Amplify Success

220

Agri Culture - Kirsten Williams: Let your determination grow stronger

221

Agribusiness News December 2023: A spotlight on pigs, meeting GHG emissions targets, ewe management and dyscalculia, dyslexia & Meares Irlen Syndrome

222

Rural Roundup - “A Farmer isn’t just for Christmas”, Public Perception of Farming Throughout the Year

223

Agri Culture - Glenrinnes Estate: A Tapestry of Tales

224

Natural Capital - Islay Geese

225

Stock Talk - Collars, Crops & Costs with David Whiteford

226

Thrill of the Hill - It's Going Down: Timber Processing

227

Rural Roundup - Talking Technology

228

Agri Culture - John Scott and Jock Gibson: Farmstrong Scotland

229

CropCast - Fungicide performance trial results 2023

230

Stock Talk - Dairy Market Outlook & Looking to the Future

231

Agribusiness News November 2023: A spotlight on land prices, croft diversification, soil health, Digital Dairy Chain and Farm Management Handbook

232

Rural Roundup - Storm Babet, PSF Funding Opportunities and a Conversation about Sheep and Cow Supplementation

233

Agri Culture - Lawrence Martin: Opportunities Through Apprenticeships

234

Natural Capital - Calpa Nàdarra – Gaelic, Culture and Crofting

235

Crofting Matters - Common Grazing Finances: Common Issues

236

Rural RoundUp - Spotlight on Policy

237

Agri Culture - Lucy Mitchell: Young Farmers

238

CropCast - Organic Farming

239

Thrill of the Hill - They See Me Roaming: Promoting Sustainable, Responsible Access to the Countryside

240

Agribusiness News October 2023: A spotlight on dairy costs, science-based targets helping to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, feed costs and the importance of cashflow.

241

Rural RoundUp - AECS 2024, The Nature Restoration Fund and The Scottish Agricultural Awards

242

Agri Culture - Ana Allamand: Culture and Connection

243

Crofting Matters - Subsidy Future & Current Schemes

244

Stock Talk - Organics with Hugh Grierson

245

Natural Capital - Drones, Data and Decision Making

246

Rural Roundup - Basic Payment Scheme, the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme, and an Organic success story

247

Agri Culture - The Black Farmer: Jeopardy – The danger of playing it safe

248

Thrill of the Hill - Thinning Herds to Thicken Forests

249

CropCast - Winter Grazing Cereals

250

Agribusiness News September 2023: A spotlight on bull fertility, buffalo farming, alternative energy and decision grade data from nature tech

251

Rural Roundup - SPOTLIGHT: Environment

252

Agri Culture: Sir Charlie Burrell : Wilding

253

Stock Talk - Planning Ahead of Tupping Time

254

Crofting Matters - Succession

255

Natural Capital - Landscape Scale Collaboration

256

Rural Roundup - SPOTLIGHT: Farm Health & Safety

257

Agri Culture - Cream O Galloway: A Dairy Story

258

Thrill of the Hill - Branching Out

259

Rural RoundUp - Agriculture: Learning on the job

260

Agribusiness News August 2023: A spotlight on sheep predators, pigs, marketing & social media and Net Zero in the whisky industry

261

Agri Culture - Mike Duxbury, the Blind Farmer: Making Agriculture Inclusive

262

CropCast - Barley Varieties (Winter & Spring)

263

Rural RoundUp - Farm Labour shortages, free upskilling events, and a conversation with The Soil Association

264

Natural Capital - Farming in a National Park

265

Stock Talk - Michael Blanche

266

Crofting Matters - Tax & VAT for Crofters

267

Thrill of the Hill - Don't Go Bracken My Heart

268

CropCast - Winter Wheat Varieties

269

Rural Roundup - SPOTLIGHT: Policy

270

Agribusiness News July 2023: A spotlight on potatoes, having bees on farmland, soil compaction and grassland yield loss and the Scottish Government’s progress report on the 2023 climate change plan

271

Rural Roundup - Royal Highland Show, Bracken Control and Thrill of The Hill

272

Stock Talk - A View from Argentina

273

Crofting Matters - Crofting Commission Online Applications

274

Natural Capital - 30 Days Wild - Farm Wildlife Walks

275

Thrill of the Hill - A Flock for the Future

276

CropCast - Benchmarking & Market Forces

277

Rural Roundup - SPOTLIGHT: Environment

278

Agribusiness News June 2023: A spotlight on biodiversity, grassland mixed species swards, farm diversification into farm tours and why farms are more than just a farm

279

Rural Roundup - On-Farm Events & Farmer to Farmer Learning and Talking Stock Talk

280

Crofting Matters - Obtaining a Croft

281

Stock Talk - Beef & Sheep Nutrition: Planning Ahead

282

Thrill of the Hill - It's a Trap!

283

Rural Roundup - Headlines & Deadlines, Talking Silage; Whack it, Bale it & Stack it, & Abi Mordin from Propagate

284

CropCast - Reduced Tillage & the Impact on Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

285

Agribusiness News May 2023: A spotlight on sustainability trends, energy self-sufficiently options, falling suckler cow numbers and silage.

286

Natural Capital - Highlands Rewilding

287

Rural Roundup - Picking out the Positives from Agricultural Sectors and Planning for Water Scarcity with SEPA.

288

Natural Capital - Bees, Butterflies and Biodiversity

289

Stock Talk - Cattle Foot Health with Hoof GP

290

Thrill of the Hill - Aiming at Success

291

Rural Roundup - Pasture for Life, Exploring Unconventional Grazing, the Proposed Closure of the Forfar Mart and the Potential Consequences.

292

CropCast - Low Drift Nozzles & Closed Transfer Systems

293

Rural Roundup - A Spotlight on Rural Policy, a Peek at the Scottish Farm Business Survey Results, and Farmer Networks for Livestock Projects

294

Agribusiness News April 2023: A spotlight on the budget update, Farm Business Survey, Northern Ireland protocol and seasonal workers

295

Rural RoundUp Bonus Content - Cara Cameron Loch View Rural Training

296

Thrill of the Hill - A Damming Conclusion?

297

Rural Roundup (22nd March)

298

Stock Talk - Rare Breed Survival Trust with Martin Beard

299

Rural Roundup Bonus Content - Tina MacPhail & Iain MacMillan, Grinneabhat Community Space

300

Rural Roundup (8th March)

301

Thrill Of The Hill - The Farm Business Survey

302

CropCast - Crop Disease Management: Winter & Spring Barley

303

Rural Roundup Bonus Content - Lindsay Robertson, Long Island Retreats

304

Stock Talk - Michael Shannon from Damn Delicious

305

Thrill of the Hill - A Cow for the Future

306

Rural Roundup (22nd February)

307

CropCast - Crop Disease Management: Winter Wheat

308

Rural RoundUp Bonus Content - Laura Beck The Paw Park

309

Agri Culture - Nigel Owens International Rugby Referee : From Pitch to Pasture

310

Rural Roundup (8th February)

311

Rural Roundup Bonus Content - Caroline Hamilton, Cairns Farm Estate

312

Thrill of the Hill - Digging Deep on Soil Carbon

313

Stock Talk - SRUC Kirkton Research Update

314

Rural Roundup (25th January)

315

CropCast - Using Nitrogen Efficiently

316

Rural Roundup Bonus Content - Jock Gibson, Edinvale Farm (Diversification Story)

317

Agri Culture - Richard and Fiona Lamb - Try, Diversify, Try Again

318

Natural Capital - Ecosystem Markets and Green Commerce

319

Thrill of the Hill - Working For Waders - Part 2

320

Rural Roundup - New Years Resolutions, Veganuary, and a spotlight on the Agri Culture Podcast.

321

Agri Culture – Anna Davies: Agricultural Storytelling ONFarm

322

CropCast - Intercropping

323

Stock Talk - Paddy Jack on Outwintering and Forage Crops

324

Natural Capital - Arable

325

Rural Roundup (14th December)

326

Rural Roundup (30th November)

327

CropCast - Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs)

328

Natural Capital - Seaweed

329

Stock Talk - Buffalo Farm

330

Thrill of the Hill - COP26 One Year On

331

Rural Roundup (16th November)

332

CropCast - Measuring a Healthy Soil

333

Rural Roundup (2nd November)

334

Crofting Matters – Selling Stock

335

Stock Talk - Livestock Worrying: Keeping Yourself Right with The Sheep Game

336

Agri Culture - Sammi Kinghorn : Thriving Through Adversity, and Promoting Diversity

337

Thrill of the Hill - Virtually Stockproof

338

Rural Roundup (19th October)

339

Thrill of the Hill - Natural Capital

340

Natural Capital - Peatlands

341

Rural Roundup (5th October)

342

Crofting Matters - Buying Stock

343

Rural Roundup (21st September)

344

CropCast - Better Use of Manures

345

Stock Talk - Deer Farming: What You Need to Know

346

Natural Capital - Scotland's Rainforests

347

Rural Roundup (7th September)

348

Agri Culture Feat: Peter Eccles

349

Crofting Matters - Selecting Breeding Replacements in the Suckler Herd

350

Agri Culture: Crofting history and culture with Chris Dyer.

351

Rural Roundup (24th August)

352

Thrill of The Hill - Sea Eagle Management & Mitigation

353

CropCast - Grain Marketing

354

Stock Talk – Sheep System Changes at SRUC Barony with Perry Parkinson (August 2022)

355

Natural Capital - What is Natural Capital?

356

Rural Roundup (10th August)

357

Crofting Matters - Crofting regulation

358

Stock Talk – Sheep Systems & Grazing Strategies with Poppy Frater (July 2022)

359

Rural Roundup (27th July)

360

Thrill of The Hill - Renewed Interest

361

CropCast - Cover Crops & Green Manures

362

Rural Roundup (13th July)

363

Rural Roundup Bonus Content - Catherine Collins

364

Rural Round Up (29th June)

365

Crofting Matters - Grazing Management

366

Thrill of The Hill - Spawning Success

367

Stock Talk - Pig Market Update (June 2022)

368

Agri Culture - Success outwith succession with Peter Eccles

369

Crofting Matters - Bull Management

370

CropCast - Gross Margins and Crop Trials

371

Thrill of the Hill - The Great Yellow Bumblebee

372

Rural Roundup (16th June)

373

Stock Talk - Dairy Industry Update (May 2022)

374

Crofting Matters - Bull management

375

Rural Roundup (25th May)

376

CropCast – Disease Control for Spring Barley, Winter Oilseed Rape and Potatoes Along with Tips for Planting Forage Crops

377

Thrill of The Hill - Talking Timber

378

Stock Talk – Beef: Spring Update (April 2022)

379

CropCast – Winter Crop Disease Management for 2022

380

S1: Your route to Net Zero

381

S1: Alternative Protein for Small Scale Pig Producers

382

S1: Livestock Monthly: Sheep (Recorded March 2022)

383

S1: Thrill of the Hill - Great Yellow Bumblebee

384

S1: Livestock Monthly: Beef (Recorded February 2022)

385

S1: An Introduction to Geo Parks

386

S1: Making Sheep Systems Sustainable: Controlling Liver Fluke

387

S1: Encouraging Croppping - Machair

388

S1: Livestock Monthly: Dairy (Recorded December 2021)

389

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: Parasites

390

S1: Encouraging Cropping - Farmland Birds

391

S1: Health is your Wealth - Doug Avery, The Resilient Farmer

392

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode – Post-mortem

393

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: Dairy Calf

394

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Hen Harrier Management

395

S1: Co-Operation and Collaboration

396

S1: Plugging the Protein Gap

397

S1: Animal welfare and farmer wellbeing

398

S1: Thrill of The Hill - A Wilder Scotland?

399

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Opportunities in Agroforestry

400

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Natural Flood Management

401

S1: Crofters and Smallholders – Horticultural Question Time

402

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Sustainable Principles

403

S1: Cropcast: Soil Health Tech Talk

404

S1: All about potatoes!

405

S1: Cropcast: Crop Trials

406

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: Poultry Special

407

S1: Capitalising on Assets

408

S1: Livestock Monthly: Sheep (November 2021)

409

S1: Cropcast: Integrated Pest Management

410

S1: Taking stock – the long-term benefits of an Integrated Land Management Plan

411

S1: Future Applications of Insect Protein for Agriculture

412

S1: Livestock Monthly: Beef

413

S1: The Oats-So-Simple Brewing Trial

414

S1: Cropcast: The Journey To Net Zero

415

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Working for Waders

416

S1: Thrill of The Hill: Nature Friendly Farming Network

417

S1: Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition with Anna Groom

418

S1: Thrill of the Hill: Heather management

419

S1: Cropcast: Ramularia

420

S1: Crop Trials Research into Practice

421

S1: The Surprising Life of Freshwater Pearl Mussels

422

S1: Livestock Monthly: Dairy (September 2021)

423

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: Natural alternatives to reduce reliance on anthelmintics.

424

S1: Growing cut flowers in Skye

425

S1: Sustainable Sheep Systems – Mastitis

426

S1: Livestock Monthly: Sheep (August 2021)

427

S1: Crofting and Corncrakes

428

S1: Sustainable Sheep Systems – Getting on top of lameness

429

S1: Pesticides - Sprayer filling and washing areas

430

S1: Cropcast: Potato blight management

431

S1: Livestock Monthly: Beef (July 2021)

432

S1: Cropcast: Sustainable Variety Choices

433

S1: Thrill of The Hill: Farming for 1.5 Degrees

434

S1: Livestock Monthly: Dairy (June 2021)

435

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode 3 - Sheep genetics, behaviours and painful procedures

436

S1: Natural Capital and Rural Businesses

437

S1: Understanding the land - How biodiversity advice helped Threepwood Farm improve soil quality to benefit it's wildlife

438

S1: Grassland Management and Silage Making at Glensaugh

439

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode 2

440

S1: Cropcast: Spring Barley Disease

441

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Finishing Well

442

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Concentrating on Calving

443

S1: Thrill of The Hill - Flock Resilience

444

S1: Livestock Monthly: Sheep (May 2021)

445

S1: Livestock Monthly: Beef (April 2021)

446

S1: Cropcast: Winter cereal disease management

447

S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode 1

448

S1: Improving efficiency to stay competitive

449

S1: Livestock Monthly: Dairy

450

S1: Slurry - Application and Management

451

S1: Livestock Monthly: Sheep

452

S1: Ever Thought Of Pigs As A Commercial Opportunity? - Rearing

453

S1: Ever Thought Of Pigs As A Commercial Opportunity? - Breeding

454

S1: Ever Thought Of Pigs As A Commercial Opportunity?

455

S1: Feeding for Fertility

456

S1: Forward Thinking Farmers: Adam from Oink

457

S1: Women In Agriculture- Lesley Mitchell

458

S1: Forward Thinking Farmers: Neil Thomson

459

S1: Beef Supply Chain

460

S1: Predator Control For the Conservation of Ground-Nesting Birds

461

S1: Multi-species Grassland Management for Productivity

462

S1: What's Stopping You? - Barbara Girvan

463

S1: Nutrient Strategy - Green Manures

464

S1: Nutrient Strategy - Compost

465

S1: Animal Health is Wealth

466

S1: Sheep management in coastal areas

467

S1: Common Grazing Finances

468

S1: Woodlands Maintenance

469

S1: Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Business Resilience and Markets

470

S1: Soil & Nutrient Network - Lanarkshire

471

S1: Living off the land: expert help to support self-sufficient croft

472

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Research & Policy

473

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Enhancing Peatlands

474

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Wildcats

475

S1: Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – Crop Selection and Variety Performance

476

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Common Grazings for Common Good

477

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Deer Farming & Management

478

S1: The Thrill Of The Hill - Lime & Soil Health

479

S1: Winter Agronomy Digital Roadshows – IPM planning

480

S1: Slurry - Wet Weather Contingency Planning

481

S1: Supporting agriculture in Scotland post-Brexit

482

S1: Converting to Organics - David Younie

483

S1: Organic Market Trends and Outlook

484

S1: Focus on Crofts - Echoes From The past

485

S1: Focus on Crofts - Crofting Community and Cancer

486

S1: Hedges - Cultivating Cutting and Carbon Capture

487

S1: AgriScot Across The Airwaves

488

S1: Helping Farmers Adapt to Climate Change - Beef Specialist Robert Ramsay

489

S1: Meeting Market Demand - Net Zero Arran

490

S1: What's Stopping You - Jen Craig

491

S1: Embracing technology to improve sustainability - EID

492

S1: Technology for Improved Animal Welfare - EID's and sensors

493

S1: Turning Livestock Record Data in useful information

494

S1: Technology for Improved Animal Welfare - The South West Dairy Development Centre

495

S1: Livestock Health Planning Over The Winter

496

S1: New Entrant Case Study - Rhys Williams

497

S1: Social Media for Small Scale Producers

498

S1: Applying for a carbon audit

499

S1: Livestock Grazing Beet: Feat. Dr Jim Gibbs

500

S1: What may the future hold for the Scottish West Coast sheep farmers?

501

S1: Barnside Farm - Becoming Organic, Rotational Grazing, and Mob Grazing

502

S1: Managing Straw Supplies for the Winter

503

S1: A Conversation with Hannah Jackson: The Red Shepherdess

504

S1: Mentoring New Entrants: An interview with John Matheson

505

S1: Beneficial Insects

506

S1: Using Fodder Beet - Common problems and myths

507

S1: Using Fodder Beet - An introduction

508

S1: Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Bob Prentice

509

S1: Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Neil Sandilands

510

S1: Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Jim Shanks

511

S1: Resilience and Business Skills: An Interview with Colin McGregor

512

S1: New Entrants - Gordon Caldwell

513

S1: Managing People - Part 2: Michael Bayne & Bill Smith

514

S1: Managing People - Part 1: John Kerr & John Sinclair

515

S1: High Nature Value Farming - The Uist Machair

516

S1: Growing Crops on a Small Scale For The First Time

517

S1: Adding Value To Beef

518

S1: New Entrant Case Study - Laura Hinnekens

519

S1: Improve your social media presence- Harriet Busby - Border berries

520

S1: Planning Feed Supplies For The Winter

521

S1: Rotational Grazing: A Discussion With 4 Farmers

522

S1: Positive PR - an interview with Claire Pollock from Ardross Farm

523

S1: Positive PR - an interview with Jane Craigie

524

S1: Positive PR - an interview with Martha Bryce

525

S1: So You Want To Cover Your Slurry Store

526

S1: Effective Fluke Control in Sheep: A conversation with Andrew Bailie

527

S1: Derelict to Productive - Hill Cows with Patrick Laurie

528

S1: Improve your social media presence: Lucy Tile – Bairnkine Farm

529

S1: The Thrill of The Hill - Renewables

530

S1: The Thrill of The Hill - Virtual Fencing

531

S1: The Thrill of The Hill - Woodlands

532

S1: The Thrill of The Hill - Beef

533

S1: The Thrill of The Hill - Sheep Upland Grazing Strategies

534

S1: NE Organic Discussion Group with Mary Young and David McClelland

535

S1: Forward Thinking Farmers: Colin Hunter

536

S1: In Conversation with New Entrant Sheep Farmer Cammy Wilson

537

S1: Forward Thinking Farmers: John Sinclair

538

S1: Using outcome based agri-environment schemes on your farm

539

S1: Introducing the NEW Farm Advisory Service Podcast

540

S1: New Entrants - Andrew Prentice

541

S1: What's Stopping You? - Nina Clancy from the RSABI

542

S1: Starting A Farming Business And Growing Crops For The First Time - A Conversation with Patrick Laurie

543

S1: One-to-one mentoring: helping new entrants to find their feet

544

S1: Moths don't just eat clothes

545

S1: Forward Thinking Farmers - Bill & Helen Smith of The Byres Farm, Fochabers.

546

S1: New Entrants - Andrew Jardine

547

S1: Focus on Crofts - Dyslexia and Resilience

548

S1: New Entrants: Scottish Land Matching Service

549

S1: North East Organic Discussion Group: Rotational Grazing

550

S1: New Entrants - Michelle Stephen: Meikle Tillyeve Farm, Aberdeenshire

551

S1: Breacan-Beithe croft – feeding the local community

552

S1: Neil Wilson - Brexit, Coronavirus and Forward Thinking

553

S1: North East Organic Discussion Group: Marketing

554

S1: Understanding Nutrient Interactions with Mark Tripney

555

S1: Employing People

556

S1: Women in Agriculture: Becci Barr, Easter Bavelaw Farm

557

S1: Agroforestry in Scotland

558

S1: Kim Walker - Personal resilience

559

S1: Beef Efficiency Scheme - Genomics ft Eileen Wall

560

S1: Alternative bedding: Compost by-products

561

S1: North East Organic Discussion Group: Knock Farm

562

S1: The Cloud

563

S1: Farming & Biodiversity in Argyll & Lochaber (episode 2 of 2)

564

Farming & Biodiversity in Argyll & Lochaber (episode 1 of 2)

565

S1: Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network: Getting back to basics with soil management

566

S1: North East Organic Discussion Group: Mains of Thornton

567

S1: Lifestyle Balance

568

S1: Women in Agriculture: Primrose Beaton of Lawrie & Symington

569

S1: Alternative bedding: Woodfines

570

S1: Agriscot 2019 podcast

571

S1: Online safety

572

S1: Brexit and fertiliser

573

S1: Woodland Creation & Management - Frequently Asked Questions

574

S1: Changing Practices for a Changing Climate - Adapting in the Arable Sector

575

S1: Thainstone Soil & Nutrient Network - An Introduction to Kirkton Farm

576

S1: Arable Scotland 2019

577

S1: Natural Flood Management II - Crookston Farm, Galashiels

578

S1: Women in Agriculture: Lynbreck Croft, Grantown-on-Spey

579

S1: Grant funding for woodland creation

580

S1: Soils and tillage: an interview with soil cultivation consultant, Philip Wright

581

S1: Women in Agriculture: Baddinsgill Farm, West Linton

582

S1: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones - Keeping Compliant

583

S1: Making a mark at the markets

584

S1: Cattle handling systems on common grazings

585

S1: The Benefits of Agri-Environment Management at Kirkton & Auchtertyre Farms

586

S1: An introduction to the Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network

587

S1: Antibiotics and livestock

588

S1: Slurry Lagoons - More than just a hole in the ground

589

S1: Worming: How to develop a strategy to suit your farm and your budget

590

S1: Natural Flood Management

591

S1: Fodder beet: alternative feeding for sheep

592

S1 Ep4: Calculating the nutrient value of organic fertilisers

593

S1: East Lothian Soil & Nutrient Network: An introduction to Bielgrange

594

S1: Moray Soil & Nutrient Network - Using organic manures to save on artificial fertilsers

595

S1 Ep3: Alternative Watering - RAM pump

596

S1 Ep2: Alternative Watering - Solar and pasture pumps

597

S1 Ep1: Alternative Watering - Papa Pump

598

S1: Corncrake: How landscape management can protect their habitat

599

S1: Finishing Lambs - dealing with the challenges

600

S1: Alternative Watering in Priority Catchment Areas

601

S1: Practical grassland: making the most of your forage

602

S1: Woodland creation on crofts

603

S1: Growing crofting and smallholding