OnFARM Podcast

June 21, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Grain Emergency: searching for solutions

Malting barley producers face a difficult and uncertain summer after one of Scotland's biggest grain merchants fell into administration.

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June 14, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Highland Showcase and SAYFC in lockdown

In what should be Royal Highland Show week 2021, Monty speaks with SAYFC's Hamish Logan on how Young Farmers have made the best of a difficult and isolated time in lockdown.

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June 8, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Fighting back against rural crime

Highly organised criminal gangs are targeting Scotland's farms, and using the latest technology including overhead drones to overcome security measures.

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May 31, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Farm Safety

You’re 18 times more likely to lose your life farming than in the average UK workplace. Cutting out farm-related deaths and life-changing accidents has to be a priority for us all.

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May 24, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Scottish salmon's innovation and sustainability

How Scottish salmon has innovated and used technology to become the UK's biggest food export. Monty and producer Jac Phillimore also how the industry is increasingly focused on farming more sustainably.

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May 17, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: 50 years of Scottish salmon farming

2021 marks 50 years since the start of Scottish commercial salmon farming. It's a half-century that has seen the industry rise from very humble beginnings to being the UK's number one food export, globally recognised for its high quality, and a major provider of jobs in the Highlands and Islands.

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May 10, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Nature and Mental Health Awareness Week

The theme for 2021's Mental Health Awareness Week (Monday 10th May to Sunday 16th May) is 'nature'.

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May 4, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: AgriScot Farm of the Year awards launch

Monty is looking ahead to the 2021 AgriScot event this autumn with event chairman Robert Neill.

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April 19, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: Planning for the agritourism boom

Thanks to COVID, bookings for UK holidays went up 300% in 2020. It's led many farm businesses to consider new agritourism enterprises.

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April 12, 2021

OnFARM Podcast: LEADER funding legacy in rural Scotland

We look back on 30 years of LEADER grants and funding for development projects in rural Scotland. Anna speaks with Peter Ross, who has been involved with LEADER from its very beginning in 1991, about its grassroots partnership approach to funding, and about the hundreds of communities that have benefitted.

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