Rural Britain is a wonderful assortment of farms, estates, hamlets, villages, forests and moors, lochs and valleys. Our stunning scenery, close communities and wonderful rural businesses provide an idyllic lifestyle for many, but rural life can also throw up some pretty unique challenges.
The Rural Scene (the Scene & Herd rural blog and news updates) looks at what’s new, what’s relevant, what’s tasty, what’s fun and what’s challenging about life in the Great British Countryside. We offer an insider insight into rural Britain, highlighting some of the exceptional people, businesses and innovations we believe that everybody should know about.
An exciting new product which allows farmers to graze their livestock within set areas, but without the need for traditional fencing, has won the top prize at this year’s AgriScot Innovation Awards.This was Nofence Grazing Technology’s GPS-controlled head collars for cattle, sheep and goats, which allow users to digitally set grazing areas, with an audible signal acting as a the first ‘fence’ and a small electric pulse as the final deterrent to keep them within those boundaries.
READ MOREHolehouse Farm, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire was announced as the recipient of the coveted Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year award, at a special AgriScot presentation ceremony today (Wednesday 9th February).Farmed by the Logan family, Holehouse supports 280 pedigree Holstein cows in a new, modern dairy complex as part of a wider 1930Ha livestock operation. A significant percentage of the cows are red and white’s and the overall herd averages 10,300ltr per annum.
READ MOREEmily Mosley received a £1000 cheque as her prize for winning the AgriScot Business Skills competition on Wednesday 9th February.Emily, a Harper Adams graduate, originally from Derbyshire but now working as a Farm Administrator in Tain, saw off stiff competition from her fellow finalists: Ben McSporran a 3rd year BSc Agriculture student at SRUC Edinburgh and Stewart Shaw, a partner in his family farming and contracting business in the Scottish Borders and also a keen SAYFC member.
READ MORELynn Cassells is one half of the team - alongside Sandra Baer - who run Lynbreck Croft in the Cairngorm National Park. The pair took on the croft when it was still semi-derelict in March 2016 "with a dream to live closer to the land". Their book 'Our Wild Farming Life' charts their story of creating a profitable farming business and living true to their regenerative principles.
READ MOREAre you on Instagram? Are you considering it? Are you perhaps a little afraid that you’ll end up down the rabbit hole of trying to get on top of social media and never re-emerge? Well, we have good news for you! Not only do we have a list of top tips here, but we also have two training sessions now available within our OnFARM Academy training to help you master Instagram.
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