Share and reduce farm costs
Farmers are invited to hear all about the benefits of working together to improve their businesses.
Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service is bringing together expert speakers and farmers to share their experiences of co-operation to showcase its value.
Co-operation involves farmers and others working together to achieve a commercial objective which they cannot achieve independently and individually.
Through working together members help themselves, pro-actively taking responsibility for generating value and sustainable services in which they have a common purpose.
A Benefits of Working Together webinar will be chaired by Kerry Allison from SAC Consulting on May 25, between 7pm and 8.30pm.
Guest speakers will be Anna Robertson, project manager, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society – the experts on co-operation and supply chain collaboration; Hector Munro, Foulis Farms, RossShire, discussing the benefits of sharing machinery and Caroline Black, Backboath Farm, Arbroath. The first of a number on the subject, this webinar will focus on informal co-operation and neighbouring, which has always been a feature of the farming community.
While perhaps less popular than in the past, neighbouring is a great route to share resources, reduce costs, save time, make lives easier and build relationships in a community.
It makes sense on so many levels, not least for social reasons, wellbeing and on safety grounds.
This is an opportunity to hear from those involved in the practice, why they did it, how they make it work and the lessons they have learned along the way. Check out the FAS website www.fas.scot under ‘events’ for more.