The Scottish Farmer - 2022-10-08

• Farmers go to Holyrood
• No plan for bracken
• Farm payments hit bank accounts early
• Blairgowri­e blueberry crop given away for charity
• Hands Free Farm celebrates six years of success
• Searching for the young stars of rural industry
• More answers demanded on future rural payments
• Agreement paves way for Aberdeen-Angus trade with Kazakhstan
• Free range egg sector must unite to survive
• More beavers – but not at any cost
• Research supports expansion of UK woodlands
• You can have biodiversi­ty – and quality meat
• Time to wake up and smell the coffee
• A ‘rally’ or a ‘demo’
• Agricultur­e a ‘soft target’ for the spending cuts to come
• Protein levels of alternativ­es much less than proper dairy produce
• Fingers crossed for some fine ploughing weather
• All the finalists for AgriScot’s ‘Farm of the Year’ competitio­ns
• Alison wins top showmanshi­p title at Lanarkshir­e Calf Show
• Carngillan wins Tarbolton
• Cameron Dickson’s Tom stars with Texels and Romneys at Yetholm trial
• Off to Oz to get away from UK politics!
• Top tips for switching from solid to liquid fertiliser
• OSR needs cold winter weather to maximise yield
• Another good year for dairy
• New learning curve at Nether Laggan
• Two £40,000 BFLs at Hawes
• Ram lamb leads Kirkby at £10,000
• Ayr BF rams reach £18,000
• Scots buy top lots at Ballymena
• New NCC record at £28,000
• Herdwicks hit 15,000gns
• Humbleheug­h shearling ram tops Longtown at £1900
• Aintree herd grosses £860,000+
• British Blues lead multibreed­s at Carlisle
• Fergie Brown NO44D tractor makes £22,500
• Towiemore does the double
• SPECIAL SALES
• Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) News
• Concentrat­ing on ‘Cred’ this autumn
• MF tractor tops online sale at £20,750
• AJR Farms aim to do the double
• Genetics essential at Wedderburn
• Simmental success at Crudie
• Natives hit the spec’ at Bargaly
• Tillage-Live returns to Scotland!
• Claas persistenc­e pays off with the Xerion
• John Deere ups tech level on its 5G ‘fruit’ tractors
• MF’s new 3 S fruit and orchard tractor range
• India’s Preet Avenger range comes to the UK
• Fendt’s new 700 Vario series – more power and speed
• Youngsters say ‘vintage’ is not all about ‘old people’!
• Understand tractor health before going for an engine remap
• High electricit­y price means solar can very quickly pay for itself
• New green hydrogen group establishe­d to explore technology for rural economy
• Don’t rush into carbon credit deals
• SRDP woodlands are now eligible for Ecological Focus Area funding
• Forestry sector workforce ‘chronicall­y under-resourced’
• South of Scotland Tree Planting Scheme renewed for next year
• PRIME SALES
• Nunscleugh leads Longtown store cattle at £1820
• Nether Abington bag champion at Lanark
• A Scottish couple’s campaign to make dairy farming kinder to cows and calves
• Highland Fine Cheeses takes on the world
• TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD

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