Resilience in Upland Livestock Systems

Understanding the resilience of livestock production in remote upland regions.

[Scotland's Farm Advisory Service @FASScot]

Carbon audit action plans are available for farmers and crofters who have had a carbon audit done through @FASScot or the National Test Programme. Apply here today.
https://t.co/029XNPKpaS

[Graze UP @SACGrazeUp]

The #GrazeDebate22 finale is to be @SRUC Hill and Mountain Research Centre next week, join us alongside researchers @DavyMcCracken Dr John Holland and Dr Nicola Lambe to see agroecology working for production and the environment. Sign up here https://t.co/TQZmc48QsO

[Yorkshire Peat Partnership - follow us on Bluesky @ypp_peat]

If you missed us on Escape to the Country last week, you can catch us talking blanket bog restoration on iPlayer now: https://t.co/UGX8iwsAdk (segment starts at 34:34).

[Soil Association Scotland @SoilAssocScot]

1/ The @scotgov has launched a consultation on next year's Agriculture Bill. We encourage all farmers, growers and crofters to share your views, engage with this process and have your say on what the future support framework for farming and food production should look like.👇

[Pasture For Life @PastureForLife]

We are very sad to share the news that @Mettricks small abattoir is closing down. Small abattoirs are crucial in enabling the supply of high quality, traceable, local meat and supporting animal welfare, and we must reverse this trend. Full press release: https://t.co/dOxvHbOXVJ

[Magnus Davidson @DavidsonMagnus]

Loyal and Hope from Borgie today. Scale and concentration of ownership in this part of the Highlands is staggering. Apart from the forestry, which is owned by the state, the rest of the view is owned by one aristocratic family and one absentee green laird.

[Future Farmers @FutureFarmerYAS]

Are you passionate about the future of our industry?

@YorksAgSoc is looking for Future Farmers to help us tell the story of agricultural careers at a Freshers Fair at Askham Bryan College on 14th September. Email [email protected] if you're interested in finding out more.

[Steven Thomson @StevenGThomson]

Really scary prospects for many businesses. Especially in rural & islands areas where small businesses are the life-blood of economies & societal wellbeing. Areas where supplier choice is limited and haulage costs are so much higher. @RuralPolicySRUC @SEFARIscot @SGRESAS

[Domhnall Macsween @sweenyness]

Just don’t call us remote

[Orkney Boreray 🇦🇽 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @OrkneyBoreray]

After certain newspaper articles calling for removal of livestock from the land
I'd like to share photos of the Lochend flock last year doing conservation grazing for @RSPBScotland at Mill Dam Reserve, Shapinsay
Managing habitats + producing mutton, offal, wool, skins, horn, bone

[Richard Lockett @LockettRichard]

Come and join us on Knockbain Farm, Dingwall for a chat about trees. 31st August.
We'll blether about how the farm was pretty bleak in 1970, how we've tried to improve things since (including mistakes / slight disasters) and exciting new plans.
Register➡️https://t.co/Zsxr82b34h

[Orkney Boreray 🇦🇽 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @OrkneyBoreray]

That's 1st sacks of sorted fleece dropped off at the ferry to travel to North Ronaldsay. 30kg so far sorted into 3 undyed shades
The North Ronaldsay mill has specialist equipment for double coated fleeces, produces lovely NR wool products & spins for OB
https://t.co/V60muul05o

[RBST @RBSTrarebreeds]

Researchers are wrong to lump all meat together. RBST CEO @RareBreedChris -"native breeds, kept outdoors on grass and requiring few artificial inputs, had a very low environmental footprint compared with intensively reared continental breeds"
https://t.co/fUoHRsGzP5

[Scotland's Farm Advisory Service @FASScot]

Join us on 15th September, 10 am at Corrimony Farm to see virtual fencing technology in practice. Hear from the Girvan family about how they use the technology, from Nofence and from SAC Conservationist Helen Bibby about conservation grazing.

https://t.co/hsi0n53qeq

[Joyce Campbell @armadalefarm]

The road home. There’s a reason why oversea’s money has bought all the land in this video - it’s absolutely stunning. I was lucky to have spent some time here as a young child. Great memories, like the smell of the deer ponies after a day taking stags off the hill.

[Christine Ryder 😊🐑🐮 @ScaifeHallFarm]

There are a few places left for an informative day here at my farm. If its of interest and you are in or near Nidderdale AONB please book your free place https://t.co/K1E0eWcjMG

[Mariecia Fraser @uplandresources]

It’s far too easy to forget how important grasslands are, especially given the current policy obsession with tree-planting. Land use decisions need to be site specific.

[The Ethical Dairy @theethicaldairy]

We really enjoyed this inspiring and informative podcast with @DrDowhittle from @SusFoodTrust:

"An ecosystem is interacting organisms, and how they interact with their environment. And for me, that's exactly what a farm is.”

https://t.co/tzLdNnwJTj

[YorkshireShepherdess @AmandaOwen8]

Traffic moving nicely in the Dales.🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
#yorkshire #shepherdess #sheep #farm #flock

[Phil Knott @philknott83]

Large-flowered Hemp-nettle Galeopsis speciosa on the croft on Skye. Fairly rare this far north and west but appears every time we do groundwork somewhere new. Given the croft was under heavy grazing for decades it must be a very deep dormant seed! #wildflowerhour #crofting