SAC Food and Drink

SAC Food and Drink

Tailored consultancy and training with a local focus. Think Local - championing local food - find your local farm shop. Community Food Fund. Case Studies.

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Royal Highland Show

Show regular, first timer, local or international visitor we hope to see you 20-23 June. We are right next to the main ring, you can’t miss us.

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Helping a Changing World

Key issues surrounding farming, food production and rural communities, explained through our ‘Helping a Changing World’ campaign.

Potato drills

Crop Clinic News

07 June. Shortness of crops, spray timings hard to manage accurately. Lets enjoy our little patch of sunshine, visit our open events and trial demos!


Latest News

Major funding for research into predicting the health and welfare of dairy cows

Researchers from the Moredun Research Institute and SRUC have received a major funding award.

Scotland’s Rural College takes Macbeth’s Witches to Hampton Court

The Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) entry for the biggest flower show on earth is on schedule for delivery.

LEERG Staff Citizen Scientists for a Morning

Staff from Land Economy and Environmental Research (LEERG) have been out and about in the Hermitage of Braid on the south side of Edinburgh, carrying out the OPAL tree health survey.

Schmallenberg Case in Aberdeenshire Beef Herd

A case of Schmallenberg Disease (SBV) has been confirmed in a calf born to a homebred, suckler heifer on a farm outside Aberdeen.

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SRUC Potato Roguer Course - Craibstone Campus, Aberdeen

A FIVE-DAY COURSE on the identification of potato varieties and diseases provisionally from 19 June to 25 June (excluding weekend) dependent on growth stage of potatoes.

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Our Latest Podcast

Environmental Mastitis: SAC Consulting Vet Catriona Ritchie discusses the environmental factors behind mastitis in dairy cattle.

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From Series Three of the Herd Health Podcasts