Document Downloads: Improve Farm Efficiency
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Energy & Fuels
Information and advice available via a practical guide.
Practical Guide - Energy Auditing (564.67 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Electricity Use in the Dairy (569.24 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Optimising Tractor Fuel Use (891.82 KB PDF)
Fertilisers & Manure
Information and advice available via our practical guides.
Practical Guide - Establishing Grass Clover (563.58 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Optimising Organic Nitrogen (571.31 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Optimising Inorganic Nitrogen (412.44 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Nitrogen Fixation (613.04 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Applying Nutrients (484.96 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Maximising Performance of Grass Leys (490.71 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Alleviating Soil Compaction (366.93 KB PDF)
Locking In Carbon
Information and advice available via our practical guides and case study.
Practical Guide - Improving Soil Quality (702.69 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Cover Crops (640.42 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Soil Management (368.11 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Farm Woodlands and Carbon (485.77 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Assess Your Soil Structure (1006.08 KB PDF)
Case Study - Farm Woodlands at Mains of Thornton (375.76 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Field Drainage Systems (334.28 KB PDF)
Management Of Livestock
Information and advice available via our practical guides.
Practical Guide - Carbon Footprinting - Dairy (418.24 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Carbon Footprinting - Beef (420.26 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Forage Calculator (322.24 KB PDF)
Practical guide - Livestock Nutrition (430 KB PDF)
Renewable Energy
Information and advice available via practical guides.
Practical Guide - Feed-in Tariff (324.66 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Renewable Heat Incentive (376.23 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Solar Photovoltaics (338 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Micro Renewables (801.92 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Wind Energy (376.68 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Anaerobic Digestion (327.13 KB PDF)
Practical Guide - Micro-hydro (471.75 KB PDF)