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Windfarm windfall boosts businesses
A company that rents electric bikes was among a number of Scottish rural businesses to benefit from a windfarm windfall.…
- SRUC
- 29/10/2019
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Not so wild goose chase
Countryside Management students from Scotland’s Rural College joined TV presenter Michaela Strachan on a wild goose chase for the latest series of the BBC’s popular wildlife programme Autumnwatch.…
- SRUC
- 29/10/2019
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Harvesting Hallowe’en pumpkins
Horticulture and Garden Design students Will Ross, Rachel Elliot and Simon Drozdek harvested pumpkins for Hallowe’en at Scotland’s Rural College.…
- SRUC
- 28/10/2019
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Crafting successful crofting succession
Crofters planning for the often daunting and complex process of passing their business on to the next generation are being offered the chance to register for a bespoke webinar.…
- SRUC
- 25/10/2019
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Shear delight for Alex after Woolmen scholarship
A PhD student at Scotland’s Rural College has been awarded a scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.…
- SRUC
- 25/10/2019
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Students to gain ‘real world’ experience
A new partnership between SRUC and the James Hutton Institute will put practical skills into the hands of future farmers.…
- SRUC
- 22/10/2019
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Good vibes in tickled rats are contagious
Just as laughter is contagious in humans, the positive mood induced in rats when tickled can be catching.…
- SRUC
- 18/10/2019
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Whale's entanglement wounds among 'most severe'
A Sowerby’s beaked whale found on an East Lothian beach suffered some of the “most severe” entanglement wounds ever recorded by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS).…
- SRUC
- 17/10/2019
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Managing the risk of Grass Staggers
In the last week, there has been a large increase in cases of hypomagnesemia (Grass Staggers) in beef cows. SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), has now issued advice to farmers to…
- SRUC
- 16/10/2019
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Focus on what you can control
With the outcome of Brexit still far from certain, many farm businesses have little clear idea of what they could – or should – be doing to prepare. The latest edition of the Farm Management Handbook,…
- SRUC
- 14/10/2019
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From Plate to Planet
With red meat consumption a hot topic of conversation, SRUC is hosting a free event to help people make up their minds about the industry’s pros and cons. Professor Sir Charles Godfray, a population…
- SRUC
- 11/10/2019
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The curious incident of porpoises killed by ‘dog-bite’ bacteria
Scientists from a wide range of backgrounds have pooled their resources to solve the mystery of a ‘dog-bite’ bacteria attributed to the death of harbour porpoises.…
- SRUC
- 11/10/2019
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