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Consulting and Commercial

A Bright Funding Future Ahead?

A new capital grant scheme is set to support farmers and crofters in improving the sustainability, efficiency, and resilience of their agricultural businesses.…

  • Alex Pirie
  • 07/07/2025
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Food & farming podcaster wins prestigious agricultural communications award

A former SRUC lecturer and student has added to his growing collection of accolades with the Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications. Wallace Currie, who studied at SRUC before spending…

  • SRUC
  • 24/06/2025
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Crop updates: 20 June 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

  • SRUC
  • 20/06/2025
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Crop updates: 5 June 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 11/06/2025
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Crop updates: 23 May 2025

Crops with better rooting have been more resilient in the dry conditions. Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 28/05/2025
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Headwinds and High Spots: The Economic State of Scottish Farming

Earlier in April, the Scottish Government published its annual Scottish Farm Business Survey results for 2023-2024. This detailed economic and environmental data is gathered from 400 volunteer commercial farms in Scotland across the traditionally supported sectors.…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 26/05/2025
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Crop updates: 8 May 2025

Growth rates in crops vary widely and some crops are leaping ahead with awns out in winter barley and flag leaves emerging in winter wheat and oats. Cool and dry weather is definitely holding back some crops and is certainly impacting pest, weed, and disease levels. Since crops are at a huge range of growth stages and often a bit off calendar norms we have covered as many bases as possible in this report. …

  • SAC Consulting
  • 14/05/2025
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Top Award for Consultant Who Champions Women in Agriculture

SAC Consulting’s Mary-Jane Lawrie was last night named ‘Agricultural Advisor of the Year’ at a glittering ceremony in London.…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 07/05/2025
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Crop updates: 24 April 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them.  The update provides information on the…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 02/05/2025
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Skye’s the limit for corncrakes thanks to crofting boost

The Skye Crofting and Corncrake Partnership - supported by SAC Consulting (part of SRUC) - is showing signs of success, with the number of calling corncrake males on Skye in 2024 up on the previous year.…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 01/05/2025
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Mary-Jane Lawrie talks farming, biodiversity, and empowering women in agriculture

Senior Agricultural Consultant, Mary-Jane Lawrie has been shortlisted for a top industry prize. …

  • SAC Consulting
  • 24/04/2025
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Crop updates: 14 April 2025

Our regular round up of the issues affecting crops around Scotland, summarises how crops are developing and what weather and other issues are affecting them. The update provides information on the progress with key field work activities as well as news on the pest, weed and disease problems being noted in crops.…

  • SAC Consulting
  • 15/04/2025
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