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Volunteer Farmers Wanted for Next Farming for a Better Climate Programme 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
The search is on for three volunteer farmers interested in saving energy and reducing costs.
Fighting Fluke with SAC Consulting 21 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
The growing problem of liver fluke will be the focus of a free farmers’ meeting at Nistigar on Westray next week, organised by SAC Consulting (a Division of Scotland’s Rural College).
Record numbers at Potatoes in Practice 14 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
This year’s Potatoes in Practice event was described as the best ever.
Keeping Livestock Out of Watercourses Proves a Hot Topic in Ayrshire 14 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm
The efforts a farming family from Ochiltree in Ayrshire are making to keep their cattle from polluting a burn drew a large and interested crowd to a recent event organised by Scotland’s Rural College.
SRUC Students Get Juniper Restoration Project Underway 14 Aug 2013 | 03:40 pm
Students and staff from our Ayr campus have begun work on the Juniper restoration project they are undertaking in partnership with the Scottish Wildlife Trust and distillers William Grant and Sons.
Oatridge Grazing Regeneration Project 14 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
Over 70 farmers attended the latest progress report on the grazing regeneration project at the Oatridge Campus of Scotland’s Rural College.
Award Winning Gardener Barry Wins Again 14 Aug 2013 | 03:20 pm
Ayr student Barry Small whose Show Garden won a Silver Gilt at Gardening Scotland returned to the Flower Show that first got him into gardening and won a Gold!
SRUC Joins Partners in Liver Fluke Action Pilot 14 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
Vets from SAC Consulting are working with partners from the Moredun Research Institute on a Scottish Government supported pilot project, aimed at addressing the spread of Liver Fluke across Scotland.
SRUC Staff and Students Could Not Bee More Serious About Science 14 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
SRUC and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh teamed up for a “Talking Science” event at the Ayr Flower Show.
A long way for a short course! 14 Aug 2013 | 02:50 pm
Not everyone will travel over 400 miles for a short course but that’s what Andrew Hurrell did when he made the trip all the way from Essex to our Oatridge campus to learn how to drive an Argocat.
