Agricultural advisory
Independent advice and trusted relationships, driving improved efficiency and sustainable growth
National support, local delivery, tailored to you.
We provide independent, expert advice to farm businesses of all sizes. With a network of 24 offices, we have over 100 consultants who work, live, and (in many cases) farm and croft in the areas they serve.
Our agricultural consultants have a broad knowledge of all farming and crofting enterprises and have strong connections across the wider industry. Our expertise includes farm support payment or grant schemes, NVZ (Nitrate Vulnerable Zone) and nutrient planning, or sustainable systems including managing biodiversity or carbon, with the benefit of our own accredited carbon calculator tool, Agrecalc, to offer in-depth insight and baseline emissions data.
With a focus on continuous improvement, our support aims to build long lasting sustainability for customers, our communities and encourage positive change in the industry. We want every customer to feel supported, better informed, connected, and better resourced for the future.
Agricultural Advisory services
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Our core service, the SAC Consulting Subscription, provides farmers and crofters access to local agricultural consultants for advice on all rural related subjects.
Your subscription service is supported by expert consultants in a local office who understand the area you live and farm in, and the challenges and opportunities you face. We give independent advice and are backed by a wealth of industry research, connections, and knowledge, utilising our national support, with local delivery tailored to you.
You can rest easy knowing that we're here for you, whenever you need us.
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Supporting farmers
With national support, delivered locally and tailored to you (through our network of 24 offices across Scotland and England), we have decades of experience and a diverse set of skills and services to help you succeed on your farming journey.
Our expert teams have extensive experience in areas such as farm support payment or grant schemes (such as IACS or AECS), NVZ (Nitrate Vulnerable Zone), ILMP (Integrated Land Management Plans), nutrient planning, agronomy, grassland, livestock, whole farm plans, farm budgets, or sustainable systems including biodiversity or carbon.
Expert on farm support
Supporting crofters
In all the crofting counties, SAC Consulting has a team of local, independent advisors who are well versed in the many aspects of crofting.
Services such as business planning, agricultural support payment scheme applications, sea eagle management advice, common grazings information, crofting registration, sheep records, Agri-Environment and Climate Scheme (AECS) and Crofting and Agricultural Grant Scheme (CAGS) applications are very popular throughout the communities we operate in throughout Scotland.
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Whether you need support with your dairy business, would like help with nutrient budgeting or funding applications, are looking for ways to improve your grassland, are exploring biodiversity options, by-product management or need expertise to guide your crofting activities, we have a service for you.
Our range of services
Explore our work
From industry publications to customer case studies and outputs from some of our special projects and research, dive into the detail and see our work for yourself.
Find the latest Farm Management Handbook, customers case studies, or the most recent edition of our magazine, Perspectives - it's here for you.
Our expertise in action
The farm carbon calculator
Agrecalc is the market-leading farm carbon calculator developed by SAC Consulting and SRUC – a software solution that makes farm greenhouse gas emissions visible.
By benchmarking and monitoring farm GHG emissions using Agrecalc, our consultants help farmers, crofters and land managers to take confident and cost-effective steps towards a net-zero future.
Our market-leading expertise
Farm Advisory Service (FAS)
We have been delivering the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) since 2016, providing information and resources aimed at increasing the profitability and sustainability of farms and crofts. Funded by Scottish Government, we design, develop, and deliver the programme throughout Scotland.
We bring together the knowledge and experience of expert consultants, researchers and farmers to produce a wealth of resources, including videos, podcasts, events and the FAS website.
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Whether you are a crofter, a farmer, a rural estate or landmanager or a business looking for consultancy support, we have trusted experts to help you move your business forward.
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Our expert teams
Our diverse teams of advisors and specialists cover a lot of ground. Explore our teams to see what skills, support, and specialist solutions we may be able to offer you and your business.
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