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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

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

SRUC appoints new Board members

Outgoing MSP Oliver Mundell is among five new non-executive directors to have been appointed to the SRUC Board.…

SRUC
21/05/2025

Sheep experts team up to reduce emissions

SRUC and the Texel Sheep Society have teamed up with partners from New Zealand, Ireland, and three other key sheep-breeding nations to provide a platform for national and global comparison of methane and carbon dioxide emissions for the purpose of selective breeding for lower-emitting animals.…

SRUC
16/05/2025

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

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

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

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

SRUC creates golden dairy farm opportunity

Acrehead farm. A rare opportunity to take over the running of a long-established dairy farm has been created by SRUC. Applications are now open for the position, which will come with minimal upfront…

SRUC
01/05/2025

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

Update on Elmwood Campus 24 April 2025

Following a consultation with impacted colleagues, SRUC has taken the decision to fully close the main building at Elmwood campus.…

SRUC
24/04/2025

Entries open for agricultural communications award

Writers, podcasters, social media influencers and storytellers are being encouraged to enter the 2025 Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications.…

SRUC
23/04/2025