Sign up to save your podcastsEmail addressPasswordRegisterOrContinue with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in here.
OrderedDict([('@audioboom:html', '1'), ('#text', "Farming For a Better Climate (FFBC) ran from 2009 to 2024 and has now come to an end. \xa0\n\nIt was a Scottish Government initiative delivere... more
FAQs about Farming For a Better Climate:How many episodes does Farming For a Better Climate have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.
March 29, 2024S3 Ep6: Improving weight data capture and utilisation to drive suckler herd efficiencyInterested in hearing more about the benefits of weighing cattle? In this podcast, SAC Consultants Lorna MacPherson and Lorna Shaw are joined by beef farmers Andrew Houstoun of Glenkilrie Farm and Iain Wilkinson of Balgay Farm. The discussion focuses on the use of technology to improve the ease of collecting weight data and how that data can be used to help drive improvements in efficiency. We hear about cow efficiency, with the aim of breeding smaller cows, using data to select heifers for replacements, weaning strategies, creep feeding and growth performance....more46minPlay
March 26, 2024S3 Ep5: Feed efficiency in beef cattleFeed efficiency is a term that is being increasingly used and discussed in the cattle industry in the UK as well as globally. In this podcast, Dr David Bell (SAC Consulting) talks with Robert Gilchrist (Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society) and Seth Wareing (Stabiliser Cattle Company) and takes an in depth look at this topic and what it means to the beef industry....more39minPlay
October 27, 2023S3 Ep4: Improving efficiency in sheep flocks, part 3: Maximising productivity at GlensaughThis is the final of our Improving efficiency in sheep flocks podcast series. In this episode we hear SAC Consulting's Senior Beef & Sheep Specialist Kirsten Williams chat with Donald Barrie, Farm manager at Glensaugh, one of the research farms run by the James Hutton Institute. Donald explains how the farm is operated and the key areas of management for the sheep flocks - health, nutrition and genetics, to ensure maximum productivity....more51minPlay
October 27, 2023S3 Ep3: Improving efficiency in sheep flocks, part 2: Methane emissions and GeneticsIn the second of our Improving efficiency in sheep flocks podcast series, we hear Nicola Lambe, a researcher with SRUC chat with SAC Consulting's Senior Beef & Sheep Consultant Kirsten Williams. They discuss how exactly research is tracking greenhouse gas emissions from sheep and the role of genetics within that. ...more33minPlay
October 27, 2023S3 Ep2: Improving efficiencies in the sheep flock, part 1: HealthThis is the first in a 3 part mini series focusing on improving efficiencies in the sheep flock. We hear from SAC Consulting's Senior beef & Sheep specialist, Kirsten Williams, and SRUC Vet, Fiona Crowden discussing a range of common health problems that can be found within any sheep flock. ...more46minPlay
July 28, 2023S3 Ep1: Fertiliser and Soils at WoodheadIn this podcast you will hear from SAC Consulting's Lorna Galloway and Robert Ramsay, who discuss recent Farming for a Better Climate trial work being undertaken at Woodhead Farm around soils, manures and fertilisers. This practical podcast will give you hints and tips to make better use of your farm resources and improve your profitability....more49minPlay
March 31, 2023S2 Ep12: Shifting towards Net ZeroHere Séamus Murphy and SAC Consulting’s Iain Boyd discuss the wider picture around our journey towards net zero and some of the drivers encouraging action towards environmental targets....more29minPlay
March 31, 2023S2 Ep11: Carbon sequestration schemes; verifying climate benefitsWith carbon sequestration schemes around woodland planting and peatland restoration being viable options for some farms, how do you know your scheme is having an impact and worth the claims they are making? Here Séamus Murphy talks to SAC Consulting’s Jack Zuill to find out more. ...more32minPlay
March 31, 2023S2 Ep9: Sector focus - DairySAC Specialist Lorna MacPherson joins regular hosts Séamus Murphy and Robert Ramsay to take a look at the dairy sector, and how marginal gains across the business can help to improve both climate and financial performance....more33minPlay
March 31, 2023S2 Ep10: Beyond the farm gateHere Séamus Murphy and Robert Ramsay speak to SAC Consulting’s energy and carbon specialist John Farquhar to look at the additional carbon emissions accrued through the wider supply chain, and how suppliers may be looking to minimise some of these emissions. ...more47minPlay
FAQs about Farming For a Better Climate:How many episodes does Farming For a Better Climate have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.