Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. On today’s episode George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson talk about the upcoming AECS deadline and the pressing issue of water scarcity. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. 

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Water Scarcity - Farming and Water Scotland

Events | Events helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service

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Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Becka Henderson, a Farm Business Analyst from SAC Consulting to talk about results from the Farm Business Survey and headlines from the spring statement.  

FAS Resources 

Whole farm benchmarks | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service

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Scottish farm business income (FBI) - gov.scot

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Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson who talk headlines and deadlines. We talk about the Single Application Form (IACS) window, AECS, and changes to both. We also discuss “Fair work first” and what that means for farmers & crofters undertaking an AECS.  

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Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) 

Claims and payments 

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson who bring us their Spring Update, with information on the “New Deal for Agriculture”, NVZ, claim deadlines for PSF & AECS Capital claims, an update on h5n1, and a market update.  

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Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) 

Avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks - gov.scot 

Claims and payments 

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson who discuss what Farmers & Crofters can do to put the best foot forward in the New Year, to give themselves a good chance of a successful 2025.  

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Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) 

Agri-Environment Climate Scheme 

Whole Farm Plan full guidance 

Avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks - gov.scot 

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by George Chalmers & Tiffany Stephenson who discuss all relevant schemes and deadlines, and look ahead to Christmas in the Farming Community. 

FAS Resources 

Mental Health and Wellbeing | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service 

fas.scot/downloads/mental-health-and-wellbeing/ 

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Home - RSABI 

Christmas and mental health - Mind 

Farmstrong Scotland - Live Well, Farm & Croft Well 

Preparing for sustainable farming - gov.scot 

Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (Mainland and Islands) 

Agri-Environment Climate Scheme 

Home | ScotEID 

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Sascha Grierson, Principal Consultant & Agri-Economics lead at SAC Consulting and Andrew Coalter Senior Consultant & Chartered Accountant at SAC Consulting who discuss the implications of the Autumn Budget for the Agricultural Industry and dive into detail on the inheritance tax update, and why you should start thinking about Succession, sooner rather than later.

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SuccessionPlanning | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service

SuccessionPlanning – Crofting | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service

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AutumnBudget 2024 – HC 295

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, Farm Advisors Tiffany, George and Robert give us the latest agricultural updates from around Scotland, and are then joined by Professor Steven Thomson, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at SRUC to discuss the latest policy updates, including EFA, Calving Intervals and more. 

FAS Resources 

Stock Talk | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 

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SRUC | Rural Policy Centre 

W9 Calving Intervals in Scotland's Cattle Population: Conditionality Options - New Rural Support Scheme development - evidence: outputs summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) 

Scottish-Suckler-Beef-Support-Scheme-FAQ-June-2024-v2.pdf 

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode, Farm Advisors Tiffany Stephenson from St Boswells, George Chalmers from Turriff and Robert Ramsay from Ayr, give us the latest agricultural updates from the Borders, N. East and S. West of Scotland, and are later joined by Iain Boyd, a senior Environmental Consultant to talk about Climate Week and what opportunities it brings to Crofters and Farmers in Scotland.  

FAS Resources 

Climate Change resources for farmers from Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

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Climate Week | Net Zero Nation 

Take Action | Net Zero Nation  

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Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode I’m joined by George Chalmers, Robert Ramsay & Osla Jamwal-Fraser to talk about agritourism, opportunities to diversify and the added value opportunities for Scottish Agriculture.  

FAS Resources 

Alternative Enterprises | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)  

Agri Culture - Cream O Galloway: A Dairy Story | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 

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Home - Scottish Agritourism 

Agriturismo.it - True Italian agritourism only  

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