Practical Guides, Case Studies & Newsletters
Practical guides
Carbon Footprinting And Locking In Carbon:
- Greenhouse gas emissions(2.54 MB, PDF)
- Improving resource use efficiency on arable farms(571.79 KB, PDF)
- Benefits from carbon footprinting on the beef farm(469.57 KB, PDF)
- Benefits from carbon footprinting on the dairy farm (421.37 KB, PDF)
- Cover crops (632.04 KB, PDF)
- SFAS Information Note: Cover Crops (5.77 MB, PDF)
- Farm woodlands and carbon (404.97 KB, PDF)
- Field drainage (464.4 KB, PDF)
- Farm Woodlands for Shelter(447.01 KB, PDF)
Developing Renewable Energy:
- Anaerobic digestion(451 KB, PDF)
- Micro-hydro(898 KB, PDF)
- Renewable heat incentive(3 MB, PDF)
- Small scale renewables(918 KB, PDF)
- Solar photovoltaics(467 KB, PDF)
- Wind energy(542 KB, PDF)
- Making the most of on-site energy generation (640.79 KB, PDF)
Energy and Fuel Use:
- Electricity use in the dairy(507.5 KB, PDF)
- Energy auditing(537.11 KB, PDF)
- Optimising tractor fuel use(836.48 KB, PDF)
- Monitoring Energy Use(548.34 KB, PDF)
- Spreadsheet - Vehicle Fuel Record(105.2 KB, XLSX)
- Spreadsheet - Grain Drier Fuel Record(105.92 KB, XLSX)
- Spreadsheet - Electricity Meter Record(106.16 KB, XLSX)
- Tyre selection and management(1.1 MB, PDF)
- Future Developments in Smart Energy Networks (310 KB, PDF)
Optimising Livestock Performance:
- Working Towards Net Zero Emissions - How do we reduce emissions from beef? (1.01 MB, PDF)
- Working Towards Net Zero Emissions - Improving fertility in the beef herd (783 KB, PDF)
- Working Towards Net Zero Emissions - Improving grass growth (1.13 MB, PDF)
- Working Towards Net Zero Emissions - Beef bull selection (788 KB, PDF)
- Alternative Forages for Ewes (621 KB, PDF)
- Improving ewe efficiency (1) (486.33 KB, PDF)
- Improving ewe efficiency (2) - Pre lambing (597.28 KB, PDF)
- Improving ewe efficiency (3) - Post lambing (495.88 KB, PDF)
- DUP supplementation of ewes (218.28 KB, PDF)
- What can your dairy cows tell you? (847.06 KB, PDF)
- Livestock nutrition (377.74 KB, PDF)
- Silage Testing: Interpreting Results (301.98 KB, PDF)
- Improving dairy productivity - feed and water intakes (497.4 KB, PDF)
- Dairy heifer rearing (442.44 KB, PDF)
- Improving shed ventilation for the dairy herd (761.67 KB, PDF)
- Improving ventilation in the beef shed (516.48 KB, PDF)
- Benefits from carbon footprinting on the beef farm (469.57 KB, )
- Benefits from carbon footprinting on the dairy farm (421.37 KB, )
- Farm Woodlands for Shelter (447.01 KB, PDF)
Soils, Fertilisers and Manures:
- Soil Organic Matter (2 MB, PDF)
- Alleviating soil compaction (680.82 KB, PDF)
- Establishing a grass clover sward (565.69 KB, PDF)
- Improving soil quality (699.59 KB, PDF)
- Maximising performance of grass leys (493.41 KB, PDF)
- Managing soil phosphorus (765 KB, PDF)
- Nitrogen fixation (660.82 KB, PDF)
- Optimising inorganic nitrogen (308 KB, PDF)
- Optimising organic nitrogen (421 KB, PDF)
- Soil management (599 KB, PDF)
- Applying Nutrients (3.29 KB, PDF )
- Valuing Your Soils: Practical guidance for Scottish farmers (3.53 MB, PDF )
- Greenhouse gas emissions (2.54 MB, PDF)
- Soil Sampling I - How to take a soil sample (4.37 KB, PDF )
- Soil Sampling II - Benefits to your business (5.95 KB, PDF )
- Nutrient Budgeting I - The benefits to your business (6.44 KB, PDF )
- Nutrient Budgeting II - Getting started (5.03 KB, PDF )
- Cover crops (632.04 KB, PDF)
- SFAS Information Note: Cover Crops (5.77 MB, PDF)
- Farmer’s guide to sourcing and using digestate and compost (2.07 MB, PDF )
- Healthy grassland soils pocketbook - AHDB (3.00 MB, PDF )
Adapting to a changing climate:
- Adapting new farm buildings to a changing climate (943 KB, PDF)
- Adapting traditional farm buildings to a changing climate (693 KB, PDF)
What have other farmers done
- Auchnieve and Mains of Thornton (333 KB, PDF)
- Balruddery - adapting to a changing climate (738KB, PDF)
- Craigengillan - New Woodlands (1 MB, PDF)
- Crichton Royal Dairy (725 KB, PDF)
- Ednie - beef and arable (488 KB, PDF)
- Glensaugh Research Station (613 KB, PDF)
- Kinstair Farm - New Woodlands (1 MB, PDF)
- Kirkton and Auchtertyre - adapting the hill sheep farm in a changing climate (556 KB, PDF)
- Langtonlees - moving from straw to slurry (1 MB, PDF)
- Phantassie and Garvald Mains - beef, sheep and arable (444 KB, PDF)
- West Mains of Kinblethmont - controlled traffic farming (871 KB, PDF)
- Mountfair Farming Ltd - taking care of soil life (1.12MB, PDF)
Newsletters:
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Winter 2018-19 (4 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Summer 2018 ( 5.73 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2017 (4.84 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter June 2017 (4.03 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2016 (1.46 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter June 2016 (3.53 MB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2015 (4.43 MB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter June 2015 (4.19 MB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2014 (463.99 KB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter June 2014 (878.97 KB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2013 (961.77 KB PDF)
- Farming for a Better Climate Newsletter June 2013 (1.02 MB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2012 (781.25 KB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter April 2012 (991.61 KB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Oct 2011 (793.47 KB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter May 2011 (582 KB PDF)
- Farming For a Better Climate Newsletter Dec 2010 (595.68 KB PDF)
Climate Change Focus Farm Meeting Notes
Climate Change Focus Farms Case Studies:
Ardoch of Gallery
- Ardoch of Gallery Arable Case Study (538.89 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery: Maximising farm efficiency - March 2018 (927 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery Integrated control of grass weeds - November 2017 (1.24 MB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery Learning Journey - June 2017 (981 KB PDF)
- Adroch of Gallery Maximising farm efficiency; nutrient use - February 2017 (226 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery Whats new in renewables - Dec 2016 (257 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery WOSR and drones - May 2016(2.17 MB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery Oilseed rape and cover crops - March 2016(3.19 MB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery: Profiting from improved efficiency; soils & nutrients - February 2016 (665.54 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery: Production strategies for low commodity prices - November 2015 (911.4 KB PDF)
- Ardoch of Gallery: Improving Farm Profitability - June 2015 (2.04 MB PDF)
Auchmore
- Auchmore Case Study (917 KB PDF)
- HiFEN: Group visit to Mid Coul Farms AD Plant - July 2016 (475.24 KB PDF)
- Auchmore: Optimising animal performance - lameness and nutrition - Nov 2016 (1.6 MB PDF)
- HiFEN Introductory Meeting at Auchmore - September 2014 (630.98 KB PDF)
Castlemains
- Castlemains Arable Case Study (513.75 KB PDF)
- Castlemains: Lessons Learnt and Adaptations - July 2018 (1.16 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Integrated Control of Grass Weeds - November 2017 (708.38 KB PDF)
- Castlemains: Controlled Traffic Farming & GPS Sampling - Oct 2017 (4.65 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Improving Efficiency at Harvest - July 2017 (2.57 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Tyre Selection - Feb 2017 (4.08 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Nutrient Budgeting - Jan 2017 (1.73 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Cover Cropping & No Till in Practice - November 2016 (4.51 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: The Value of Soil Organic Matter - June 2016 (1.32 MB PDF)
- Castlemains & Rumbletonrig joint meeting - Getting Back to Plant Basics on Major Plant Nutrients - February 2016(759.92 KB PDF)
- Castlemains: AgRe Calc & Progress Update - November 2015 (1.4 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: The Answer Is In The Soil - June 2015 (2.11 MB PDF)
- Castlemains: Practical Ideas to Improve Farm Profits - February 2015 (970.89 KB PDF)
- Castlemains Farm Introductory Meeting - Feb 2015 (1.03 MB PDF)
Clynelish
- Clynelish Case Study(953.85 KB PDF)
- HiFEN: Group visit to Mid Coul Farms AD Plant - July 2016(475.24 KB PDF)
- Clynelish: Flock Life - February 2015(917.84 KB PDF)
Corrimony
- HiFEN: Group visit to Mid Coul Farms AD Plant - July 2016 (475.24 KB PDF)
- Corrimony Upland Beef and Sheep Case Study (629.44 KB PDF)
Hillend
- Hillend Dairy Case Study (695.28 KB, PDF)
- Hillend: Precision technologies in dairy farming - Feb 2018 (1.17 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: Northern Ireland Learning Journey - March 2017 (1.41 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: Milk markets & farm soils - March 2016 (1 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: Are Thin Cows Lame, or Are Lame Cows Thin? - Feb 2016 (1.12 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: Blood testing in the herd - Jan 2016 (832.02 KB, PDF)
- Hillend: Improving efficiency - cow diets and performance - Dec 2015 (453.36 KB, PDF)
- Hillend: Managing Fertility and Getting Cows in Calf - Oct 2015 (1.04 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: ‘A Learning Journey’ to Hillhead of Covington - Oct 2015 (443.26 KB, PDF)
- Hillend: Getting More from Grass - March 2015 (1.2 MB, PDF)
- Hillend: Improving Profitability - Feb 2015 (1.11 MB, PDF)
Nether Aden
- Nether Aden Mixed Case Study (870.65 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Hydrogen & improving fuel efficiency - Jan 2018(775 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Farm walk - arable & livestock update - July 2017 (593.79 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Cattle Housing & Health - Dec 2016 (682.27 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Maximising grass and forage efficiency - Nov 2016 (614.17 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Feeding cattle for better returns - Oct 2015 (691.49 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Improving Farm Profitability; Soils, Grass and Crops - June 2015 (711.67 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Grassland Production & Utilisation - March 2015 (767.74 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Fertility and Nutrition in the Suckler Herd - Nov 2014 (631.58 KB, PDF)
- Nether Aden: Profiting from Improved Efficiency - Oct 2014 (309.21 KB, PDF)
Rumbletonrig
- Rumbletonrig Lowland Beef and Sheep Case Study (1.06 MB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Gaining improvements; good animal health & fertiliser management - Dec 2018 (1 MB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Visit to Thankerton Camp Farm - Oct 2018 (1 MB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Gaining production improvements through genetics and animal health - May 2018 (750 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Carbon audits, energy use and the livestock bedding trial - November 2017 (394 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Building resilience into grassland - June 2017 (565.36 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Greenhouse gases and efficiency - January 2017 (436 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Grass utilisation and carbon audits - December 2016 (583 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Animal Health & Grassland Utilisation - July 2016 (1.06 MB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig & Castlemains joint meeting - Getting Back to Plant Basics on Major Plant Nutrients - February 2016 (759.92 KB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Improved nutrition efficiency - November 2015 (1.49 MB, PDF)
- Rumbletonrig: Profiting from Improved Efficiency - August 2015 (1.19 MB, PDF)
Woodhead Farm
- Woodhead Dairy Case Study (929.15 KB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Improving farm efficiency; findings from Woodhead Farm (3.87 MB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Energy efficiency on a shoestring budget - Oct 2016 (1.21 MB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Managing the dairy herd - March 2016 (1.07 MB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Improving fertiliser usage - Feb 2016 (368.45 KB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Making big decisions - Jan 2016 (743.75 KB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Managing fertility and getting cows in calf - Sept 2015 (825.7 KB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Getting calves off to a good start - March 2015 (224 KB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Profiting from Pasture - March 2015 (1.07 MB, PDF)
- Woodhead: Profiting from Improved Efficiency - Sept 2014 (657.23 KB, PDF)
Glenkilrie Farm
- Glenkilrie Beef and Sheep - Efficiency Findings (709.89 KB, PDF)
- GreenCow visit - Feb 2012 (331.39 KB, PDF)
- Case Study - Glenkilrie (570 KB, PDF)
- Maximising output from sheep (264.67 KB, PDF)
- Best Use of Nutrients - Sep 2011 (153.96 KB, PDF)
- Energy Use & Renewable Opportunities - Feb 2011 (239.84 KB, PDF)
- Glenkilrie Information Day - Oct 2010 (251.27 KB, PDF)
- Maximising Cattle Performance (486.06 KB, PDF)
- Glenkilrie visit to Soil Aeration day (399.14 KB, PDF)
- Minimising Losses at Lambing (449.73 KB, PDF)
Stewart Tower Farm
- Stewart Tower Dairy Wind Turbine Case Study (642.75 KB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 1 (244.63 KB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 2 (274.67 KB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 3 (318.52 KB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 4 (306.68 KB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 5 (1.1 MB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 6 (1.28 MB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 7 (1.33 MB, PDF)
- Stewart Tower: Factsheet 8 (1.53 MB, PDF)
Torr Farm
- Torr Dairy - Efficiency Findings (741.06 KB, PDF)
- Case Study - Torr Farm (816 KB, PDF)
- Opportunities for Renewables; Woodfuel Boilers - March 2012 (550.57 KB, PDF)
- Micro Hydro - Dec 2011 (421.01 KB, PDF)
- Livestock Productivity - Nov 2011 (359.58 KB, PDF)
- Soil Structure & Farm Productivity - Sep 2011 (367.67 KB, PDF)
- Optimising Livestock Productivity - March 2011 (418.13 KB, PDF)
- Reducing Energy Use - Feb 2011 (206.01 KB, PDF)
- Soil & Nutrient Management - Oct 2010 (219.85 KB, PDF)
- Torr Information Day - Sep 2010 (164.68 KB, PDF)
- Improving Field Drainage (214.7 KB, PDF)
- Improving Sheep Productivity (225.33 KB, PDF)
- Soil, Muck and Money (349.19 KB, PDF)
Upper Nisbet
- Upper Nisbet Mixed Case Study (734.71 KB, PDF)
- Improving Profitability - Dec 2011 (263.9 KB, PDF)
- Upper Nisbet Information Day - Oct 2011 (315.87 KB, PDF)
- Opportunities For Renewables - Woodchip (489.74 KB, PDF)
- Improving Efficiencies In The Beef Herd (212.25 KB, PDF)
- Improving Arable Productivity (372.05 KB, PDF)
- Improving Soil Profitability (512.96 KB, PDF)
- Improving Arable Margins (2.4 MB, PDF)