Volunteer Week 1st-7th June 2021 #VolunteersWeekScot
We rely on a fantastic network of volunteers across Scotland to share their passion for food and farming with the next generation. This week we want to say thank you to everyone who helps us in
We rely on a fantastic network of volunteers across Scotland to share their passion for food and farming with the next generation. This week we want to say thank you to everyone who helps us in
A Fife teacher has become the first to score a perfect 100% in a new online training resource for Scotland’s schools and colleges. Heather Aird, who teaches at Viewforth High School in Kirkcaldy, did
As we moved into our last week of lambing the weather decided to cheer up and we enjoyed a glorious few days of sunshine.
As we move into our last week of lambing, I thought you might like to see one of our ewes give birth to a set of twins! I have been trying to catch this for the last 3 weeks and have managed it at
When it comes to lambing, people often have a beautiful image of sunny skies, daffodils blooming and newborn lambs bouncing about in lush green fields. To get to this stage though there is a lot of hard work involved...
One of the most important jobs that is done during the sheep’s pregnancy is scanning. It is exactly like a human going to the hospital for an ultrasound scan, but for sheep, the scanner comes to the farm!
What a busy second week of lambing it has been! We’ve managed to get through three quarters of the lambing by the end of this week which is great!
Today we’re looking back at pre-lambing work. People often ask me what the different coloured marks on sheep are for. The answer is, for an easy management tool for the farmer!
Well, the first week of lambing 2021 has flown by! The first of the new arrivals were born on the 25th March which was the date we had planned to start lambing, this doesn’t usually happen so