Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Kerry hears from Farm Advisors, Tiffany, and George who are joined by SRUC’s Steven Thomson, (Reader in Agricultural Economics and Policy) to spotlight what is happening in rural policy. 



Sascha Grierson, Principal Consultant for the Scottish Farm Business Survey, joins us to give us some insight from the latest Survey results, hot off the press from March 30th.  



And we’re joined by Dr Claire Morgan-Davies a livestock systems scientist at SRUC who tells us what’s on her desk and highlights some interesting projects for Farmers to get involved with.   



Hosted by Kerry Hammond and edited by Kieron Sim. Executive Producer Kerry Hammond. In association with the Scottish Government





Show Notes  



01:04- Rural Roundup policy spotlight with Steven Thomson 

22:54-Scottish Farm Business Survey Results  

36:33- What’s on your desk – Claire Morgan Davies 

45:54- Resources and next episode information 





FAS Resources 



Agribusiness News April 2023 - Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 - 2022 | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 



Whole Farm Benchmarks Tool 2021-22 | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 



Scottish Farm Business Survey - Good Technical Efficiency Pays | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 





Other Links: 



Agricultural Reform Programme (ruralpayments.org) 



Steven Thomson — SRUC, Scotland's Rural College 



Steven Thomson (@StevenGThomson) / Twitter 



Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2021-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) 



Farm Business Incomes 2021-22 (www.gov.scot) 



Sascha Grierson PhD | LinkedIn 



[email protected] 



TechCare Project – Integrating innovative TECHnologies along the value Chain to improve small ruminant welfARE management (techcare-project.eu) 



EuroSheep | European Knowledge Exchange 



Sm@rt | Sm@ll Ruminant Technologies Platform (smartplatform.network) 



Claire Morgan-Davies | LinkedIn 



Claire Morgan-Davies — SRUC, Scotland's Rural College 




For more information, visit www.FAS.scot 

Twitter: @FASScot 

Facebook: @FASScot 




National Advice Hub 

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Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Kerry hears from Farm Advisors, Tiffany, and George who are joined by SRUC’s Steven Thomson, (Reader in Agricultural Economics and Policy) to spotlight what is happening in rural policy. 



Sascha Grierson, Principal Consultant for the Scottish Farm Business Survey, joins us to give us some insight from the latest Survey results, hot off the press from March 30th.  



And we’re joined by Dr Claire Morgan-Davies a livestock systems scientist at SRUC who tells us what’s on her desk and highlights some interesting projects for Farmers to get involved with.   



Hosted by Kerry Hammond and edited by Kieron Sim. Executive Producer Kerry Hammond. In association with the Scottish Government





Show Notes  



01:04- Rural Roundup policy spotlight with Steven Thomson 

22:54-Scottish Farm Business Survey Results  

36:33- What’s on your desk – Claire Morgan Davies 

45:54- Resources and next episode information 





FAS Resources 



Agribusiness News April 2023 - Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 - 2022 | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 



Whole Farm Benchmarks Tool 2021-22 | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 



Scottish Farm Business Survey - Good Technical Efficiency Pays | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 





Other Links: 



Agricultural Reform Programme (ruralpayments.org) 



Steven Thomson — SRUC, Scotland's Rural College 



Steven Thomson (@StevenGThomson) / Twitter 



Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2021-2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) 



Farm Business Incomes 2021-22 (www.gov.scot) 



Sascha Grierson PhD | LinkedIn 



[email protected] 



TechCare Project – Integrating innovative TECHnologies along the value Chain to improve small ruminant welfARE management (techcare-project.eu) 



EuroSheep | European Knowledge Exchange 



Sm@rt | Sm@ll Ruminant Technologies Platform (smartplatform.network) 



Claire Morgan-Davies | LinkedIn 



Claire Morgan-Davies — SRUC, Scotland's Rural College 




For more information, visit www.FAS.scot 

Twitter: @FASScot 

Facebook: @FASScot 




National Advice Hub 

Phone: 0300 323 0161 

Email: [email protected] 


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