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Podcast: Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast
Episode: Crofting Matters - Livestock Disease Risks on Crofts
Description: Disease risk in livestock, and biosecurity is something we perhaps don’t consider as much in crofting areas as farmers might in more intensive systems. Crofting tends to be more extensive, with lower densities of stock, but we often share bulls, and graze on common ground. In this episode I’m joined by Kythe MacKenzie, who is a vet with SRUC, and Kate Lamont, who is a researcher, to discuss the practicalities of managing disease risk. Linked FAS ResourcesCrofting Discussion Groups | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)Succession Planning – Crofting...