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Podcast: Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast
Episode: S1: Changing Practices for a Changing Climate - Adapting in the Arable Sector
Description: In this episode, Agricultural Consultant Malcolm MacDonald chats to Harry Henderson, AHDB's Knowledge Transfer Manager, and later with Gavin Elrick, SAC Consulting's soils, drainage and nutrient management expert. Â
Ahead of the Changing Practices for a Changing Climate FAS Event held near Inverness, Harry and Malcolm discussed how arable farmers can adapt to cope with the changes that we are experiencing in our weather patterns. Options include moving towards min-till and no-till systems and changing the cropping seasons from autumn to spring-sown crops where possible to avoid tillage during the wetter autumn seasons. Harry has travelled to Finland and was...