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All our work helps facilitate farmers and food and drink businesses to work together effectively. Over the years we've expanded and developed subsidiary businesses - getting the right people together and making innovative advancements - to help benefit food, farming and rural Scotland.
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19 March 2021
Climate change has brought with it more unpredictable weather patterns which, in turn, has meant significant upheaval for Scottish farmers. In episode 4 of our series, Anna hears about measures that can be taken to help cope with the effects of unpredictable weather, and even to reap any potential benefits.
This time, Anna is talking to:
David Aglen, who farms livestock, vegetables and combinable crops in Fife
Graham Lofthouse, a livestock farmer in the Borders, and member of Borders Machinery Ring
George Noble, SAOS project manager who works primarily on our data and digital projects, based in Fraserburgh.
Click the logo to isten to Part 4
And of you've not already heard them, listen to Part 1 here Part 2 here and Part 3 here
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