Lothian and Borders Farmers Invited to Participate in New Arable Monitor Farm

Higher grain prices bring optimism to arable farming but new challenges arise: rising costs, volatile grain markets and managing the environment.

Now farmers and those in allied trades who want to address these challenges are being invited to participate in an exciting new Monitor Farm project. Anyone interested in finding out more about the project should attend the first meeting on 20th November at 1.30pm at Woodhead Farm, Gifford, East Lothian courtesy of farmer, Mr Hugh Broad.

The project at Woodhead is one of the first two ARABLE Monitor Farm projects in Scotland and is supported by HGCA, in partnership with the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise and facilitated by SAC.

The purpose of this first meeting is to explain to local farmers how the Monitor Farm will work, describe and see the farm and get feedback on the main topics that are of importance to their businesses and that they think the project should address.