Rural Roundup - Farm Woodlands
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of farm woodlands and features insights from forestry consultant David Eadie.
Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. On today’s episode George Chalmers and Tiffany Stephenson are joined by SAC Consulting forestry consultant David Eadie to discuss farm woodlands, as well as bringing you the latest industry updates. Timestamps 00:35 How are things with George & Tiffany? 02:21 Upcoming events? 04:00 Important deadlines to be aware of 06:18 The World Cup 10:23 Introduction to David Eadie 10:50 Why might a farmer consider woodlands? 12:45 Specialist advice available for woodlands 14:58 Woodland creation 15:57 Is scoring for woodland creation competitive? 17:30 What does the maintenance grant cover 20:39 What is the optimum site for planting? 22:09 Thinning & felling 24:30 Process of obtaining felling permission? 25:27 Harvesting & processing grants? 26:50 What are the signs of woodland disease? FAS Resources RSABI Keepie Uppy challenge https://www.rsabi.org.uk/rsabi-social-challenge-takes-off-as-excitement-builds-towards-farmer-football-tournament/ FAS Events https://www.fas.scot/events/ FAS Specialist advice https://www.fas.scot/specialist-advice/ Future Farming Investment Scheme https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/all-schemes/ffis/ Agri – Environment…
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