12:30pm
SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
ClipFitter and Numnuts are newer methods of castration and tail docking which offer alternatives to rubber ringing. They’ve been making quite a buzz, & you may well be wondering whether they might have benefits for you and your stock? Join independent experts from the Farm Advisory Service and SRUC Veterinary services to learn more. Hear how crofters got on with this year’s pilot project, see the equipment for yourself, and have a go using our demonstration models!
FAS and SRUC Vets – Caroline Robinson, Captiva Mills, Osla Jamwal-Fraser, Donna Mackenzie
FAS
Osla Jamwal-Fraser, FAS
I’m a Senior Consultant with SAC based up in Shetland, where I grew up on the family croft. Working with HIE and Scottish Government, this year we rolled out a pilot project giving crofters in Shetland and the Black Isle access to new equipment. This is my second time at the Smallholders Festival with FAS and it’s great to be back.
Donna Mackenzie:
I am an agricultural consultant, based in Inverness. The office services a range of crofting, smallholder and farming clients in the Black Isle, Nairnshire, Inverness-shire and Ross Shire with a broad range of consultancy services.
I graduated from Glasgow University with a degree Parasitology, before completing a PDGE in Primary Education, where I worked as a teacher for 5 years prior to joining SAC Consulting.
I live on the family upland beef and sheep farm, north-west of Inverness, where we run a herd of 70 autumn calving Saler, Shorthorn and Angus cross cattle alongside a flock of 200 cheviot and cheviot mule ewes. We have a small pedigree Shorthorn herd too.