Organic Farming

Organic farming is technically more challenging than conventional farming and requires greater management skill and good forward planning.  It pays to get the best advice you can - SAC Organic Farming Service.

SAC Organic Farming Service provides advisory and consultancy services covering all aspects of organic farming, from nutrient management to financial management, from crop protection to animal health, and from livestock feeding to livestock accommodation.

SAC Organic Farming Service has a network of staff across Scotland, including specialists with expertise in all aspects of organic farming. SAC has many years of experience in research, consultancy and education in organic farming, based on its own commercially-run organic farm.

With its unique resources and links, SAC Organic Farming Service provides unparalleled support to the farming industry:

• Advisory staff with excellent knowledge of practical agriculture and local problems, and long experience of advising farmers
• Specialist staff covering all aspects of agriculture
• Access to SAC’s organic research programme and practical experience of organic arable crops, grassland, beef, sheep, dairy, pigs
• Representation and direct contact with the main organic certification bodies in UK
• Extensive contacts with European organic research organisations