A Starter Guide to Deer Farming and Park Deer Management — Venison Advisory Service Ltd

Presentations from Deer Farm and Park Demo Project — Fife, 20 November 2015
Introduction to Wester Balcormo — Nicholas Gilmour
Feeding farmed deer for profitable production — Alan Sneddon, Venison Advisory Service Ltd
Downfield 2015: what’s new and what’s next? — Bob Prentice
Culquoich 2015: an update — Ali Loder

Presentations from Deer Farm and Park Demo Project — Gledpark, 15 September 2015
Gledpark: an update — Rupert Shaw MBE
Growing Healthy Deer — Jonathan Holmes, Lordington Park Agronomy
Hygiene Regulations for Deer Farms and Parks — John Fletcher, Venison Advisory Service Ltd

Presentations from Deer Farm and Park Demo Project — Clathic, 28 July 2015
Farming for Venison: investigating the barriers to deer farming in Scotland — Dick Playfair
Clathic: a progress report — Jamie Landale
Deer Park Management — Callum Thomson

Also see the full report: Farming for Venison: Investigating the barriers to deer farming in Scotland by The University of Aberdeen, the James Hutton Institute and the Scottish Venison Partnership, and funded by Interface Food and Drink.

Presentations from Deer Farm and Park Demo Project — Gledpark, 14 June 2015
Breeding big Galloway reds — Rupert Shaw MBE
Diseases in park deer — John Fletcher, Venison Advisory Service Ltd
Farm design and layout — Alan Sneddon, Venison Advisory Service Ltd
Quality assurance for park deer — Jonathan Whitehead

Presentations from Deer Farm and Park Demo Project — Clathic, 12 May 2015
Introduction to the project, year 2 — Alan Sneddon, Scottish Venison Partnership
A brief history of deer parks, and the distinction between deer parks and farms — John Fletcher, Venison Advisory Service Ltd
The Clathic story — Jamie Landale, Clathic Farm
Grant support and options available: an update — Sarah Allison, Laurence Gould Partnership
The UK venison market: What do we know? — Dick Playfair, Scottish Venison Partnership

Presentations from Deer Farm Demo Project (morning session) — 11 Nov 2014
Scotland’s venison story so far — James Withers, Scotland Food & Drink
The Deer Farming Year — Alan Sneddon and John Fletcher, Venison Advisory Service
Supplying what the market wants — Rob Bunn, Dovecote Park/First Venison
A look back at 2014 — Ali Loder, Culquoich Farm/Strathdon Deer
Rannoch Smokery Case Study — Richard Barclay, Rannoch Smokery

Presentations from Deer Farm Demo Project (morning session) — 26 August 2014
Reproductive control and profitability — Antonio Ortez de Moya
New abattoir, Downfield, Fife — Jane Prentice
Late summer handling: tagging; worming; mothering up; etc. — John Fletcher and panel

Presentations from Deer Farm Demo Project (morning session) — 15 July 2014
Blood lines, breeding and growth rates — John Fletcher and Ali Loder
Farm design and layout — Alan Sneddon, Venison Advisory Service
Farm finance — Scott McIntosh, RBS
Grass species selection; Grass species for deer; Companion species; Nutrient movement — Jonathan Holmes, agronomist, Lordington Park Agronomy

Presentations from Deer Farm Demo Project (morning session) — 10 June 2014
Single farm payment, grants and subsidies for deer farms — Andrew Macdonald, Laurence Gould**
AMC: Straightforward finance for farmers — Malcolm Taylor, Bell Ingram
Business planning and tax considerations — Susie Swift, Saffery Champness
‘Getting on with it.’ — Rupert Shaw MBE MA
On-farm health in spring and summer — John Fletcher, Venison Advisory Service

Presentations from Deer Farm Demo Project (morning session) — 15 April 2014
Background to the Deer Farm and Park Demonstration Project days — Alan Sneddon
The venison market: now and looking forward — Dick Playfair
An overview of Scottish deer farming and the present opportunities — John Fletcher
The Culquoich Story — Ali Loder

** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM ANDREW MACDONALD, LAURENCE GOULD PARTNERSHIP: The presentation here was based on what was known about the proposals for Scotland at that time (10th of June). Richard Lochhead’s speech to the Scottish Parliament on the 11th of June confirmed some of the uncertainties, and significantly changed some of the earlier proposals. Of most importance/significance are issues such as confirmation of 3 payment regions, coupled support for sheep, confirmation of support for new entrants and young farmers, and a change in the area of land eligible for support under the new scheme being linked back to 2013 rather than 2015. Further detail can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/farmingrural/Agriculture/CAP