Davy McCracken

Informing and shaping agricultural policy through economic analysis - Royal Anniversary Trust SRUC has been informing and shaping agricultural policy in Scotland and beyond for many decades, through combining economic analysis with detailed on-farm data collection. Much […]Read more

What excellent recognition for @SRUC - highlighting the benefits of colleagues in our School of Natural & Social Sciences working closely with SAC Consulting colleagues conducting the Farm Business Survey here in Scotland
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My latest Press & Journal column

More than happy to act as host for this conference yesterday - great event

More than happy to act as host for this conference yesterday - great event

My latest Press & Journal article - data crucial to show value of upland farmers and crofters

My latest Press & Journal column - Clean Breeding helping cut methane emissions

My latest Press & Journal column about our input to the Wild Strathfillan Initiative

Aerial photo of a farming landscape - arable crops surrounded by strips of woodland. Credit ScotGovRural

Another great #IntegratingTreesNetwork event 🌳. Join SRUC's @davymccracken.bsky.social & the Adamson family from Netherurd Home Farm, West Linton, on Wed 6 Aug to hear & see how trees can benefit your farming business now & in the future. FREE tickets 👉 buff.ly/RyXFmcL #TreesonFarms #Agroforestry

YouTube video by SRUC Study at Scotland's Rural College SRUC's School of Natural and Social Sciences

Great to see our new video for the School of Natural and Social Sciences launched at the Royal Highland Show. Take a look and see what you think
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My latest Press & Journal column - Data much more than simply counting sheep

Frontiers | Semi-wild horse grazing as a rewilding strategy: assessing effects on vegetation structure and composition in the Côa Valley, Portugal Mediterranean landscapes are characterized by fine-grained land-cover mosaics of interspersed vegetation types and high wildfire vulnerability, where grazing...

Semi-wild horse grazing as a rewilding strategy: assessing effects on vegetation structure and composition in the Côa Valley, Portugal
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My latest Press & Journal column - Data much more than simply counting sheep

The price of belonging: Rural heritage in a changing world Explore the tension between globalisation and local identity, and the challenges rural communities face in preserving culture and heritage.

The price of belonging: Rural heritage in a changing world
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Our natural beauty is worth preserving Pat Monaghan explores biodiversity loss, climate risks, and the urgent changes needed to restore its rural environments.

Our natural beauty is worth preserving
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Frontiers | Semi-wild horse grazing as a rewilding strategy: assessing effects on vegetation structure and composition in the Côa Valley, Portugal Mediterranean landscapes are characterized by fine-grained land-cover mosaics of interspersed vegetation types and high wildfire vulnerability, where grazing...

Semi-wild horse grazing as a rewilding strategy: assessing effects on vegetation structure and composition in the Côa Valley, Portugal
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

Developing conservation strategies for red-billed chough in Scotland - Events - Cibio The mission of the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources is to develop world-class research in the areas of biodiversity and evolutionary bi

Looking forward to giving seminar tomorrow while I am here at CIBIO_InBIO - focussed on my input to work by a host of others into developing conservation strategies for the red-billed chough
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Landscape ecology: a toolbox to understand patterns, processes, and dynamics in rural landscapes - Events - Cibio The mission of the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources is to develop world-class research in the areas of biodiversity and evolutionary bi

Excellent to input to a course on Landscape Ecology today at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Though the weather was somewhat hotter than in Scotland!!
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This ambitious and expanding group of 25 farmers are going above and beyond to save wading birds on their livestock farms in southern Scotland. Through regul... Food and Farming | Nature of Scotland Awards

If you're a farmer or crofter who's doing things differently, the Farming with Nature Award is for you! buff.ly/V8jWgSA Deadline 3 June. Here’s last year’s winner in this category, the Clyde Valley Waders Farmer Group. buff.ly/RxGlSWr ‪@nffn.bsky.social‬
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Pero hay matices: En pastizales seminaturales, la huella humana no redujo la completitud: Estos espacios, manejados con prácticas tradicionales como el pastoreo o la siega, pueden mantener ecosistemas ricos a la vez que productivos. 9/11

You are more than welcome Fiona

It is odd how so many in rewilding focus on charismatic megafauna

Rather than complex, well-functioning ecosystems

My latest Press & Journal column - Study gives insight into problem of lamb losses

My latest Press & Journal column - Study gives insight into problem of lamb losses

An oak tree covered in moss and lichen

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity #BiodiversityDay! Did you know that #ScotlandsRainforest is one of the most biodiverse habitats in the UK? Find out why: savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/blog/biodive...
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New solution to help record sheep methane emissions

US Army vets gets hands on with sheep in Scots mission

Targeted biodiversity action is needed to generate success

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Challenge to get balance of farming and forestry

Biodiversity studies must be robust and easy to carry out

Rewilding can be done in many small ways too