Scotland: Monitor farm programme eyes up £2m funding boost

The monitor farm programme is amongst a number of “knowledge transfer” projects to have been awarded a share in £2 million-worth of Scottish Government rural development funding. Aimed at delivering on-the-ground improvements to the farming sector in Scotland, five projects have been approved for funding through the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (KTIF). The latest round of the monitor farm programme, which will be operated jointly by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and the cereal division of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), will receive £1.25m to set up nine new monitor farms which will concentrate on a “whole farm” approach. More