Ronald Wilson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a survey with 47 hill farmers in mainland Scotland to understand how they have responded and responded to recent agricultural policy reforms and changes in support for hill farmers, and the future of these farming businesses is uncertain.

TL;DR: The results indicate that environmental targeting efforts by the government for AEP uptake in designated sites can be effective, however habitats outside of SSSI may not be sufficiently competitive to receive funding in the current policy system.

TL;DR: In this paper, five farm-level tools were tested using data from a variety of beef production enterprises and compared to published values from the LCA literature, highlighting the differences between estimates produced by these tools and explores the reasons behind them.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the political influences and historic evolution of hill farming and other associated hill land activities or interests, as well as the underlying conflicts that affect them, and argue that these conflicts are grounded in historical, political and economic priorities, divergent management objectives and conflicting stakeholders' views.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify liveweight and liveweight change over three and six hours of delay prior to weighing within a handling facility, and develop a correction equation for delayed liveweights.