Banff and Turriff pupils learn more about careers in agriculture
Pupils from two schools got a taster of careers in agriculture at a demonstration event.
Around 30 students from Banff Academy and Turriff Academy visited Scotland's Rural College’s (SRUC) Craibstone Farm at Tulloch.
The S3 pupils were split into small groups and followed a timetable of different taster sessions run by HND agriculture students.
These included tipping and health checking lambs; body condition scoring sheep; identifying faults on different agricultural machinery; ploughing; learning about cereal production; animal nutrition and different feed types; throwing lures and handling a gundog; learning about different working dog breeds; identifying different agricultural equipment; body condition scoring cattle and learning about cattle management.
SRUC student Eve Close, who helped organise the event, said: “The weather was glorious at Tulloch and a good time was had by all.
“Pupils received goodie bags from SRUC and were encouraged to consider coming to Craibstone for further education in the agricultural sector.”
