Workshop Timetable
The NSA Scotsheep 2026 organising committee is delighted to offer workshop areas at the event with a range of topics and speakers providing an even better opportunity to gain practical, hands-on advice and tips.
Workshops are slightly smaller and more informal than the seminars, with the intention of people getting involved, asking questions and making the most of the experts on hand.
Event Workshop Timetable
9.30am – 9.55am: QMS - Meating Our Potential
10.00am – 10.25am: Native British Lamb 365 - A proven system, for a sustainable future.
Derek Hall, Native British Lamb 365 Chairman
Join this session to hear hybrid igour in sheep production is the most forgotten about natural growth and production efficiency enhancer.
Derek will explain that the more diverse the breeds you cross the higher the benefits are to the subsequent generation and how the stratified sheep system exploits this phenomenon to its maximum. The process goes beyond ‘emissions’ it looks at sequestration, biodiversity and the circular economy in well managed hill, upland and lowland sheep production.
The principle is simple - native breeds in their natural surroundings, the right sheep in the right place, maximising carbon capture, making the most of grass, our most abundant and low-cost feed source. All whilst supporting remote rural communities to survive and thrive and offering a sustainably produced lamb that gives the consumer the peace of mind the lamb they are buying is good for the planet, naturally produced healthy and is consistent in taste texture and eating quality.
10.30am – 10.55am: Zoetis - Performance, Productivity and Profit.
Mark Pass, Zoetis.
Award winning SQP and Zoetis Field Trainer, Mark, will share a practical quarantine plan that helps protect flock health and performance, with a focus on knockout drench, scab control, and clostridial protection.
A session not to be missed to optimise profitability for both your purchased and existing stock!
11.00am - 11.45am: Tellus Mater.
Tellus Mater will give us a talk through their work on creating a Scottish led initiative set up to provide a global platform, where farmers are given recognition for the environmental goods they provide on a daily basis. They will explain how their aim is to open up new, complimentary income streams. This is their debut event and something I certainly wouldn’t want to miss!
11.50am – 12.15pm: Innovis - Small Changes, Big Gains: Smarter Decisions for Profitable Flocks.
Dewi Jones, Innovis and Colin Forsyth, Dumfriesshire Sheep Farmer
Colin has been making small, smart changes to drive more kg of lamb per acre from his low-input system in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.
Join Colin and Dewi for this session as they share the key decisions behind his system, and explore how Innovis genetics have helped turn incremental improvements into real gains in flock performance and profitability.
12.20pm – 12.45pm: What makes a Sustainable Sheep Systems
Tiffany Stephenson & Lorna Shaw (SAC Consulting)
In this workshop we will discuss on farm potential to increase resilience and harness opportunity within the flock from an environmental, social and economic perspective to help producers futureproof flock performance for many years to come despite the challenges the industry may potentially face.
1.20pm – 1.55pm: Tackling Louping ill virus
Beth Wells, Moredun and Ann Van-Eestsvelt, Farm Vet and Perthshire Sheep Farmer
A panel of experts will discuss the impact of tick borne viral disease Louping ill - and the development of a new vaccine. Ann will give the message that it is not just dying from louping ill but also its effects on the sheep such as poor fertility, lower immunity and secondary bacterial infections.
2.00pm – 2.45pm: “QMS Butchery Demonstration: Tradition combined with innovation.
Gordon Newlands, QMS Brands Development Manager
Watch as Gordoncreates traditional and innovative value-added products to show the value that retail can create from the carcase of half a Scotch Lamb.
Skills, innovation, tradition and passion will be on show during this butchery demonstration of Scotch Lamb.
3.00pm – 3.25pm: Managing the Mental Load.
Join the Farmstrong team to hear some practical tips on how to manage the mental load in farming, based on Farmstrong's recently launched Foundations of Mental Strength resources.
This workshop will be a taster session with information taken from the six standalone workshops which explore values, emotions, mindset, personal experience and finding meaning beyond financial pressures.
Farmstrong shares practical information and tools based on the latest wellbeing science to help farmers and crofters to feel good and function well.
3.30pm – 3.55pm:Data Driven Decisions, Supplementation for Success.
Euan Hart
Fevara’s purpose is to empower farmers in extensive grazing systems with research-proven supplements that boost profitability, improve resource efficiency and support sustainable agriculture.
Find out more in this afternoon workshop.
4.00pm- 4.25pm: Zoetis - Performance, Productivity and Profit.
Repeated from 10.30am - please see above.
