The North East Scotland Agriculture Advisory Group
The North East Scotland Agriculture Advisory Group (NESAAG) is a major cross-sectoral forum that lobbies on behalf of the sector as well as providing support and advice both to the agricultural sector and the wider rural economy of the North East.
View previous and upcoming NESAAG meetings.
You can also view the NESAAG meeting presentations below. Please note some of these documents were not produced by Aberdeenshire Council and may not be fully accessible.
Study on the future of land-based industries​
View our land based sector summary report (PDF 2.98MB) and our land based sector full report (PDF 5.23MB). You can also view the following infographics:
- Land Based Sector Infographic Aberdeenshire (PDF 327KB)
- Land Based Sector Infographic Moray (PDF 485KB)
- Land Based Sector Infographic Angus (PDF 248KB)
Contact
For more information, or if you would like to request the presentations in an alternative format, please contact econdev@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.
Publications
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Presentation on The Internet of Agricultural Things by Professor Davy McCracken, SRUC - 5th December 2018 (pdf 5.3MB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Forestry by James Nott, FCS - 5th December 2018 (pdf 2.9MB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Why we need to invest in the expansion of commercial forests by Andrew Cameron, University of Aberdeen - 19th September 2018 (pdf 3.6MB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Rural and Agri-Tourism Trends by Jo Robinson, Visit Scotland - 19th September 2018 (pdf 1.6MB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Grain Markets by Bruce Ferguson, Frontier Agriculture - 19th September 2018 (pdf 611KB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Brexit by Martin Brebner, Aberdeenshire Council - 19th September 2018 (pdf 389KB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Arable Sector update by David Ross, SAC Consulting - 19th September 2018 (pdf 1.4MB)
Last Update: 16/09/2020
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Presentation on Women in Farming by Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland, James Hutton Institute - 6th December 2017
Last Update: 12/12/2017
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Presentation on The Gender Gap and Land-based Education by Dr Kyrsten Black, SRUC - 6th December 2017
Last Update: 11/12/2017
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Presentation on FONE by Henry Graham, Chair FONE and Lantra Scotland - 6th December 2017
Last Update: 11/12/2017
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NESAAG letter to the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board - 18th October 2017
Last Update: 24/11/2017
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Farm Advisory Service SAC Consulting - 22nd February 2017 (pdf 709KB)
Last Update: 29/05/2019