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Benchmarking Matters – What, Why, How?
Amid the daily challenges of owning and managing a farm business, you could be sitting on untapped profit that can be found by looking at your farm accounts information. The…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Sheep
UK EU Strategic Partnership On the 19th of May, an agreement on a new strategic partnership was reached on the between the UK and the EU. The agreement will simplify…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Milk
Milk production data With the highest production since 2020/21, GB production for the 2024/25 milk year was 12.44 billion litres, 0.7% above the previous season. Meanwhile, the latest data from…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Cereals & Oilseeds
Global Supply Risks Mount The Nov ’25 feed wheat futures prices rallied over the last two weeks, hitting a one-month high of £186/t on the 22nd May amid growing supply…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Beef
Young bull numbers impacting on prices Deadweight steers in Scotland averaged 715p/kg in mid-May, up by £2.20p/kg compared with the same week last year. However, as predicted, slaughter availability has…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Sector Focus: Diversification
Diversification continues to strengthen farm business profitability The Scottish Government has recently published the Scottish Farm Business Income: Annual Estimates for 2023-2024 which gives valuable insights into the profitability of…
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Business and Policy June 2025 – Policy Brief
Programme for Government 2025-2026 The First Minister, John Swinney has set out his Programme for Government for 2025 to 2026. It will focus on: growing the economy eradicating child poverty …
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Bulling at Grass – Nutritional Management in a Hot & Dry Period
Pasture growth has slowed dramatically across much of the country as a result of the May dry spell. With bulls shortly heading out to spring calving herds, it is important…
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Managing Grass Swards Through Dry Conditions
When compared to the frequency of days in which it rained in 2024 it has been a very different year and it poses very different challenges. The rainfall across the…
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Monitoring Flock Performance Case Study (South)
Owen Gray, Saughland Farm, Midlothian Using flock and ewe-level data to improve profitability, reduce labour requirement, and lower lamb losses The team at Saughland Farm has made major strides in…
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