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MMN November 2024 – Milk Market Update
Dairy Commodity Markets Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (5th November) resulted in a 4.8% increase in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,997/t. This follows a 0.3%…
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MMN November 2024 – Cereals Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts AHDB have published the 2024/25 Early Balance Sheets for wheat and barley for the UK. Wheat production at 11.05Mt is down 21% on…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems – Clynelish Case Study
Jason and Vic Ballantyne farm 125 ha (309 acres) on a secure tenancy at Clynelish Farm in Brora, alongside a further 50 ha (123 acres) on a contract farming agreement…
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Integrated Pest Management Plans – Grassland
What is IPM? Integrated Pest Management is a holistic approach which incorporates cultural, physical, biological and chemical methods of control to manage insects, weeds and diseases. This approach promotes practices…
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Maximising Milk from Forage
Ensuring that your dairy rations maximise the feed value available in your silage and other conserved forages can make significant savings in purchased feed costs. On grazing farms, the quality…
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Mineral Requirements in Finishing Lambs
Mineral imbalances in finishing lambs primarily impact growth rates and therefore time to finishing and slaughter. There are several reasons why mineral problems arise in finishing lambs, here we discuss…
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Agribusiness News November 2024: Sector Focus – Finding the Right Advisor
Is Your Advisor Right For You? In recent times landowners and tenants face more complex matters when it comes to property. Whether it’s an approach from a wind turbine developer,…
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Agribusiness News November 2024 – Milk
Milk production data AHDB’s latest GB monthly milk production data is estimated at 970m litres for September, which is down 20m litres from August and 9m litres more than in…
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Agribusiness News November 2024: Management Matters – Biodiversity and the Whole Farm Plan
Biodiversity and the Whole Farm Plan The term biodiversity has been creeping around the farming industry for some time now and many have already engaged through options such as Agri…
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Agribusiness News November 2024: Input Costs – Homegrown Proteins
Over the past few years there has been an increase in the area of protein crops grown to meet the need of livestock. The increase can be put down to…
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