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Agribusiness News September 2024 – Sector Focus: Brazil’s Agricultural Sector
Brazil is an agricultural giant. The environmental cost of this productive success is, however, widely considered too high. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which comes into effect at the…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Milk
Milk production data The latest GB monthly milk production data from AHDB is estimated at 1,023m litres for July, which is 252m litres less than the previous month and just…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Sector Focus: Pigs
Just like the summer of 2024, prices in the pig sector over the past few months have been unremarkable. For every chink of sunshine something comes along to rain on…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Sheep
Store lamb phenomenon The store lamb sales have gone off with a bang, with averages showing a rise on the year across the country. This shows the confidence the finishers…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Beef
Finished price reaches £5/kg After a short-term uplift in numbers forward between mid-May and mid-June, finished cattle numbers are now scarce (as many had predicted) with processors eager to source…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Cereals and Oilseeds
EU imports rise, exports fall Earlier reports highlighted the pricing battle taking place between bearish US bumper production estimates and bullish EU and Black Sea harvest results. The US clearly…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2024 – Policy Brief
Scottish Kept Bird Register While poultry keepers with 50 or more birds will be familiar with the legal requirement to register their premises on the GB Poultry Register; from the…
Read More >A Guide to Croft Succession Planning
When it comes to croft succession planning, regulations can be a little complex. This guide outlines three different scenarios and guidance for crofters, such as landlords of a vacant croft,…
Read More >How Healthy Dung Communities Help Your Farm
With the price of inorganic fertilisers escalating, dung is becoming increasingly valued as a rich source of nitrogen and phosphorus. Quite literally ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass!’ Within the dung,…
Read More >Monitoring Flock Performance Vlog Series
Throughout 2024 and 2025 we followed three sheep farmers in Scotland to discover how they monitor flock performance, and how data helped them make future decisions on breeding and management.…
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