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Rewilding & Farming
The practice of rewilding is gaining momentum in Scotland, with many options available for farmers and land managers to take rewilding actions. Different types of agricultural land can lend itself…
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Preparing Crofts and Small Farms for 2025 and Beyond
Future agricultural support is changing, and while the schemes crofts and small farms are eligible for will not change in 2025, there are additional things you will have to do…
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Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045
The Scottish Government has released the latest figures for Scottish agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen use for the accounting year 2022-23. The results are broadly positive with the…
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Selecting Finished Lambs – A Practical Guide
It is important to know when your lambs are ready for sale so that you can maximise returns from your flock. There are two main routes for finished lambs: selling…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Management Matters: Auction Marts
History In a system described as ‘Independent, transparent, open and competitive’; farmers have been trading livestock at auction marts for over 200 years. During that time, livestock markets have faced…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Inputs: Dairy Heifers
When you think of inputs, dairy heifers don’t instantly spring to mind, but they are a key input into the milking herd; accounting for around 20% of total production costs.…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Sector Focus: Diversification on a Shoestring
Diversification: Supporting Farm Income As the latest Scottish Farm Business Income figures for 2022-2023 highlighted that the gap in overall farm business income between the average farms with and without…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Milk
Milk production data The latest GB monthly milk production data from AHDB is estimated at 1,042 m litres for June, just 3 m litres less than June 2023. Daily deliveries…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Sector Focus: Reducing Enteric Methane
Using plant extracts to reduce enteric methane Identifying feeding strategies to reduce enteric methane emissions is a rapidly growing area of research. Inhibitors work by targeting pathways that are essential…
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Agribusiness News August 2024 – Sheep
Global Meat Outlook The Organisation for Economic Co-operations and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have recently launched their agricultural outlook 2024-2033. The…
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