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Grazing winter cereals is not new but with a move towards greater consideration of soil health and reducing inputs, the practice is becoming more common on farms in Scotland.  The…

Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme The Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) year runs from 1 January to 31 December each year and claims can be made throughout the subsequent…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…