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Agribusiness News May 2024 – Sector Focus: Scottish Hemp Fibre
Advancing a sustainable Scottish supply chain for hemp fibre Multiple SMEs are interested in developing a domestic supply chain for hemp and hemp-derived products to increase resilience, sustainability credentials and…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Milk
What spring flush? Milk volumes are well down on this time last year. Weather impacts on grass growth has curtailed the seasonal rise in milk volumes. Commodity market prices show…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Sector Focus: Pigs
Rocky period for pig sector profits Those of certain vintage will remember when the pig sector was renowned for its boom-or-bust nature and “the pig cycle”. The start to 2024…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Sheep
Where does it stop?! The SQQ price for the week ending 20/04/24 was 860.5p/kg, an increase of 173.5p/kg on the year. The phenomenal trade has continued to climb well after…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Beef
April sees finished price increase For week ending 20th April, finished beef price in Scotland for R4L steers and heifers is sitting at 496p/kg (+1.3p on week) and 498p/kg respectively.…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Cereals and Oilseeds
UK Supply & Demand v 2024 progress March 2024 UK Cereal Supply and Demand Estimates (AHDB) show well above average end of season stocks for wheat and barley. Despite 2023’s…
Read More >Agribusiness News May 2024 – Policy Brief
Agricultural Reform Route Map update In preparation for the gradual transition to the new agricultural support framework which will start in 2027, the latest update from the Scottish Government puts…
Read More >Providing a Comfortable Thermal Environment for Calves
Despite the various methods for housing calves (e.g. individual, paired, group, pens, hutches) the basic principles for housing should be the same. The environment should be as clean as possible,…
Read More >Bats and Biodiversity
If you are out on the farm around dusk or dawn during the summer months, you might spot bats fluttering through the sky, when little else is active but you…
Read More >Landscape-Scale Conservation
Landscape-scale nature conservation, often involving collaboration between multiple land managers on a larger scale, is increasingly seen as the most effective way of addressing the challenge of biodiversity loss…
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