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Old-crop summary & 2024 prospects In 2023, production in the UK of all major cereal crops declined. The wheat harvest was estimated at 14 Mt, a 10% decrease from 2022,…

Who owns Scotland? The Registers of Scotland (RoS) is currently undertaking the mammoth task of digitally registering Scotland’s titles to add them to the Land Register of Scotland, which was…

Forage First Suckler Systems The new Forage First Suckler Systems guide by SAC Consulting, funded by the University Innovation Fund (UIF), provides advice on how to develop a low cost…

Carbon calculators update Carbon calculators help farms to estimate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and highlight ways to reduce them, a hugely important tool towards tackling agricultural emissions and achieving…

GB milk production data The peak production time has now passed, with a daily high of 37.33mlitres (for GB) on the 12th of May. This compares to a high of…

Lamb Marketing Roller Coaster continues to gain strength as we transition onto new season lambs.  The week ending 18th May had an SQQ of £9.27/kg… 4p/kg rise on the week…

Direction of travel for agricultural support Since leaving the EU in 2020, each of the UK’s four nations have been working to develop their own systems of agricultural support to…

Prices at Steak The Scottish finished beef price in May has remained below the £5 per deadweight kg, sitting at £4.94/kg (down 3p/kg from the previous week) and at £4.95/kg…

Fair Work First grant conditions Under the Fair Work conditions introduced by the Scottish Government on the 1st of April 2024, organisations applying for some public sector grants will be…