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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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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The Use of Natural Products in Cereal Production
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. Interest in Natural Products is…
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Spring Barley Weed Control Options for 2024
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. With a much later start…
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What is the Disease Risk of Abandoned Potato Crops?
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. After the wet harvest season…
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Forage Crops in a Late Spring
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. In a cold and damp…
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Grazing to Promote White Clover
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. It is often said that…
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