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MMN March 2024 – How Long are your Heifers Lasting?
According to the recently published NMR 500 Herd KPI Report for 2023, the medium number of lactations per cow at exit was 3.6 and the culling rate was 28%, with…
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MMN March 2024 – Straights Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts Wheat prices in Europe have been capped both by higher global maize supplies expected out of South America, (notably Argentina and Brazil) and…
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MMN March 2024 – Milk Market Update
UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (5th of March) resulted in a 2.3% decrease in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,630/t. This…
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Emerging Biodiversity Markets In Scotland, A Source Of Alternative Funding
Biodiversity markets have become increasingly common across the UK. This comes from a requirement for businesses to offset any negative impacts on nature, alongside voluntary initiatives targeted to improve a…
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Common Grazings Improvements: A Step by Step Guide
Does your Common Grazing want to create a new hill park, build a shed or maybe install a fank and some handling pens? If your Common Grazings Committee are thinking…
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Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction
This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management. The other articles in this…
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How Should Suckler Cow Herds Prepare For Changes To Support?
Changes to Scottish Sucker Beef Support Scheme As part of the Scottish Agricultural Reform programme the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS, also known as the “calf scheme”) will continue…
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Input Costs: Fertiliser
Market update It is a welcome relief that fertiliser prices have stabilised and the outlook for the coming season looks to be more settled. However, given the rollercoaster in prices…
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Management Matters: Grassland
Supporting Grass-Based Decision Making Many are weighing up their grassland management plans at this time of year and, truth be told, it is nigh on impossible with so many variables. …
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Climate Change & Scottish Agriculture
Oscar Wilde famously quipped that Britain has the best climate but the worst weather. We are indeed fortunate to enjoy a temperate mild climate given our great distance from the…
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