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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Sector Focus: Pigs
Optimism can be a dangerous thing for the pig sector – just when it looks like there will be much needed sustained period of profitability to help encourage investment, prices…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Milk
Stagnant milk volumes and greater demand boosts commodity prices Milk volumes are now over 3% below this time last year. Industry analysts suggest milk prices have reached the bottom and…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Meeting GHG Emissions Targets
The stakes are high for COP28, the latest climate summit in the United Arab Emirates which runs from the 30th of November through to the 12th of December. As according…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Input Costs: Ewe Management
Be conditioned about Conditioning Ewe Condition in Mid-Pregnancy Body condition scoring (BCS) is an essential tool for assessing the nutritional status of ewes. During mid-pregnancy, ideally, the BCS should be…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Management Matters: Learning Difficulties
Seeing is not always believing Many farmers and crofters struggled their way through school with reading, spelling, writing and maths, not because of lack of intelligence or work ethic but…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Beef
Beef Price Remains Static After several weeks at 499p/kg dwt, finished beef prices have recently seen a festive uplift with R4L steers sitting at 500p/kg dwt in Scotland for the…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Cereals
Swing to spring cropping inevitable The Early Bird Survey results for 2024 cropping have been released by the AHDB. They have been derived from provisional 2023 survey data to produce…
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Agribusiness News December 2023 – Policy Brief
Autumn Statement National Insurance: From the 6th of January 2024, the employee national insurance rate is being cut form 12% to 10% for earnings between £12,570 and £50,270. From April…
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Scottish Forestry Boosts Agroforestry Funding
As part of a package of measures announced by Scottish Forestry to improve support for woodland creation and forestry in Scotland, the “Forestry Grant Scheme- Agroforestry” option has seen a…
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Sheep mineral supplementation
Throughout the year and production cycle, the ewe goes through different phases requiring varying nutritional requirements. Part of these are minerals which are vital for growth, productivity, and immunity. Various…
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