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MMN September 2023 – Milk Market Update
UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (5th of September) resulted in a 2.7% increase in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $2,888/t. This…
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Beef Toolkit – Weaning Beef Calves
Weaning of cows and calves is done so that the cow can recover body condition by transferring her nutrition from milk production to maintaining herself, allowing her to prepare for…
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Getting Started with Organic Farming – Is Organic for me?
Summary This factsheet is the second in a series, the aim of which is to look at the considerations of converting to organic and what it would mean to your…
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Preventing Wildfires on Agricultural Land
2023 saw the hottest June on record in Scotland with multiple wildfire incidents reported. The wildfire in Cannich, near Inverness, burned for almost two weeks with devastating consequences. As well…
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Cattle Shed Lighting
As the price of electricity has increased, spending time re-evaluating your current lighting situation as we head towards winter can help reduce the electricity bill. This report will focus on…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Management Matters: Decision Grade Data from Nature Tech
What is nature tech? Nature tech are digital technologies and tools that help us protect and restore our natural environment. Nature tech promises to help investments in nature-based solutions projects…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Sector Focus: Buffalo Farming
European water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis subsp. river) currently provide 11% of the world’s milk supply and this volume is growing. While famous for mozzarella production in Italy, given their preference for…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Input Costs: Alternative Energy
Turning up the heat Scotland has made significant progress over recent years to increase its renewable output, with renewable electricity generation equivalent to approximately 97% of Scotland’s gross electricity consumption.…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Milk
Negative sentiment in dairy markets continue….. Milk volumes are still in the seasonal decline, but production is still slightly ahead of last year. Most processors are holding their milk price…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Sector Focus: Bull Fertility
Improving fertility with semen testing Performance of suckler herds has never been more important as increased input costs continue to put pressure on businesses and squeeze margins. Improving on-farm efficiencies…
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