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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Get In On The Green
For a number of years now we have seen land prices driven to historic highs, pushed by incentives around tree planting and as a consequence, productive farms have been lost…
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Making Smart Culling Decisions
Given the fall in milk prices since the start of the year and input costs still relatively high, it is really important to ensure that every cow in the herd…
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Milk Market Update
UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market · Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (2nd May) resulted in a 2.5% increase in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,506/t. This…
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Straights Update
Straights Update Global News Global wheat prices continue their decline with the main driver being the volume of Russian wheat exports and favourable weather conditions being reported across wider Northern…
Read More >Growing Winter Rye in Scotland
In recent years winter sown hybrid rye has become the crop of choice for anaerobic digestion plants to produce bio-gas due to its high dry matter yield in the field…
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What You Need To Know About Neonatal Clostridial Diseases in Sheep
Clostridial vaccine shortages and limited availability this year could mean that for some flocks the risk of neonatal clostridial disease in lambs could be increased. Clostridial diseases are caused by…
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Understanding Freezing Point Depression
The average freezing point depression (FPD) of milk from GB dairy herds has fallen over time from 521m˚C in 2006 to 516m˚C in 2020. On the back of this decline,…
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sustainability Trends
Agricultural and Sustainability Trends in 2023 Aside from the tumultuous trading conditions agriculture has faced through 2022 farming remains committed to the agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and attain…
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Milk
Milk Prices Reduce Further During May A high proportion of UK milk buyers reduced farmgate milk prices during April 2023. Further price reductions have been announced for May 2023 –…
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Becoming Energy Self-Sufficient
The Energy Crisis Energy price hikes, insecurity in global energy markets and a desire to be sustainable have resulted in many farmers looking at options to be more energy self-sufficient. …
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