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Business and Policy January 2026 – Arable
Grain markets in 2025: a year in review Grain markets in 2025 were defined overwhelmingly by supply. Large harvests across the Northern Hemisphere, favourable weather in South America, and intense export…
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Business and Policy January 2026 – Beef
2025 Beef Trade Recap 2025 will no doubt be remembered for record farmgate prices with beef prices reaching unprecedented levels in the spring. At the start of the year, prices rocketed,…
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Business and Policy January 2026: Management Matters – Geopolitics and Global Trends
Geopolitics Looking ahead for 2026, with a trend starting with Donald Trump’s inauguration back in January 2025, geopolitics will continue to be the key influencer over agricultural commodity markets; with…
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Business and Policy January 2026 – Sheep
Looking Back over 2025 On the whole, 2025 delivered us another positive year for the sheep industry. Deadweight SQQ has remained generally consistent throughout 2025, staying between 650 – 750…
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Business and Policy January 2026 – Milk
2025 review: A tale of two halves Milk volumes increased in the second half of 2025 as there was a relatively attractive milk price to feed cost ratio. Following…
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Business and January 2026 – Policy Brief
Round up of 2026 At the start of the year, following Storm Babet, the Scottish Government announced that a National Flood Advisory Service would be established to improve Scotland’s flood resilience and to embed best practice on a…
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Heat Lamps for Neonate Calves
Rearing strong calves is key to business efficiency and profitability. Neonatal, low birth weight, or sick calves have a reduced capacity for thermoregulation. Heat lamps can be used to mitigate…
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Drones and Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Monitoring and Land Management
The use of drones, or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), for monitoring of biodiversity in Scotland is growing rapidly and is likely to become a standard part of the toolkit for…
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Managing Corncrake Cover – Get Advice on your Smartphone
In Scotland, particularly in the islands and some mainland areas, corncrakes are an iconic species. Their distinctive “crex-crex” call is woven into the cultural history of crofting and traditional farming…
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Business and Policy December 2025 – Milk
Milk production data Domestic milk output is still on the rise as we head into the winter months; with a daily GB production figure of 35.74mlitres for the week ending…
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