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Agribusiness News December 2022 – Cereals and Oilseeds
Black Sea exports hold & eyes on China It seems that for most of 2022 we have been reporting on diminishing world grain stockpiles, and now according to the International…
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Agribusiness News December 2022 – Policy Brief
Preparing for Sustainable Farming The Scottish Government have announced amendments to the Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PFS) guidance: Claims should be made annually for work that has been completed between…
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November Silage Update
The SAC lab continues to receive more silages for analysis. Table 1 shows the average nutrient values of 1st and 2nd cut beef and sheep pit and bale silages. These…
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Systemic Pasteurellosis in Lambs
This year there have been increased outbreaks of systemic Pasteurellosis. While the reasons are unclear, warm wet Autumn weather may have led to increased pasture worm burdens and prolonged tick…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Market Update
Market Update UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (1st November) resulted in a 3.9% fall in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,537/t.…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Straights Update
Straights Update Global News Australia is currently experiencing extremely high levels of rainfall and flooding but despite this, the country could still be looking at a bumper wheat crop of…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Mating Programs for Breed Improvement
Twenty-five years ago, the average size of the dairy herd in the UK was around 70 cows, and back then most farmers would know each individual animal inside and out,…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Upcoming Options For Steading Developments
Readers of Milk Manager News will be accustomed to me waxing lyrically over the environmental options available to the sector and how farms can make best use of these. In…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Cystic Ovaries: Causes, Prevention and Treatment
Cystic Ovaries: Causes, Prevention and Treatment Cystic ovaries are most common in the first two months after calving when most health issues occur, and cows are under metabolic stress. The…
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Downer Cow Syndrome
Downer Cow Syndrome The definition of Downer Cow Syndrome is a cow that has not been able to get up for more than 24 hours. It is sometimes called Bovine…
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