Morayshire Women in Agriculture – Adapting Livestock Nutrition to a Changing Climate

In the last 10 years we have witnessed some of the hottest, driest, coldest, and wettest conditions posing challenges for grassland and crop growth and subsequently to how we feed and manage our cattle and sheep throughout the year to maintain performance.

Come along to this meeting to hear Lorna Shaw, SAC Consulting ruminant nutritionist, share some practical tips on:

• An update on the challenges we face in livestock nutrition as a result of climate change
• Key points of the production cycle to focus on
• Forage budgeting
• Managing trace elements and mineral status
• Strategies for dealing with surplus or shortages of different feed stocks

Booking is essential!

Linked FAS Materials:

https://www.fas.scot/livestock/beef-cattle/beef-nutrition/

https://www.fas.scot/livestock/sheep/nutrition/

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