Dairy
MMN November 2024 – Milk Market Update
Dairy Commodity Markets Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (5th November) resulted in a 4.8% increase in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,997/t. This follows a 0.3% drop at the previous auction in mid-October. All products on offer sold at higher average prices than the previous auction, except for lactose, which was…
MMN November 2024 – Cereals Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts AHDB have published the 2024/25 Early Balance Sheets for wheat and barley for the UK. Wheat production at 11.05Mt is down 21% on last year and despite the heaviest opening stocks for over 20 years, home produced availability for 2024/25 will be down 9% requiring an estimated import…
Maximising Milk from Forage
Ensuring that your dairy rations maximise the feed value available in your silage and other conserved forages can make significant savings in purchased feed costs. On grazing farms, the quality of grass and grazing infrastructure has the most significant impact on dry matter intakes by increasing the time the cows have to eat and the…
Agribusiness News November 2024 – Milk
Milk production data AHDB’s latest GB monthly milk production data is estimated at 970m litres for September, which is down 20m litres from August and 9m litres more than in September 2023. Good grass growth and improved quality on the back of more favourable weather conditions have boosted milk output. Despite the recent uptick in…
Vitamin E for Dry Cows – Are You Feeding Enough?
Vitamin E supplementation is absolutely critical for dry dairy cows for immunological function. It also greatly impacts on calf health as well. As vitamin E does not cross the placenta to the developing calf, the calf’s first source of vitamin E is from colostrum. Nutrient requirements for dairy cows were last reviewed in 2021 by…
Agribusiness News October 2024 – Milk
Milk production data The latest GB monthly milk production data from AHDB is estimated at 991mlitres for August, which is 31 mlitres less than the previous month and 5 mlitres less than August 2023. Daily deliveries were 31.78mlitres for the w/e 17th September, which is just 200,000 litres less than the same week last year. …
The Farm Management Handbook
The Farm Management Handbook Your guide to Scottish agriculture The Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, crofters, rural professionals, students and consultants. Subject matter covered includes: Crop Inputs Arable Potatoes Grassland Forage Crops Livestock Dairying Beef Cattle Sheep Red…
Milk Manager News September 2024
Welcome to the September edition of Milk Manager News. If you prefer to download this document click the download button. Along with the regular articles on milk and cereal market updates, this month we also have articles on autumn grazing for rotational grazers, feeding for milk and condition with late season grazing, benefits of metabolic…
MMN September 2024 – Feeding for Milk and Condition with Late Season Grazing
As we head into September with shorter days and grass quality declining, it can be difficult to maintain milk production and body condition at this stage of the grazing season. By the time a loss in condition is seen, it is too late, and the damage has already been done to future production and fertility….
MMN September 2024 – Regenerative Agriculture: What does this mean for Dairy?
Regenerative agriculture or ‘regen-ag’ for short, has grown in popularity in recent years with events such as Groundswell: the regenerative festival, attracting over 8000 attendees. Milk buyers are now encouraging dairy farmers to adopt regenerative principles, with First Milk labelling themselves as the ‘regenerative dairy’ and Arla running a regenerative farming pilot program. The main…