Publications
Calving Heifers: Choosing the Right Age
Suckler herds are being encouraged to improve efficiency by reducing the age of first calving to 2 years old. Whilst this can increase the farm output whilst reducing the carbon…
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How To Avoid Lead Poisoning In Your Herd
Lead poisoning occurs every year on Scottish farms, which carries huge welfare and economic losses. Hannah Orr, SRUC Veterinary Services discusses this problem, how it occurs and how…
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Gross Margins For Combinable Crops At Different Grain & Fertiliser Prices
Fertiliser Prices and Grain Prices have never been higher. Click ‘Download’ to view tables on how the crop gross margins are affected by increases or decreases in both.
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Agribusiness News June 2022
The June 2022 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to download and read on the FAS website. Along with the regular monthly articles on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and…
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Grazing Principles for Productive Flocks
In this webinar recorded 26th May, Poppy Frater and Daniel Stout of SAC’s GrazeUp discuss the core principles of effective grazing management to optimise pasture growth and utilisation, maintain pasture…
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Grassland Productivity Grazing Management
In this video we hear from Poppy Frater, Grassland Specialist as SAC Consulting, discussing tips and strategies to make more from grass considering increasing input costs. She speaks…
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Improve Your Farm Finances In 30 Minutes
In this webinar Sascha Grierson from SAC discusses how three farmers found over £2000 each by reviewing their farming finances. She also demonstrates how to use a free online tool…
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Utilising Forage Crops to Reduce Winter Costs
In this webinar, recorded on the 19th May, SAC specialist Kirsten Williams covers the practicalities and benefits of growing a forage crop to reduce reliance on purchased feeds in the…
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Improve Your Farm Finances in 30 Minutes
The information in your farm accounts is yours to use to help support your business decision making. Understanding how to access that information in a simple way can be challenging,…
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