Business & Policy News Audio September 2025 – Policy, cereal, beef, sheep and milk updates and a spotlight on the economic cost of infertile gimmers.
Posted: Sunday, 07 September 2025
Along with our regular monthly updates on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we also have a spotlight on the economic cost of infertile gimmers.
Show Notes
00:34 News in Brief
04:05 Policy Briefs – Payment rates for BPS and Greening 2025, Sustainable and Regenerative Agricultural Practices amongst LFA Farmers and Crofters, Electronic Cattle Tagging Update, Building Climate Resilience, Organic Farming, Community Right to Buy, Key Dates.
13:36 Cereals – latest arable news and market update
19:41 Beef – Consumer demand, imported beef, finished prices, store cattle demand, Cull cow trade
25:27 Sheep – August trade roundup, global position, EU outlook
31:01 Milk – Milk production data, Farm-gate prices, Dairy commodities and market indicators, Great British Calf Week, Heat stress
36:42 Sector focus – The economic cost of infertile gimmers
41:16 Further articles – How are your cows coping in the warm weather? In the face of adversity, try diversity! Is organic farming in your future? Stock Talk – Livestock Health: Laying it All Out. FAS TV: Improving Efficiencies in Sheep Systems. FAS TV: Gaelic Culture, Tradition & Heritage on Uist.
FAS Resources:
Newsletters – Business & Policy Edition – Farm Advisory Service
Other Links:
LFA Farmers and Crofters – sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices – Report
Nature30 Nomination Form – Nature Scot
Email nomination form to: 30×30@nature.scot
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016
Community right to buy: review – Scottish Government consultations – Citizen Space
Community right to buy consultation – Gaelic version: Leriche’s air Còir-cheannaich Coimhearsnachd co-chomhairle
Heat stress on fertility traits in dairy cows – Journal of Dairy Science
Reducing Heat Stress in Calves | Helping farmers in Scotland
Warning: Heat Stress, Beef Cows | Helping farmers in Scotland
How To Select Plant Species For Diverse Forage | Helping farmers in Scotland
Organic Farming – Farm Advisory Service
Stock Talk – Livestock Health: Laying it All Out | FAS
FAS TV S3 Ep3: Improving Efficiencies in Sheep Systems
FAS TV Series 5 Ep 10 – Gaelic Culture, Tradition & Heritage on Uist
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