Dairy: Soil and Environment
Information about Soil health and nutrient management, the environment and organic production.
MMN September 2023 – Soil Health: Dairying from the Ground Up
Soil is the platform that underpins everything that you as dairy farmers do. However, soil health has frequently been a neglected key performance indicator (KPI). There are three pillars to…
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MMN January 2025 – Spring Sulphur Applications to Boost Grass Growth
January 10, 2025Sulphur is an essential nutrient often overlooked by livestock farmers. It plays a vital role in nitrogen use efficiency and protein formation. Although light sandy...
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Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045
August 8, 2024The Scottish Government has released the latest figures for Scottish agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen use for the accounting year 2022-23. The results...
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MMN July 2024 – Carbon, Biodiversity and Regenerative Agriculture
July 15, 2024Your Milk Buyers’ Plans and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve Milk companies, food manufacturers and food product retailers are increasingly aligning themselves with...
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MMN March 2024 – Renewed Support for Slurry Storage
March 14, 2024Nothing says Happy Valentine’s Day like support for slurry storage! Eagle-eyed readers of Milk Manager News will have noticed that it has been some time...
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The Benefit of AECS for Dairy Farmers
December 19, 2023With the announcement of the return of the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme , in what is, at the time of writing, the last confirmed funding round,...
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MMN September 2023 – Nature Auditing and Restoration
September 11, 2023From 2025, Scottish Government intends that 50% of a farm’s Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support will be conditional on set nature outcomes. Currently it is...
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MMN September 2023 – Soil Health: Dairying from the Ground Up
September 11, 2023Soil is the platform that underpins everything that you as dairy farmers do. However, soil health has frequently been a neglected key performance indicator (KPI)....
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Organic Conversion: Case Study Introduction
August 30, 2023The key considerations, challenges and opportunities when bringing land under organic management Leo Petrucci has farmed Outer Blair as an organic dairy unit since 1999....
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MMN July 2023 – Sharing Best Practice from an Organic Dairy
July 11, 2023Since fertiliser prices rocketed in 2021, the Stranraer Sustainable Group of dairy farmers (part of the FAS Connect Programme) has been assessing their use of...
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Milk Manager News May 2023 – Get In On The Green
May 10, 2023For a number of years now we have seen land prices driven to historic highs, pushed by incentives around tree planting and as a consequence,...
Read more >Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Dairy Enterprises
April 21, 2023A carbon audit is a useful tool to help monitor the technical efficiencies of a dairy enterprise. The carbon footprint shows the level of greenhouse...
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Milk Manager News March 2023 – Can You Afford Luxury Uptake?
March 10, 2023As the days lengthen and grass growth starts to increase, many are looking forward to turnout. With this in mind, it is worth looking at...
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Milk Manager News November 2022 – Upcoming Options For Steading Developments
November 14, 2022Readers of Milk Manager News will be accustomed to me waxing lyrically over the environmental options available to the sector and how farms can make...
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Crofternomics: Farmyard Manure Versus Bagged Fertiliser
October 13, 2022Crofternomics: Comparing Farm Yard Manure with Bagged Fertiliser Input prices escalating mean that we should calculate the value of FYM. This video covers the efficiency,...
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Profiting From Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John Davidson, Penicuik Estate
October 11, 2022In case study 1 of our Profiting from Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we hear about John’s move to strip tillage where he farms...
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Profiting From Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John Muir, Freelands Farm
October 11, 2022In the third of our Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we visit Freelands Farm where John Muir has invested in strip tillage. Click above...
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Profiting from Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John McCluskey, Lea Farm
October 11, 2022In the second of our Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we visit John McCluskey, Lea Farm who has adopted the principles of minimum tillage....
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Nature Based Solutions for the Dairy Sector
February 15, 2022In the weeks and months in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, we heard a lot about the need for farming to...
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Webinar: Are you milking your environment?
December 10, 2021Future payments to dairy farmers may alter with more emphasis on the environment and biodiversity. The BRIDE – Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment –...
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Tackling Soil Compaction to Reduce Fertiliser Costs
December 1, 2021Dairy farmers across Scotland often rely on fertiliser to ensure that they grow enough grass to meet the needs of their livestock. However, fertiliser prices...
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Organic Newsletter November
November 30, 2021This months newsletter is now available. Importance of pH Value of trees Organic Farming MSc
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Winter slurry storage & contingency planning – Information note
March 31, 2021Winter slurry storage & contingency planning – Information note Making best use of nutrients in slurry should be every landowners goal. Forward planning is essential...
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Organic Newsletter March
March 29, 2021March Newsletter giving a round up of the recently run mini conference.
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MMN January 2025 – Spring Sulphur Applications to Boost Grass Growth
January 10, 2025Sulphur is an essential nutrient often overlooked by livestock farmers. It plays a vital role in nitrogen use efficiency and protein formation. Although light sandy...
Read more >
Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045
August 8, 2024The Scottish Government has released the latest figures for Scottish agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and nitrogen use for the accounting year 2022-23. The results...
Read more >
MMN July 2024 – Carbon, Biodiversity and Regenerative Agriculture
July 15, 2024Your Milk Buyers’ Plans and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve Milk companies, food manufacturers and food product retailers are increasingly aligning themselves with...
Read more >
MMN March 2024 – Renewed Support for Slurry Storage
March 14, 2024Nothing says Happy Valentine’s Day like support for slurry storage! Eagle-eyed readers of Milk Manager News will have noticed that it has been some time...
Read more >
The Benefit of AECS for Dairy Farmers
December 19, 2023With the announcement of the return of the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme , in what is, at the time of writing, the last confirmed funding round,...
Read more >
MMN September 2023 – Nature Auditing and Restoration
September 11, 2023From 2025, Scottish Government intends that 50% of a farm’s Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support will be conditional on set nature outcomes. Currently it is...
Read more >
MMN September 2023 – Soil Health: Dairying from the Ground Up
September 11, 2023Soil is the platform that underpins everything that you as dairy farmers do. However, soil health has frequently been a neglected key performance indicator (KPI)....
Read more >
Organic Conversion: Case Study Introduction
August 30, 2023The key considerations, challenges and opportunities when bringing land under organic management Leo Petrucci has farmed Outer Blair as an organic dairy unit since 1999....
Read more >
MMN July 2023 – Sharing Best Practice from an Organic Dairy
July 11, 2023Since fertiliser prices rocketed in 2021, the Stranraer Sustainable Group of dairy farmers (part of the FAS Connect Programme) has been assessing their use of...
Read more >
Milk Manager News May 2023 – Get In On The Green
May 10, 2023For a number of years now we have seen land prices driven to historic highs, pushed by incentives around tree planting and as a consequence,...
Read more >Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Dairy Enterprises
April 21, 2023A carbon audit is a useful tool to help monitor the technical efficiencies of a dairy enterprise. The carbon footprint shows the level of greenhouse...
Read more >
Milk Manager News March 2023 – Can You Afford Luxury Uptake?
March 10, 2023As the days lengthen and grass growth starts to increase, many are looking forward to turnout. With this in mind, it is worth looking at...
Read more >
Milk Manager News November 2022 – Upcoming Options For Steading Developments
November 14, 2022Readers of Milk Manager News will be accustomed to me waxing lyrically over the environmental options available to the sector and how farms can make...
Read more >
Crofternomics: Farmyard Manure Versus Bagged Fertiliser
October 13, 2022Crofternomics: Comparing Farm Yard Manure with Bagged Fertiliser Input prices escalating mean that we should calculate the value of FYM. This video covers the efficiency,...
Read more >
Profiting From Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John Davidson, Penicuik Estate
October 11, 2022In case study 1 of our Profiting from Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we hear about John’s move to strip tillage where he farms...
Read more >
Profiting From Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John Muir, Freelands Farm
October 11, 2022In the third of our Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we visit Freelands Farm where John Muir has invested in strip tillage. Click above...
Read more >
Profiting from Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions – John McCluskey, Lea Farm
October 11, 2022In the second of our Reducing Tillage and Lowering Emissions series we visit John McCluskey, Lea Farm who has adopted the principles of minimum tillage....
Read more >
Nature Based Solutions for the Dairy Sector
February 15, 2022In the weeks and months in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, we heard a lot about the need for farming to...
Read more >
Webinar: Are you milking your environment?
December 10, 2021Future payments to dairy farmers may alter with more emphasis on the environment and biodiversity. The BRIDE – Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment –...
Read more >
Tackling Soil Compaction to Reduce Fertiliser Costs
December 1, 2021Dairy farmers across Scotland often rely on fertiliser to ensure that they grow enough grass to meet the needs of their livestock. However, fertiliser prices...
Read more >
Organic Newsletter November
November 30, 2021This months newsletter is now available. Importance of pH Value of trees Organic Farming MSc
Read more >
Winter slurry storage & contingency planning – Information note
March 31, 2021Winter slurry storage & contingency planning – Information note Making best use of nutrients in slurry should be every landowners goal. Forward planning is essential...
Read more >
Organic Newsletter March
March 29, 2021March Newsletter giving a round up of the recently run mini conference.
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