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 profiling, sufficient feed, and regenerative agriculture.

Dates for Your Diary

• 11^th September – UK Dairy Day. Telford International Centre, Telford, TF3 4JH.

• 24^th September – Soil Myth Busting (Inverness). Kingsmill Hotel, Culcabock Road, Inverness, IV2 3LP. Time: 18.00-21.00. For more information and to book your place please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/soil-myth-busting-inverness/

• 24^th September – Conducting a Biodiversity Audit Workshop (Angus). Wester Braikie Farm, Arbroath, DD11 4RY. Time: 10.00-13.30. For more information and to book your place please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/conducting-a-biodiversity-audit-workshop-angus/ 

• 25^th September – Soil Myth Busting (Perth). Dewar’s Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0TH. Time: 18.00-21.00. For more information and to book your place please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/soil-myth-busting-perth/

• 2^nd October – Mineral Requirements in Housing Systems. On-line webinar. Time: 20.00-21.00. For more information and to register please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/mineral-requirements-in-housing-systems/

• 2^nd October – Better Wellbeing, Better Business (Stranraer). Green Valley Golf Academy, Castle Kennedy, DG9 8SQ. Time: 10.00-14.00. For more information and to book your place please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/better-wellbeing-better-business-stranraer/

• 7^th October – Carbon and Soil Productivity Workshop. North Corbelly Farm, Dumfries, DG2 8DH. Time: 10.00-13.30. To register please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-and-soil-productivity-workshop-tickets-1005131384027?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwY2xjawFGU0VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYOYXRZ1HXjKkmihv1Z_A6qu9jy8PfgcpUfOmzcptpGj-zDzRGoeyVS48w_aem_fTztYBw2y7J-Vxp0xUEFyA

• 6^th November – Mineral Requirements in Outwintering Systems. On-line webinar. Time: 20.00-21.00. For more information and to register please visit: https://www.fas.scot/events/event/mineral-requirements-in-outwintering-systems/
• 13^th November – Agriscot. Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NB. Time: 09.00-17.30.
• 18^th – 19^th November – Hannah Dairy Research Foundation Conference. Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh. For more information and to register your interest please visit: https://www.journalofdairyresearch.org/next-generation-dairying-2024.html

For any further enquiries regarding the information in this newsletter please contact:

Lorna MacPherson (Dairy Consultant)SAC Consulting
Ferguson Building
Craibstone Estate
Aberdeen
AB21 9YA

Email:          lorna.macpherson@sac.co.uk
Tel:              01467 530445
Mobile:         07760 990901

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