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Agribusiness News January 2023

Welcome to the January edition of Agribusiness News.  If you prefer to download this document click the download button. N e w s  I n  B r i e f…

Rural Roundup -14th December

We just want to clarify that the AECS Capital, Sustainable Agriculture Grant Scheme (SACGS) and PSF Carbon Audit/Soil Analysis claim deadlines are the 28th February 2023. If you have AECS…

Luing Cattle grazing

Utilising Deferred Cattle Grazing

In this short video, we visit Giles Henry in the Scottish Borders who has been operating a low input, deferred grazing system for 26 years. We hear how Giles sets…

New Entrants – Preparing for Winter Housing

6 December 2022

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In this short video SRUC VIO Megan Fergusson gives an overview of what you should be doing to prepare for housing and highlights the common health conditions including pneumonia that…

Agribusiness News December 2022

Welcome to the December edition of Agribusiness News.  If you prefer to download this document click the download button.   News in brief COP27 spotlights on food & energy security…

Beef heifers on a hill

Winter Management for Calving Heifers at 3 years old

We revisit Billy Graham at Craigdarroch Farm as the heifers come down from the hill for scanning. We will discuss the pregnancy scanning results and winter management on the hill…

Beef Cattle in a field

Performance Targets for Small Herds

Benchmarking is as an important tool for small herds as it is for larger herds. However, due to mathematics – many of the standard industry targets don’t really make sense…

Reducing Calving Difficulty – Pelvic Scoring Heifers Case Study

Making pelvic scoring part of one farmer’s heifer selection policy has enabled him to reduce stress, labour and costs involved in calving his heifer batch each year. Click download to…



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