Search results for: animal welfare updates
Search results for: animal welfare updates
Beaver Accommodation & Mitigation
Beavers are well established in Scotland now, with an estimated population of 1,500 animals in the Tay and Forth catchments, smaller numbers in Argyll and near Inverness, and with plans…
Read More >Beavers: Translocation & Licencing
…often taken for various reasons, including management translocation of ‘problem animals’, welfare translocation and conservation translocation. Read more about the different types of translocation and the policy context in Scotland….
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Agribusiness News October 2023
…a new global marketing campaign by Meat & Livestock Australia, this month’s sheep article highlights that we need to shout more about our high welfare, fully traceable and biodiversity boosting…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems: Blowfly Strike
…control options and products available and when best to use them to develop an effective control strategy. Blowfly strike is a major welfare issue affecting most farms in the UK…
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Agroforestry: Non-harvest income sources
…improve your animals’ welfare – shelter, forage, medicine. The Woodland Carbon Code, what is it, what is changing and would it be suitable for your farm? With Andy Baker, from…
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Sustainable Sheep Systems: Low Labour Input Genetics
…take a data driven approach to selection with EBVs, including worm resistance, driving genetic gain alongside strong selection pressure for functional low labour high welfare traits and wool shedding ability….
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Sheep
…cheaper foreign product rather than our home grown, natural, low carbon, high welfare, sustainable lamb! This makes it more important than ever to shout about the credentials of choosing and…
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Practical Workshop – Lambing
…workshop will cover: colostrum management condition scoring ewe nutrition kit hygiene ewe and lamb disease risks neonatal management including welfare around banding We will practice administrating intraperitoneal injections (IP) and…
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Agribusiness News April 2024 – Sector Focus: Scottish Sheep Meat
…lamb as the sustainable protein source. Boasting the high protein, low in salt, high B3, B12, zinc and easily absorbed iron. But also, the high welfare, traceable product with exceptional…
Read More >Denise Walton – Scottish Borders
…infrastructure for climate resilience, livestock welfare and crop protection. Reduce tillage by converting to grass, bringing grass-only livestock into the rotation. What if anything would you do differently? “Focus on…
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