Beef Cattle
Common Grazings – The Risks of Being Out of Office
Having a ‘regulated’ or ‘in office’ Common Grazing means that there is a committee in place. In this short video, we outline the benefits of having a clerk and committee,…
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Crofting Regulation Video Animation
Common Grazing Finances – CAGS grants. Clerks and committee members have a tough job keeping the financial records for Common Grazings, however help is at hand! Here we explain how…
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Setting up Deferred Cattle Grazing
In this short video, Robert Ramsay from SAC Consulting covers the principals and benefits of setting up a ‘deferred grazing’ system for suckler cows to reduce the winter housing period…
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Improve Your Grassland Productivity With Weed Control
In this video we hear Poppy Frater, Grassland Specialist at SAC Consulting, and Colin Taylor, Taylor Technologies, discuss two weeds most important to established grassland in Scotland – Docks and Creeping…
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Agribusiness News July 2022: Beef
A welcome lift in prices The finished beef price has lifted in June to 453p/kg deadweight, a lift of around 8p from May. A tightening in numbers coming forward will…
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Heat Stress At Bulling In Spring Suckler Herds
With temperatures starting to reach 20 degrees plus it is important to make sure that beef cattle have plenty of shade and cool fresh water, especially as many spring calving…
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Soil Compaction and Silage Production
With rising costs, it is important to make sure that every acre is working at peak performance. Identifying compaction Soil compaction can be measured using a soil penetrometer. This…
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Reduce Risk Of Scald In Lambs This Season
Scald is caused by bacteria (Dichelobacter nodosus) in the grass and leads to damage to the soft tissue between the toes of lambs. It can lead to footrot if it…
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