Environment [DA.SE.E] | Helping farmers in Scotland

Regenerative Dairying – Planning Now for Resilient Milk Production

Regenerative farming and its principles are increasingly appearing in milk contracts, buyer discussions, and supply chain sustainability strategies. For many dairy businesses, the question is…

Return of the Agri-Environmental Climate Scheme

On Tuesday 7th October this year the Scottish Government Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Jim Fairlie, attended the first Nature Friendly Farming Summit in Edinburgh.…

Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045

The 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…

MMN July 2024 – Carbon, Biodiversity and Regenerative Agriculture

Your Milk Buyers’ Plans and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve Milk companies, food manufacturers and food product retailers are increasingly aligning themselves with…

MMN March 2024 – Renewed Support for Slurry Storage

Nothing 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…

The Benefit of AECS for Dairy Farmers

With the announcement of the return of the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme , in what is, at the time of writing, the last confirmed funding round,…

MMN September 2023 – Nature Auditing and Restoration

From 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…