Livestock
Nutrition for Ewes Lambing in Spring
The success of lambing relies heavily upon ensuring the ewe’s nutritional needs are met throughout pregnancy. This is particularly important in the final six weeks of pregnancy where foetal growth…
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Spring Calving Nutrition and Management
Feeding a suckler cow throughout the year is the most expensive part of her production. Her progeny, the calf, is the only annual output generated, therefore it is vital to…
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How Should Suckler Cow Herds Prepare For Changes To Support?
The Scottish Beef calf scheme is changing – from 2025 onwards it is likely there will be additional qualifying conditions to meet. Calves born from a mother who has an…
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Milk
Milk production data The latest milk production data from AHDB shows that GB milk output for January was 1,023m litres (provisional), just 0.2% more than December’s volume. Daily deliveries were…
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Sheep
Recent figures from HMRC have shown that in 2023 red meat exports to the European Union were comparable in value compared to 2022 (an increase of 2%), although the volume…
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Agribusiness News March 2024 – Beef
Brakes on Prime cattle trade has remained firm since Christmas, largely due to tightening supplies of cattle. The volume of cows culled inevitably means there are not the calves available,…
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Stock Talk – Performance in Beef Herds
In this podcast we hear from Sascha Grierson, SAC Consultant and Economist, and Colin Mason, SAC Veterinary Investigation Officer. They talk to Robert Ramsay about improving productivity and efficiency in…
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Nutrient Management Workshop (St Boswells)
Optimising the management and application of livestock manures from cattle This interactive workshop will look at best practice for managing mucks and slurries and how to get the best value…
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Preparing for Lambing – Uist
Whether you are new to lambing or looking for some tips and a refresher, join us for this workshop where we will cover what you need to know and do…
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Agribusiness News February 2024 – Sheep
From a Land Down Under The 1st of January 2024 saw Year 2 of the Australian Free Trade Agreement begin. Where an allowance of 30,556 tonnes of sheep meat can…
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