Livestock
Sustainable Sheep Systems – When to Wean?
Weaning date is a key management tool as it can be used to influence lamb growth rates, ewe body condition score (BCS) and allows more strategic grazing resource allocation. 12-13…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – What are the Benefits of Wholecrop Silages?
With increasing costs, it is important to consider all feed options that could be grown on farm to reduce the cost of purchased feeds. A cost-effective and high-quality forage which…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – Why Invest in a Slurry Separator?
There are many advantages of slurry separators to improve nutrient management. With increasing focus on manure management to reduce environmental impact and the requirement for 22 weeks of storage for…
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Milk Manager News July 2022 – Milk Urea at Grass and Impact on Fertility
Grass is plentiful and for those that graze their milking cows there is a saving from less protein supplementation required. According to AHDB Dairy’s Forage for Knowledge, current grass quality…
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Rural Round Up (June 29th)
This fortnight’s roundup features updates on the Cereal, Wool, and Pig market. As well as a warning about increased tick burdens in sheep and cattle. Janette Sutherland is back with…
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Agribusiness News July 2022: Milk
Retailers rally on July milk price UK milk output for 2021-22 is down by 42.10m litres against 2021-22. By June 2022, several retail aligned milk prices were lagging behind non-aligned…
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Agribusiness News July 2022: Sheep
Trade decreases The typical seasonal decline of the lamb market has started, which often happens after the Highland Show. Market signals are reporting strong trade both domestically and globally, which…
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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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