Livestock
Bolusing Versus Drenching For Ewes
Boluses or drenches both have their merits for supplementing ewes with trace elements at key times of the production cycle (pre-tupping and pre-lambing), but is one better than the other? Both are labour intensive but ensure that every animal has received its dose, as opposed to relying on ewes getting their correct allocation from buckets, feed blocks or free access minerals.
Read More >Rotational Grazing Vlog: Cattle doing well after a wet august at Oakwood Mill
Although grass is doing well and cattle are thriving (1.35 kg/day liveweight gain), rainfall is starting to increase poaching risk. Giles now looks forward to…
Read More >Keeping Pace with Green Policy
For over ten years, Scottish agriculture has come to recognise the importance of sustainable management of the farmed environment, mainly in response to the growing climate crisis and biodiversity decline.…
Read More >AgriBusiness News September 2020
The September 2020 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to download and read. Along with the regular monthly articles on policy, cereals, beef, potatoes, sheep and milk, this month…
Read More >Autumn Lamb Health
The top four most commonly diagnosed conditions in lambs during autumn are systemic pasteurellosis, parasitic gastroenteritis (PGE), acute fluke and cobalt deficiency (pine), which can often be found together.
Read More >The Future of Carbon Auditing in Agriculture – A Business-led Approach
Following on from my last article in the January 2020 edition of Milk Manager News around why it is important to carry out a carbon audit, I started to think…
Read More >Polyunits for Production
Throughout the month of September the Farm Advisory Service is hosting a series of online meetings focusing on polyunits. There will be 3 meetings in total, each covering a different…
Read More >Webinar: An Introduction the the new Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network: Lyking Farm
In this webinar, we introduce Lyking Farm, the new host farm for the Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network. Farm facilitator Graham Scott provides an overview of the farm and leads…
Read More >Implications of COVID-19 on the movement of grain
Cereal farmers are reminded to consider the implications COVID-19 and lockdown may have in terms of grain movement, particularly for crops usually sold on an “as available” basis or for harvest movement with end…
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