Rural Business
New Entrants Calendar – Best practice for good silage making for New Entrants
In this short video SAC Consulting dairy specialist Lorna MacPherson discusses the process of producing the best quality baled silage from; The timing of cutting How long to wilt To…
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New Entrants Calendar – Grassland weed identification for new entrants
Wondering what the weeds in your grassland are and how to deal with them? In this video SAC Consulting agricultural consultant Finlay Ross discusses how to identify and control common…
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Agribusiness News July 2022
Hello and welcome to the new format for Agribusiness News. If you prefer to download this document as a pdf then click on the download button above or here News…
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Agribusiness News July 2022: Management Matters – Net Zero
A challenging goal The evidence is overwhelming: humans are seriously damaging the climate. Without urgent action, life on earth will become ever more difficult, if not impossible. While targets have…
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Agribusiness News July 2022: Sector Focus – Potatoes
Crop development update As AHDB no longer produces planting estimates for the GB potato crop following the wind-up of AHDB potatoes; information is therefore poor, particularly for the ware crop. …
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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: Sector Focus – Soils
Soil Testing: Benefits and Limitations Without a doubt, soil testing has come to the forefront of UK agricultural policy over the past few years. With the roll out of mandatory…
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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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Agribusiness News July 2022: Cereals and Oilseeds
Demand destruction, harvest pressure UK grain prices have dropped significantly in the last month with Nov ’22 LIFFE wheat futures down 11% / £35.25/t to £282.50/t in the last month. …
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