Articles
MMN September 2024 – Regenerative Agriculture: What does this mean for Dairy?
Regenerative agriculture or ‘regen-ag’ for short, has grown in popularity in recent years with events such as Groundswell: the regenerative festival, attracting over 8000 attendees. Milk buyers are now encouraging…
Read More >
MMN September 2024 – Is Your Feed Space Sufficient?
As we head into autumn, winter feeding of dairy cows is just around the corner and following a poor summer and reports of some delayed silage cuts, maximising feed intake…
Read More >
MMN September 2024 – The Benefits of Metabolic Profiling
Metabolic profiling is a useful management tool to assess the nutritional status of the dairy herd. Blood samples are collected at key times during the production cycle and analysed for…
Read More >
MMN September 2024 – Autumn Grazing for Rotational Grazers: Making the Most of What We’ve Got Left
At the tail end of the growth season making the most of your grass and maintaining pasture quality becomes far more challenging. The aim is to keep grass in…
Read More >
MMN September 2024 – Straights Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts Harvest is ongoing with very mixed results; early reports are highlighting slightly lower yields than average for winter wheat (-5% to -8%) and…
Read More >
MMN September 2024 – Milk Market Update
Milk Market Update Dairy Commodity Markets Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (3rd September) resulted in a slight drop (-0.4%) in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,833/t.…
Read More >
Maximising Clover in Grass Swards
Clover plays an integral part in forage systems, improving forage quality, soil health and reducing inorganic nitrogen requirements. As part of the grassland productivity series, this guide covers the key…
Read More >
Measuring Efficiency at Hoddom & Kinmount Estate
Carbon audits Completing a carbon audit is another way for a farm business to look at performance and identify areas where there may be scope to reduce emissions and improve…
Read More >
How to Look up Calving Intervals on MyHerdStats
Using existing statutory cattle traceability data (births, deaths, and movements), ScotEID has collated this data to provide an insight into herd performance on an online platform, MyHerdStats. Through a series…
Read More >
Agribusiness News September 2024 – Input Costs: Grazing Winter Cereals
Grazing winter cereals is not new but with a move towards greater consideration of soil health and reducing inputs, the practice is becoming more common on farms in Scotland. The…
Read More >Sign up to the FAS newsletter
Receive updates on news, events and publications from Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service