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Search results for: animal welfare updates
(Fully Booked) Quality Meat Scotland: Meat the Market Lamb Workshop – Morrisons Woodhead Brothers
…able to compare the assessments from the same live animal with the carcase on the hook will help lamb selection back home on the farm. Lunch will be provided. Those…
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Quality Meat Scotland: Meat the Market Beef Workshop – Dunbia Highland Meats
…the same live animal with the carcase on the hook will help cattle selection back home on the farm. Lunch will be provided. Those wishing to attend must book in…
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Agribusiness News September 2024 – Management Matters: Suckler Beef Support Scheme
…measured on an individual animal basis, not on herd averages. The first calf of any dam (heifer) will be exempt from the calving interval conditionality. A recent SRUC report noted…
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Agribusiness News September 2024 – Policy Brief
…in breeding females Extenuating circumstances With regards extenuating circumstances, as the calving interval condition will apply to all animals; there will be no exemptions to this condition outside of the…
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Thrill of The Hill – Cattle Grazing Benefits: Good Messages Being Herd
…cattle grazing and what makes them Scotland’s preferred grazing animal. Want to get in touch with Helen, she can be contacted at SAC Consulting Oban on 01631 563 093 or…
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Rewilding & Farming
…animal species, and expanding habitat connectivity. Read more about the project. 6. Rewilding on estate scale Tayvallich Estate is a 1,370 hectare estate in mid Argyll within the Knapdale…
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Scotland’s Dairy Sector’s Progress Towards Net Zero 2045
…and liming (2%). How to reduce the sources Enteric fermentation is a digestive process whereby carbohydrates are broken down by microorganisms. Both ruminant animals (e.g. cattle and sheep), and some…
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Mitigating N2O Emissions and Enhancing Yields with Inhibitors and Liming
…nitrogen from fertilizers and animal excretion. Reducing emissions with inhibitors and liming Nitrification inhibitors (NIs) slow the conversion of ammonium to nitrate, reducing nitrogen loss through leaching and denitrification while…
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Agribusiness News January 2024 – Cereals
…rise in 2024 for increased usage in animal feed production. The 2024 early bird planting survey for Scotland indicates a switch away from wheat and oilseed rape (down 7% and…
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Data Driven Decision Making: Flock Breeding Selection
Daniel Stout, SAC Sheep and Grassland Specialist alongside Duncan Nelless, farmer at Thistleyhaugh Farm, discuss using individual animal data to make more informed breeding decisions. It is very important to…
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