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Finishing Options for Beef Cattle
…to a shorter finishing period of around 8 weeks following a forage based growing period. Considerations: Cereal Availability: Cereal intake for a 500kg animal can be up to 11kg/day =…
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Silage Clinic – Key Messages
…Institute’s Glensaugh Farm. In this video we hear from Lorna MacPherson of SAC Consulting about the impact that quality silage can have on animal performance and reducing feed costs. Farm…
Read More >Crofting Businesses: Carbon Audits and Preparing For Sustainable Farming
…a claim process Scottish Government currently offers funding for Carbon Audits and Soil Sampling, with other items such as Animal Health options likely. Future farm support payments will be conditional…
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Milk Manager News January 2023 – Mineral Relationship to Foot Health
…the limbs include nutrition, animal hygiene and genetic predispositions. Nutrition is one of the basic preventive factors affecting the quality and growth of the hoof horn, and the associated prevalence…
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Agribusiness News January 2023 – Global Trends
…in. Covid and animal disease While the direct impact of covid is receding here, China’s Zero Covid policy is badly disrupting the Chinese economy. As a massive importer of food…
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New Entrants – Preparing for Winter Housing
…https://www.fas.scot/downloads/technical-note-tn689-cattle-housing-ventilation/ https://www.fas.scot/downloads/technical-note-tn571-pneumonia-beef-cattle/ Related Other Resources Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites – COWS – Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites NADIS – National Animal Disease Information Service …
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Agribusiness News December 2022 – Cereals and Oilseeds
…the Spring; any imports required thereafter would however be very costly; note to the feed sector. For barley,(Fig2), lacklustre demand from the animal feed sector (-5%) and higher production (+3%),…
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Caithness Cows – Beef up your Knowledge
…Cows and their environment Vets Vision Cows and Carbon Health and Happiness Local speakers include Gemma Duguid, Andrew Gunn and Vet William Campbell. Related Materials https://www.fas.scot/carbon-audits/ https://www.fas.scot/rural-business/crofts-small-farms/cags-grants/crofting-agricultural-grant-scheme-cags/ https://www.fas.scot/livestock/beef-cattle/health/ https://www.fas.scot/publication/animal-health-is-wealth/ https://www.fas.scot/rural-business/personal-and-business-resilience/health-is-your-wealth-physical-and-mental-resilience/…
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Crops and Soils Bulletin June 2023 – Managing Grass in Dry Conditions
…commencing 6th June highlights the predicted impact of a lack of rain on grass growth over the coming weeks and will no doubt have an effect on animal growth rates…
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Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland: Soil secrets with Joel Williams
…and plant & animal nutrition – how an integrated approach can unlock farm profitability and business resilience. Fertiliser strategy – unpicking the role of fertilisers in crop production and how…
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