Dairy
MMN September 2023 – Nature Auditing and Restoration
From 2025, Scottish Government intends that 50% of a farm’s Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support will be conditional on set nature outcomes. Currently it is unclear what these outcomes will…
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MMN September 2023 – Rumen Audits: Maximising Livestock Health and Performance
Introduction Feeding the dairy cow equates to around 51% of the total cost of milk production (Teagasc, 2023). Therefore, maintaining good rumen health is vital to ensuring optimum feed utilisation…
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MMN September 2023 – Water Quality: is it up to scratch?
We all know the importance of water to a dairy cow. High yielding cows can consume over 200 litres a day and so fresh, palatable water is essential to maintain…
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MMN September 2023 – Soil Health: Dairying from the Ground Up
Soil is the platform that underpins everything that you as dairy farmers do. However, soil health has frequently been a neglected key performance indicator (KPI). There are three pillars to…
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MMN September 2023 – Planning Winter Feed Requirements
Planning Winter Feed Requirements With summer nearing a close and housing just around the corner, it is worth spending some time planning ahead how much forage and purchased feeds you…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Milk
Negative sentiment in dairy markets continue….. Milk volumes are still in the seasonal decline, but production is still slightly ahead of last year. Most processors are holding their milk price…
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Organic Conversion: Case Study Introduction
The key considerations, challenges and opportunities when bringing land under organic management Leo Petrucci has farmed Outer Blair as an organic dairy unit since 1999. The farm lies within the…
Read More >Dealing with labour shortages on dairy farms
Farm labour represents a major cost in dairy enterprises and is increasingly becoming a key challenge facing dairy farmers. Research by Arla (2022) has suggested that half of UK dairy…
Read More >Are your cows being fed sufficiently at grass?
As the longest day is now well past and nights are starting to draw in, milk production from grass is likely not as much as you think it is! Cows…
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Farm Labour shortages, free upskilling events, and a conversation with The Soil Association
Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany, George & Robert discuss recent…
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