Agri-Business
Meeting: NZ consultant on making more from pasture
Farmers are invited to attend a free “Making More from Pasture” meeting being held in Orkney on Thursday, October 4....
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Sheep
Focus on reproduction management in Shetland
Ensuring high fertility levels in suckler cows and selection of breeding rams are two of the subjects which will be...
Rural Life
'Bale Art' competition sees Scottish young farmers get creative
The annual Young Farmers’ bale art competition returns to fields across Scotland over the next week. With previous entries including...
Rural Life
Search is on for Surf ‘n’ Turf Chef of the Year 2018
The search is on to find a top chef worthy of being crowned the Scotch Lamb PGI Surf ‘n’ Turf...
Beef
Store cattle up to £50/head back on 2017 - QMS
As the round of autumn store cattle sales get into full swing, store cattle producers are seeing average prices of...
Schemes
BPS payment exchange rate set for 2018
The euro exchange rate for calculating Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 payments has been set, the Department for Environment, Food...
Beef
'Never a more important time' for unity among Welsh meat stakeholders
Future Welsh Government policy must ensure the continued supply of a critical mass of top-quality PGI Welsh Beef and Lamb,...
Dairy
Deposit Return Scheme: Farmers call for milk plastic exemption
The Scottish Government has been urged to look more closely at the impact that a Deposit Return Scheme could have...
Sheep
Borders farmer to appear in new Scotch Lamb advert
Borders farmer Hamish Dykes is set to make an appearance in the new Scotch Lamb TV advert which will be...
Beef
Meeting carcase specification to increase profitability
The potential to increase profitability by meeting processors’ carcase specification requirements will be the focus of the next Borders monitor...
Agri-Business
Bank lending to Scottish agriculture down £13 million
There was a slow-down in the total lending from banks to Scottish agriculture in 2018 compared to the year before...
Agri-Business
Tesco's new budget chain pledges to back British farming
A new budget UK supermarket brand launched by Tesco has pledged to stock its shelves almost exclusively with British produce....
Sheep
British Wool shearing manager retires after 20 years
One of British Wool’s key figures has announced his retirement after more than 20 years as a shearing instructor at...
Arable
Cabbage beetles with suspected resistance wanted for research
Researchers are appealing for growers to submit live samples of cabbage stem flea beetle with suspected resistance to pyrethroid insecticides...
Agri-Business
Team GB to explore Chinese export potential at major trade show
The UK’s new chief veterinary officer will get first-hand insight into the potential of the Chinese market when she joins...
Dairy
Predicting cattle disease ahead of time – through blood tests
MicroRNA levels in the blood could be used to predict the future health and productivity of dairy cattle, British scientists...
Sheep
Monitor Farm focus: Preparing winter grazing strategies
Preparing winter grazing strategies will be the focus at the next meeting of Nithsdale Monitor Farm, set to take place on...
Grass
College develops new 'Soil MOT'...are you due a check-up?
A comprehensive ‘Soil MOT’ – measuring everything from pH levels to earthworm activity – has been created by Scotland’s Rural...
