Members Only 11 April 2024 Scottish Beef Suckler Payments Annual payments under the 2023 Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) commenced on 28th March 2024. Payment rates this year To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Ban on Enriched Cages: Scotland The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on banning the use of cages to house laying hens for egg production. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Arla Invest in Mozzarella Arla Foods is investing £179m over the next three years in its Taw Valley plant to produce and export Mozzarella. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Pig Market The AHDB is forecasting UK pig meat production to only grow marginally, by 0.6%, in 2024 to 933,000 tonnes. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Dairy Update Production GB milk production for April 2023 to January 2024 totals 11.23 billion litres; just 0.6% less than in 2022-23. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 March 2024 GB Pig Industry Structure Review Defra has published its response to the Review of the Great Britain Pig Industry Structure. The review was undertaken by To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 March 2024 Bovine TB Defra has opened a consultation on proposals to introduce a targeted badger culling policy. Previously, the Government had announced plans To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 February 2024 Beef Outlook Below we take a look at the latest forecasts for the beef market from the AHDB. Total beef production is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 February 2024 Sheep Outlook Below we take a look at the latest forecasts for the sheep market from the AHDB. In 2024, the AHDB To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 February 2024 Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model have been updated and are shown in the table below. Friesian Farm is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 January 2024 Dairy Roundup Arla has increased its milk price by 3 Euro cents per kg (2.6ppl) from the 1st January 2024. The size To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 January 2024 Bluetongue Update Cases of Bluetongue continue to be identified through active surveillance in the temporary control zones (TCZ). As at 24th January To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 January 2024 Dairy Contracts Legislation The NFU and NFU Scotland have confirmed that the Statutory Instrument (SI) on milk contracts will be laid before Parliament To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 January 2024 Meadow Farm Update The Meadow Farm model has been updated for the LAMMA show. It is a notional 154 hectare (380 acre) beef, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 January 2024 Free Range Egg Consultation Defra has opened a consultation on legislation which will allow free-range eggs to continue to be labelled as such for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2023 Beef & Lamb Markets Tighter beef and lamb supplies in key producing countries across the EU are supporting prices. Reports from the AHDB reveal To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 December 2023 Dairy Production and Prices Production The AHDB is reporting GB milk deliveries in November were down by 2.8% compared with last year (Defra figures To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 December 2023 UK Livestock Numbers Defra has released the UK livestock numbers from the June 2023 Survey; the table below summarises the figures. As can To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 December 2023 Bluetongue Update Further to our article earlier in the month, further cases of bluetongue have been identified. These are all in cattle To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 December 2023 Smaller Abattoir Fund Defra has announced a £4 million support fund for small abattoirs. Through the Smaller Abattoir Fund (SAF), capital grants of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2023 Bluetongue Update The first cases of Bluetongue have been confirmed outside of Kent. This follows the first case in a sheep, identified To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2023 Exports to the EU From 13th December, all livestock farmers who export meat to the EU will need to have had an annual health To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2023 Milk & More Sold The UK’s largest doorstep milk delivery operation, Milk & More has been sold. Freshways, the large middle-ground processor has moved To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 December 2023 Live Export Legislation Legislation to ban the live export of animals has been laid before Parliament. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill was To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
