Along with our regular monthly updates on policy briefs, arable, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we are also bringing you 2 sector overviews on sheep predators and pigs. We will also be bringing you news on marketing & social media and Net Zero in the Whisky industry.  

Show Notes  

00.48.:-News in Brief 

02.43:-Policy Briefs - Trade Deals, Wide Loads and Additional support measures for the Crofting Counties 

08.39:-Arable - Extreme weather across Europe impacting on harvests. 

13.03:-Beef - Lower summer demand affecting prices  

17.34:-Sheep - Room for growth! 

20.41:- Sector Focus – Sheep - Predatory lessons to be learned from Europe 

25.18 :-Milk - Scottish dairy farmers are becoming a rare beast. 

31.12:- Inputs – Marketing - Social media ‘in da house’ 

36.52:- Sector Focus – Pigs - A summer of optimism 

43.02:- Management Matters - Net Zero plans for the ‘water of life’ 

FAS Resources 

Agribusiness News August 2023 | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot) 

Other Links: 

Impact on Scottish agriculture of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)  

Agricultural Machinery Wide Loads. 

avian influenza protection zone 

BirdTrack 

Dead wild birds service 

Rural Payments website. 

Islands Cost Crisis Emergency Fund 

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