animal feed

Nitrogen Stabilisers (part 2): Carbon Inputs Joel Williams, Integrated Soils In part 1 of this article, we highlighted that both urease and nitrification inhibitors have a minor impact on soil biology but there remains some concern over the negative impact of urease inhibitors on the plants...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/18/beans-in-toast-uk-should-switch-to-broad-bean-bread-say-researchers Anyone interested? 🫤

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) has revealed the results of its farmers and crofters intentions survey, with participants identifying growing uncertainty over the Scottish government’s future agricultural policy as the greatest...

Hello all, I'm Farrah Barber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/farrah-barber/)- the CEO of Primordial, a pre-seed deep biotechnology company. I'm looking for the next generation of innovative farmers to work alongside our start-up over the next year, by giving us advice/real input from the sector...

Monday Market Briefing - 16th January 2023 Since the New Year there has been plenty of interest around from both sides of the market but sellers are seemingly reluctant to accept the lower values now on offer particularly for feed grains. On quality markets the large premiums still available...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that animal feed production levels in Great Britain have hit a six-year low. This conclusion specifically relates to the period July to November 2022. The trend is confirmed in...

This morning, AHDB published the latest GB animal feed production figures, which includes information on cereal usage and animal feed production up to November. From July to November 2022, total GB animal feed production (including integrated poultry units (IPU)) was down 5% on year earlier...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred the anticipated partnership between ForFarmers and Boparan for an in-depth investigation. The CMA said yesterday (Tuesday, January 10) that the text of its decision would be published by...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has today (Wednesday, January 4) said that inflation, particularly food inflation, is set to continue into 2023. The trade association said that food inflation accelerated “strongly” to 13.3% in December, up...

Hi all, I was hoping to pose a question to this group: in what practical ways is the cost of living crisis making it more difficult to look after your animals? I am a student studying agriculture as part of my course and I'm trying to get insights into how difficult it is to run a farm currently...

Incorporation of spring varieties into rotations can enhance farm business resilience, especially in the face of increased input costs or weed burdens. When it comes to selecting the best variety for your farm business, end market, agronomic packages and consistency of performance are the most...

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Promote the use of bioenergy in agricultural machinery Several new innovative models already exist to power agricultural machines with bio-based energy produced directly in a decentralized manner on the farm. Apart from significant GHG emission reductions, such schemes have multiple secondary...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that a partnership between ForFarmers and Boparan could lead to farmers paying more for poultry feed. ForFarmers and Boparan, which are both manufacturers of poultry feed, are planning to...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland Farming and food production must be viewed as critical industries when the UK government announces its review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, expected before Christmas according to the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) NFUS said that failure...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland 2022 was a record year for cereal yields in Scotland, according to recently released figures on the 2022 Scottish harvest. Cereal and oilseed rape harvest: final estimates – 2022 were published by Scotland’s chief statistician today (Tuesday, December...

Policymakers need to take urgent action in order for the insect sector industry to survive in Europe and the UK, researchers say Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have been awarded funds to help develop a strategy for using edible insects in animal feed. Global demand for...

illustration by Dorottya Poór for Agroecology Europe What role for legumes in the agroecological transition? And what is bulatura? Here, author and researcher Lucia Nicastro interviews two farmers – Stefano Vegetabile of Nuove Rotte. Andrea Giaccardi, of l’Orto del Pian Bosco – about how and why...