Episode Details

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 potatoes and having bees on farmland. We will also be bringing you news on soil compaction and grassland yield loss and the Scottish Government’s progress report on the 2023 climate change plan.  

00.49.:-News in Brief 

02.22:-Policy Briefs - Agricultural Reform Route Map; bracken control 

07.20:-Arable - Wheat production falls from 2022 peak 

10.48:-Beef - Fall in finished beef price 

14.31:-Sheep - Adult slaughtering and exports increase 

17.01:- Sector Focus - Potato update 

22.11 :-Milk - 2023 output up from 2022

27.34:- Input costs - Soil compaction and grassland yield loss 

33.17:- Management Matters - Climate progress report update 

39.12:- Sector Focus – Having bees on farmland

FAS Resources 

https://www.fas.scot/publication/agribusiness-news-july-2023/  

Other Links: 

New conditions for farm support payments from 2025,  

Response to the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 annual progress report  

Just Transition and Land Use in agriculture,  

Scottish Natural Capital Accounts for 2023,  

Agricultural Reform Route Map to 2032,  

10-year Food and Drink stability strategy 

Vision for Agriculture. 

Agricultural Reform Route Map 

Calving Intervals in Scotland's Cattle Population report 

MyHerdStats 

SASA website. 

VESS Soil Chart 

Technical note-Use of a sward lifter to improve grassland soil compaction. 

Bee Base 

Lorraine Johnston, SRUC Bee Advisor for Scotland,