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Along with our regular monthly updates on policy briefs, arable, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we are also bringing you an overview on home grown proteins, nature based solutions, pollinators and seasonal workers. 

Show Notes  

00:39 News in Brief 

03:02 Policy Briefs – Future Farming Investment Scheme, Scottish Suckler Beef Support Payments, Sea Eagle Management Scheme, GAEC 7 Retention of Landscapes, Funding for Apprenticeships, Back British produce. 

08:38 Arable- Global markets, European markets, UK markets.  

13:58 Beef – Up and up and up. 

18:29 Sheep – Ramadan progresses, worldwide.   

22:50 Sector Focus – Sustainable proteins.   

28:04 Milk – Production data, farm-gate prices, dairy commodities and market indicators, changes to the Nation Johne’s Management Plan, decline in dairy calf registrations, sign up to the UK Dairy Carbon network research project. 

32:51 Sector focus – Nature based solutions in a chaotic climate.  

38:17 Inputs: Pollinators. 

44:30 Management Matters – Seasonal workers.   

FAS Resources: 

Agribusiness News March 2025  

Other Links: 

Sea Eagle Management Scheme 

GAEC 7 Retention of Landscape 

Agricultural Employers' toolkit by Lantra Scotland  

AHDB - the UK dairy carbon network 

Registration of Interest - UK Dairy Carbon Network (UK-DCN) Project  

Increase in the frequency of extreme daily precipitation in the United Kingdom in autumn 

UKCP18 projects greater chance of hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters 

Climate Extremes in Scotland.  

Assessing the socio-economic impacts of soil degradation on Scotland’s water environment 

Water Management on Your Farm: Slowing the Flow  

Climate Adaption and Measures to implement on farm 

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