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In warm or bright conditions, when there is heat and light intensity, calves are at risk of heat stress. During these periods, energy is used to lose heat from the body by sweating and increasing respiratory rate.
How and why spray irrigation can be reduced or stopped under Section 57
‘Biofumigation’ describes the suppression of soilborne pests, pathogens and weeds by toxic gases emitted from organic material. In the UK, biofumigation typically involves growing brassica green manure crops. The most common species are Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), rocket (Eruca sativa) and oil radish (Raphanus sativus). The usual growing period is 8–14 weeks within a mid-July to early November window.
Output from the UK beef and sheep livestock sector exceeds £5 billion equating to 20% of gross output. The UK imports and exports large volumes of both beef and lamb with trade taking place in both directions as a result of seasonal variations, states of product and carcase balancing activities.
Tap into opportunities for meat, dairy and potatoes across Asia by exploring its diverse and changing needs
Understand how different Brexit scenarios could affect your farm business incomes
Understand how Dairy trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
Find out how the Cereals and Oilseeds trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
Understand how agri-food trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
Find out how Pork trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Horticulture trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Potato trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Beef and Lamb trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
This outlook is based on the latest data available, combining feedback and insight from contacts across the agri-food industry with AHDB sector specialists’ expertise. What follows is an examination of the factors affecting different sectors. Whether you’re using it for business planning, aiming to understand the market dynamics or just interested in a flavour of what agriculture faces in the year ahead, I hope you find this publication useful and informative.
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Following on from ‘Brexit Scenarios – an impact assessment’, which focused on how Brexit could impact farmers’ profit levels, we now turn to potential implications post-farmgate.
AHDB commissioned this study to examine the impact of Brexit post-farmgate on the malting and milling industries, following feedback from levy payers on their earlier study ‘Brexit scenarios – an impact assessment’.
As Brexit draws closer, we hear much about the opportunities new export markets present for British food and farming products.
The UK undoubtedly has some of the most productive, dynamic and inspirational farming and growing businesses in the world.
Brexit is by far the biggest threat to Scottish agriculture and we need to get ready to meet this unprecedented challenge.
AHDB’s analysis of the big Brexit themes aims to improve industry understanding of the issues, as well as flagging the opportunities and threats they create.
In this report we explore opportunities for livestock products, from the beef, sheep meat, pork and dairy sectors.
23 August 2019
The latest AHDB harvest report highlights that the winter barley and winter oilseed rape harvest are all but complete, at 98% and 95% respectively.
23 August 2019
Accurate grass measuring using satellite technology is still developing, but many grazing managers who plate meter could improve grassland performance just by getting more out of their grazing software. Today’s sophisticated data crunching can help fine-tune rotations, predict surpluses and deficits, and ensure that any supplementation is cost-effective.
22 August 2019
Plant-based beverages account for just 4.4% of the total liquid milk market.
22 August 2019
Targeted treatment of the most mollusc-riddled parts of a field has taken a step closer
22 August 2019
Hard Brexit analysis of potential impacts facing UK markets in 2019/20.
21 August 2019
Over the past few months the direction of US corn prices has been a significant focus for EU grain markets.
21 August 2019
Strategic Centres will showcase the latest ideas, science and technology to improve integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for field vegetables
20 August 2019
Our course seeks to address a lack of leadership skills in farming and plug a productivity gap between the UK and other nations.
20 August 2019
27% of UK wheat harvest was complete before the recent rains but with much of the UK bread wheat crop still standing concerns are raised about quality