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Strategic Farms
15 September 2022
Prolonged dry summers are becoming a frequent challenge to UK farming, so knowing how to deal with them is increasingly important when planning your grazing season.
9 August 2022
Ewe fertility is one of the main drivers underlying the output of a sheep flock. Optimising fertility increases the number of lambs scanned and born, which in turn drives flock profitability.
27 June 2022
David has accomplished numerous marginal gains whilst being a Strategic Farmer but the main changes David has made over the past four years have focused on getting the most from forage to reduce feed and labour costs.
10 August 2022
Two new strategic dairy farms with focus on the environment will hold launch events in July
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21 June 2022
Strategic Cereal Farms Scotland Open day with hosts Johnnie Balfour and David Aglen
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30 June 2022
With weaning on the horizon for many flocks, management decisions made now will impact days-to-finish for this year’s lamb crop.
7 June 2022
The widely reported energy crisis may have caused our domestic energy bills to increase, but it has also led to dramatic price hikes for fuel, nitrogen fertilisers and feed costs.
16 June 2022
AHDB Strategic Farmers Chris and Louise Elkington are taking steps to reduce their risk of anthelmintic resistance.
6 June 2022
Effective worm control is vital in any profitable sheep system. Lambs with even a modest worm burden, with no clinical signs of infection, can have reduced performance and increased costs.
26 May 2022
Ian joined the AHDB Strategic Farm programme in 2017 with the aim of creating a profitable suckler business which also allowed him to spend time with his young family.
10 February 2022
Marketing your meat directly to the customer can often be a profitable solution. It eliminates the middleman, and in theory, returns additional profit to the farm business.
27 January 2022
Join us and LIC business consultant Piers Badnell as we take a look at Strategic Dairy Farmer Dan Burdett’s farming business at Cockhaise Farm.