Welcome to Business & Policy News Audio, formerly Agribusiness News.
Along with our regular monthly updates on policy, cereals, beef, sheep and milk, in this edition we also have a spotlight on farm business diversification.
Show Notes
00:33 News in Brief
05:08 Policy Briefs – Programme for Government 2025-2026, 2025 Climate Change Committee Report, Next Generation Farming – Apprenticeships, Bluetongue (BTV) Virus Vaccine, Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS), Key Dates.
15:33 Cereals – Global Supply Risks Mount, Demand-Side Developments, Malting Barley & Feed Barley, Rapeseed Mixed Market, Oats, Overall Outlook.
22:13 Beef – Young bull numbers impacting on prices, Strong demand for manufacturing beef, Store Cattle Trade Back, Room for more?
29:02 Sheep – UK EU Strategic Partnership, Sheep Trade, Export Market, Protein Consumption
33:18 Milk – Production data, Farm-gate prices, Dairy commodities and market indicators, Antimicrobial resistance in calves, Rabobank global outlook
39:22 Sector focus – Farm Diversification.
51:05 Further articles – Croft Diversification, Reducing Antimicrobial Use in Scottish Dairy Farms, A couple more cows per herd each year would realise Scotland’s economic potential by 2030, Grain Marketing Podcast, Bluetongue, Bee Health Awareness Day
FAS Resources:
Newsletters - Business & Policy Edition - FAS
Other Links:
The Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
Scotland's Carbon Budgets Report 2025
Lantra Scotland - land based pre-apprenticeship
Report your use of the bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine - GOV.UK
GOV.uk - Bluetongue: news, information and guidance for livestock keepers
The Scottish Government - gov.scot
QMS article: two more cows per herd per year
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