Scottish farms face £5m/week straw bill due to poor weather.

The article reports on the estimated additional straw costs to farmers in Scotland due to poor weather, according to SAC Consulting. Topics mentioned include the effects of high prices of straw and poor weather to livestock industry, the insights of Andrew McCornick, president of the labor union NFU Scotland, on the need of farmers to adapt to poor weather, and the alternatives for cereal straw including woodchip, energy crops, and rapeseed straw.