Contents tagged with cattle

9 March 2021

This page highlights key considerations for harvesting, processing and storing cereal crops destined to be fed to beef cattle and sheep.

9 March 2021

From nutritional requirements to soil types, this page highlights important considerations when deciding which cereal crop to grow for cattle or sheep feed.

9 March 2021

Cereals can provide ruminants with a rich source of energy, in the form of starch, that can, when fed with care, have a positive effect on animal performance.

14 July 2021

The UK produced 74,500 tonnes of beef and veal in December, up 5% year-on-year, according to Defra figures.

14 July 2021

The number of cattle in the UK at 1 June 2020 stood at 9.6 million head, 1% lower than it was the year before.

28 September 2023

Read our findings about vaccine use in cattle.

28 September 2023

Vaccine uptake in the beef and sheep sector

18 November 2020

The fifth report from the Cattle Health and Welfare Group (CHAWG) provides a wide ranging summary of facts and figures relating to the UK cattle industry. The report aims to encourage the identification and collection of additional data, particularly in relation to cattle industry priorities identified by CHAWG.

20 November 2020

Increasing the proportion of the year that cattle spend grazing outdoors can reduce ammonia emissions.

14 September 2020

Join us for an overview of the BVDFree England Scheme. Our goal is to help you to understand your bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) status and to use this information to eradicate the disease on farm. In this webinar we will be joined by Bill Mellor, Nikki Moore and a case study farmer to talk through the scheme, how it works on farm and the benefit to you.

16 June 2020

Join AHDB and Dr Luppo Diepenbroek, Independent consultant, for a webinar on outwintering cattle

14 May 2021

An article looking at signs of Pica in cows.

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