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7 March 2025
Do you know how your animals are performing and your costs of production? Collecting records and then analysing them is the best way to understand how your business is performing.
13 November 2020
Specifically designed for beef and sheep enterprises, this cash flow spreadsheet will help you quickly see when money is coming into and out of your business and where it’s coming from and going to. This will allow you to identify any future financial peaks and troughs and what costs you will have to cover at any given time.
18 March 2019
AHDB Beef & Lamb is looking for five new farms to take part in a programme which aims to improve livestock businesses.
12 March 2019
This manual provides a concise reference guide to five infectious diseases of sheep that members of the sheep industry have identified as important: Border disease (BD), caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), Maedi Visna (MV), ovine paratuberculosis or ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) and ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA). However, awareness of these diseases is low, with a recent survey suggesting fewer than 5% of farmers screen for them routinely.
17 October 2018
Bedding has a significant bearing on animal health and welfare. The bedding materials directory provides a summary of the different materials that can be used in cattle and sheep housing.
17 September 2018
Following this year’s challenging weather conditions, AHDB Beef & Lamb are partnering with Teagasc for a series of workshops to help sheep farmers reduce impact on the 2019 lamb crop.
19 March 2025
Find information on arable rotation in livestock – forage crops, cover crops and more.
25 February 2022
Maize silage makes a good feed for cattle and sheep. Our resources have a wealth of information on how to grow and feed maize silage.