Beef & Lamb

20 October 2023

Latest research on the effect of including lucerne silage alongside either grass or maize silage in dairy cow diets

18 June 2020

20 March 2025

Lockdown in March saw demand for meat, dairy and potatoes soar

25 March 2025

There will be 503 million more in-home meals eaten per week in this lockdown period.

9 November 2021

Supporting the industry to meet consumer needs during the COVID-19 outbreak

25 March 2025

Recent research has shown that infective liver fluke cysts can survive in spoiled silage.

3 April 2020

Farmers are encouraged to review their nutrient management plan to optimise grassland productivity this harvest season.

14 July 2021

In December AHDB released its forecasts for cattle and sheep production. Since then the market has changed dramatically with much of Europe now in ‘lockdown’ due to coronavirus. Sheep prices have come under pressure with a lack of demand both domestically and in Europe, and the cattle industry is struggling with carcase balance.

13 July 2021

The GB liveweight OSL SQQ fell a further 18.6p, to 202.15p/kg, in the week ending 1 April. Taking the last two weeks together, prices have dropped by 47.9p/kg.

13 July 2021

New Zealand volumes of sheep meat to the EU plus UK were marginally up during the first two months of 2020 at just shy of 25,000 tonnes. New Zealand’s usage of its EU quota (which for now includes the UK) during the first three months of the year was steady on-the-year.

14 July 2021

Over the past four months deadweight cattle prices across Europe have largely been on the rise. However, in the most recent weeks prices have stabilised in euro terms.

5 October 2020

Educational resources for parents, children and teachers as schools stay closed during the COVID-19 outbreak