Beef

14 July 2021

In the week ending 18 April, deadweight prime prices fell again, while cows saw welcome stability.

14 July 2021

Global beef production in 2020 is expected to reach 61.53 million tonnes, slightly (-0.2%) less than in the previous year.

13 November 2020

16 June 2020

During March, soya meal markets recorded elevated levels of support in the face of coronavirus. Global demand for feed increased, while global availability fell. Countries that had first entered lock-downs experienced large-scale logistical disruptions. Recently, with global soya supply at a high, soya meal prices have since retraced back to pre-March levels. This has provided some respite for the UK livestock industry, which makes use of imports for protein feed sources.

28 March 2025

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

13 July 2021

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Britain, and even more so since ‘lockdown’ there has been some concern over kill capacity in Great Britain.

17 April 2020

Economic forecasts have been significantly revised

23 January 2025

The largest volume of meat from the carcase, commonly sold at retail, is mince. Although in volume at least 43% of the carcase is minced; in value it only contributes around £780/head* to the overall retail value of the carcase meat.

14 July 2021

UK beef production totalled 82,200 tonnes in March, up 8% year-on-year, according to data from Defra.

14 July 2021

In the week ending 11 April the GB overall deadweight average fell by 8p to £3.28/kg

16 April 2020

Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers

30 January 2024

In contrast to last year, grass growth has had rather a slow start to the season.