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Beef & Lamb
5 May 2020
Latest research on the effect of chop length when lucerne is fed alongside maize silage in dairy cow diets
20 October 2023
Latest research on the effect of including lucerne silage alongside either grass or maize silage in dairy cow diets
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.
14 July 2021
Average deadweight prime prices rose in the latest week, while cow prices fell.
14 July 2021
Brazilian beef exports have slowed this year, as it's main export regions tackle the coronavirus
14 November 2025
A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.
14 July 2021
The UK total cattle and calf population was down 1.6% year on year on 1 December 2019
13 July 2021
The past week has been firmly spilt in two for the GB lamb market. The weekly GB liveweight OSL SQQ fell almost 30p in the week ended 25 March, to 220.76p/kg.