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Beef & Lamb
25 May 2022
A project to identify how sheep breeds are evolving to better cope with the challenges of climate change has been carried out as part of the joint AHDB and BBSRC Initiative: Enabling the agricultural transition to net-zero.
24 May 2022
New Zealand has slaughtered 12.8million sheep and lambs in the first half of the 2021/22 season (which began in October), totalling 256,000 tonnes of sheep meat
2 January 2024
Burgers and grills look set to steal the party ‘crown’ next week for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
27 May 2022
A new campaign, launched to coincide with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, will encourage people to make their barbecue more majestic by including pork, lamb and beef steaks alongside ‘royal-ing up’ their favourite sausages and burgers
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24 May 2022
UK red meat exporters have taken part in our first trade mission to Asia in more than two years.
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19 May 2022
In the week ending 18 May, liveweight lamb prices declined with the OSL SQQ dropping 13.7p, to 255.6p/kg
28 February 2025
The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway is a long-term, project partnership, co-designed by government and industry, across cattle, sheep, pig and poultry sectors to support continual improvement in health and welfare.
25 February 2026
The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway is a long-term, project partnership, co-designed by government and industry, across cattle, sheep, pig and poultry sectors to support continual improvement in health and welfare.
12 September 2022
RamCompare is the UK’s commercial progeny test for terminal sire rams. Over six breeding seasons, we have recorded the performance of around 30,000 lambs sired by 313 rams through artificial insemination (AI) and natural mating.
19 May 2022
Cheshire beef farmer, Ian Norbury, had a target of earning a £30,000 per year wage when he joined the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) Strategic Farm programme in 2017. Having received support and advice from a range of industry consultants, Ian has made a number of changes to his business to get him closer to his goal.
19 May 2022
The UK exported 12,600 tonnes of beef in March, up 46% year-on-year.
18 May 2022
The all-prime average deadweight cattle price stood at 438.6p/kg in the week ending 14 May.