Livestock
5 March 2025
Learn how to discover the untapped potential in your herd.
22 January 2025
The target for dairy producers to maintain inbreeding at less than 6.25% has been called into question.
17 January 2025
Using waste-derived material as an alternative to straw for animal bedding
17 January 2025
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cattle. It is one of the biggest disease issues facing the UK cattle industry.
20 January 2025
The BVDFree England Scheme closed on 31 July 2024 – see our FAQs for information regarding the closure.
16 January 2025
Latest foot-and-mouth updates and advice following a confirmed case of the disease in Germany
15 January 2025
Find out how Hackett Farm in Pembrokeshire transformed their cow’s mobility.
16 January 2025
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cattle and other cloven-hoofed ruminants.
20 January 2025
Find out how cattle breeding can meet the rising demands of food production while reducing the impact of methane emissions
12 December 2024
A reminder about a change to the requirements for farms permitted under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR)
11 December 2024
A summary of the progress made in somatic cell count and mastitis rates due to improvements in cow breeding.
2 December 2024
As a result of milder wetter winters, extended grazing seasons and reliance on long-acting anthelmintics, lungworm has been on the increase for the past 25 years.