Environment

28 May 2020

5 February 2025

Prepare and plan for delays to shearing service due to social distancing measures in place to control COVID-19.

9 June 2021

To redress outdated figures, we have a large project underway to measure the ammonia emissions from different pig buildings in the UK

10 May 2020

Challenge Sheep is a research project to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes and understand the impact of the rearing phase on a ewe’s lifetime performance

22 May 2024

First generation farmers Rob and Anna Hawke joined the AHDB Beef & Lamb-funded project, Challenge Sheep, when it began in 2017.

22 May 2024

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

16 June 2020

How to keep sows and gilts calm while piglets feed in an indoor farrowing environment

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.

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

14 November 2025

A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.

4 December 2024

Important advice on managing biosecurity risks on your pig unit site

13 May 2020

Information on how electrostatic particle ionisation (EPI) can help improve air quality in pig buildings