Livestock Nutrition

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® demonstrated there are many solutions to improving overall gilt and sow retention but only when embedded across processes to produce marginal gains. What is needed is a how-to guide for getting from variation to standardisation.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® mentors have shown that controlling some of the processes around gilt selection, farrowing groups and nutrition by parity, substantial reductions in variation and performance can be achieved.

26 January 2021

6 June 2022

Discover our Gilt Watch® programme, designed to help pig producers make informed and efficient business decisions on gilt management.

18 November 2020

The fifth report from the Cattle Health and Welfare Group (CHAWG) provides a wide ranging summary of facts and figures relating to the UK cattle industry. The report aims to encourage the identification and collection of additional data, particularly in relation to cattle industry priorities identified by CHAWG.

17 November 2020

The final report from the Sheep Health and Welfare Group (SHAWG) provides a wide ranging summary of facts and figures relating to the UK sheep industry. The report aims to encourage the identification and collection of additional data, particularly in relation to sheep industry priorities identified by SHAWG.

23 June 2026

The Feed into Beef project was a five-year AHDB-funded collaborative project to deliver improved beef cattle feeding guidelines.

3 May 2024

The Sheep Health and Welfare Group Conference 2020

19 March 2025

The biggest and most important single cost for pig producers is feed. Use this information to help mitigate feed price volatility.

23 December 2020

Guidance on how to manage small piglets

24 June 2021

Information about the importance of colostrum for piglets

8 July 2020

Glossary of common terms used in pig nutrition