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.

10 February 2021

Arthur Owen is joined by consultant Dave Davies of Sileage Solutions for a detailed looked at maximising grass sileage quality

26 November 2020

This webinar is a four-part series with Adrian Cox and Christina Huelsmann-Diamond from Farm Vets, focusing on the different stages of pork production.

24 November 2020

The GB Cattle and UK Sheep Health and Welfare Groups (CHAWG and SHAWG) have launched their final biennial industry reports, highlighting areas of focus to drive forward improvements in the health and welfare of cattle and sheep.

27 September 2023

Reducing intervals between silage cuts has helped strategic dairy farmers Tony and Michael Ball improve their milk from forage and reduce feed costs.

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.

12 November 2020

This webinar is a four-part series with Adrian Cox and Christina Huelsmann-Diamond from Farm Vets, focusing on the different stages of pork production.

3 November 2020

The webinar included a range of topics including: Moving to a Highlander flock Establishment and grazing of reseeds and herbal leys Iodine deficiency Building resilience into the system The role of cattle at Rawfoot