Content related to the topic: livestock

23 January 2026

Standing hay – good timing or good luck?

To be a successful dry cow feed that doubles up as a calving paddock, standing hay needs careful planning. It should be a quality grass that has been part of the platform rotation and allowed to go to seed.

22 March 2022

UK pig facts and figures – 2019

All the latest facts and figures from the UK pig industry. From pig numbers to costs of production to imports, exports and consumption.

8 May 2019

Designing your footbath using the footbath fitness test

Building an effective footbath is an essential part of dairy farm design. Work through the footbath fitness test to see if you can improve your footbath design and use.

26 April 2019

Agriculture acts to reduce emissions

Tough new Clean Air Strategy1 targets are spurring farmers and growers to develop more practices to cut ammonia emissions and reduce the industry’s environmental footprint, further.

10 March 2025

Dry weather drives ‘water savvy’ farming

Below average rainfall is triggering UK farmers and growers to adopt water savvy techniques early in the year, to be prepared should another agricultural drought hit.

13 December 2023

Helping farms cope when water supplies are cut

14 August 2025

Water supply problems? A guide for livestock farms

Useful advice to help livestock farmers deal with, or plan for, water supply disruption.

9 April 2025

Reducing the spread of digital dermatitis

Digital dermatitis causes lameness in cattle, which as well as the welfare implications, can cost around £99 per case and so reducing the spread is important.

16 April 2019

Meeting focuses on breeding high quality cattle

Improving the genetic potential of your herd will be the focus of the next meeting of Scotland’s Strategic Dairy Farm on 25 April.

12 April 2019

Understanding Brexit - an impact assessment

Understand how different Brexit scenarios could affect your farm business incomes

11 April 2019

Antibiotic resistance Using antibiotics responsibly

Antibiotics are a medicine that in most cases should only be used to treat bacterial infections. Over-prescribing and the unnecessary use of antibiotics can increase the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Livestock producers have a responsibility to protect human and animal health by using antibiotics responsibly in order to minimise the risk of antibiotic resistance (AMR).

11 April 2019

The Cereals Directory

A guide that looks at various cereals for livestock feed