Livestock

30 April 2019

Farmer William Baillie shares his experience of the dairy strategic farm programme

22 August 2025

Postnatal checks for the cow to help establish successful subsequent calving

22 August 2025

The importance of colostrum intake by the calf and best practice guidelines for after care

30 April 2019

With one year of the Monitor Farm Scotland programme left to run, find out what our monitor farmers have achieved so far, and what 2019 holds for them.

30 April 2019

AHDB is now recruiting an additional person to work with Scottish dairy farmers, after the Scottish Dairy Hub officially moved to NFUS in February.

30 January 2020

Poor water quality can negatively affect pig health. To dislodge biofilm and disinfect water systems, a shock treatment with a high concentration of a suitable chemical is recommended.

27 March 2019

The latest data from the Real Welfare scheme shows that the vast majority of pig farms are either addressing welfare issues or already have them under control.

22 August 2025

Calving difficulty causes and management techniques to overcome these issues

25 March 2019

In the latest blog, Heather Freeguard, an intern in the Pork team, tells us what she's been working on recently.

29 September 2025

Learn how to give your bull an essential MOT with this handy leaflet. Remember the five Ts: Toes, testicles, tone, treat, test.

18 March 2019

In the first four years of the Real Welfare Scheme, over 8 million pigs were individually assessed by specially trained vets to provide a credible, benchmarked level of welfare at both an industry and an individual farm level. This report summarises the findings from the first four years.

18 March 2019

A practical approach to delivering clean water to your pigs

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