Livestock
5 March 2025
Learn how to discover the untapped potential in your herd.
19 February 2025
Using waste-derived material as an alternative to straw for animal bedding
8 July 2025
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cattle. It is one of the biggest disease issues facing the UK cattle industry.
8 July 2025
The BVDFree England Scheme closed on 31 July 2024 – see our FAQs for information regarding the closure.
24 March 2025
Latest foot-and-mouth updates and advice following a confirmed case of the disease in Germany.
15 January 2025
Find out how Hackett Farm in Pembrokeshire transformed their cow’s mobility.
19 March 2025
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cattle and other cloven-hoofed ruminants.
20 January 2025
Find out how cattle breeding can meet the rising demands of food production while reducing the impact of methane emissions
12 December 2024
A reminder about a change to the requirements for farms permitted under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR)
11 December 2024
A summary of the progress made in somatic cell count and mastitis rates due to improvements in cow breeding.
2 December 2024
As a result of milder wetter winters, extended grazing seasons and reliance on long-acting anthelmintics, lungworm has been on the increase for the past 25 years.
28 November 2024
We explain how to tackle lameness and improve cow mobility.
