This latest Mart’s The Heart Standing The Test of Time series, supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, looks at why market-based health services matter and why more must be done

Following the publication of its Animal Welfare strategy in December, Defra has introduced two consultations

A second-prize bull set a new UK breed record at the Highland Cattle Society’s spring show and sale at Oban when Iain MacKay and Claire Simonetta’s Jock of Cnoc Na Sith went under the hammer at 34,000gns

Reducing reliance on imported soya and making better use of UK-grown pulses came under the spotlight at the From Soya to Sustainability 2026 conference in Peterborough

A move to regenerative farming has been helped by adding livestock breeds, changing systems and making use of technology on a Shropshire farm

JOHN Elliot, who runs the Rawburn pedigree Aberdeen-Angus herd, along with his family, in the Scottish Borders, explained how the main aim of their business was to breed fuel-efficient profitable cattle

NMR has introduced a genomic testing service for cross-bred herds as part of its GeneEze service

Scott Donaldson, group director of H&H based in Carlisle, raised the question of who benefits from the data collected in the performance recording and pedigree information of cattle

Speakers at this year's British Cattle Breeders Club conference in Telford used the theme 'joining the dots' to bring highlight the importance of bringing together people, research and technology

The first Scrapie genotyping service providing UK sheep breeders with eight additional markers for commercial traits, together with the ability to verify parentage and pedigree