The development of a new selection index tool, which allows animals to be selected for feed efficiency, could accelerate the reduction rate of beef-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 27 per cent over the next 20 year

City farms are popping up around the country, offering urban dwellers the opportunity to get outdoors and connect with farming and nature.

FG senior livestock reporter Hannah Park catches up with breed society representatives after the first and second round of February Stirling bull sales.

Neil and Stuart Barclay, Insch, led the Charolais bidding at 30,000gns, with 101 bulls selling to average £8,034 with a clearance rate of 79 per cent.

Salers bulls at the second round of Stirling bull sales this month sold to a 6,000gns high, with 12 bulls sold to average 4,235, back 574 on the year, with a 57 per cent clearance rate.

Improving forage quality thorough better grazing management could be a way to reduce methane output on-farm.

An 19th century oil painting of a Beef Shorthorn cow has found its way back the family it originally belonged to, after being put up for auction at the recent Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society’s annual awards dinner.

A 16,000gns call led the Beef Shorthorn bidding at the first Stirling February showcase, to average 5,697, back 49 on the year for the 59 sold, with a clearance rate of 66 per cent.

A top bid of 24,000gns led the Aberdeen-Angus trade at the first round of February bull sales at Stirling, with 12 bulls in total making five-figure sums from the 86 head sold to average 6,727, up 194 on the year for nine m

Limousin bulls met a 15,000gns high at the first round of bull sales at Stirling to average 6,689, up 940 on the year, for the 52 sold and with a solid clearance rate of 93 per cent.