A packed ringside saw Aberdeen-Angus bulls sell to a high of 25,000gns, matching last year’s top call.

Beef Shorthorn bulls sold to a high of 20,000gns twice, with averages up 104 on the year for 53 bulls sold at 4,780, and a clearance rate of 61 per cent.

One of the Innovation Hub’s sessions will look at ‘revolutionary research’. Hannah Park talks to the session’s three speakers to provide an overview of what they will be presenting.

A new UK-wide cattle and sheep industry group, the Ruminant Health and Welfare Group, is to be formed on April 1 2020.

With it is estimated that 80-90 per cent of commercial egg production systems are afflicted with red mite infestation, the need to produce a commercially viable vaccine for poultry red mite continues.

Unlocking the potential of UK-grown seaweed as part of new research could see used in the production of some ruminant animal feeds.

With this year’s winter shaping up to be mild and wet for many, cases of pneumonia in calves appear anecdotally high. Farmers Guardian provides a round-up of top tips on how to combat the disease.

Rafoxanide is not an appropriate alternative to closantel when treating liver fluke, farmers warned.

A new highly sensitive and specific blood test for bovine TB, Actiphage, has been granted permission for trial on a dairy farm on the west coast of Wales.