Beef

After such a dry summer, Emma Penny finds out how cattle taking part in the virtual fencing project have fared on hill land at the Strathspey monitor farm

Optimising dairy beef calf rearing and finishing to meet market requirements is close to Laura Awdry’s heart and was the topic of her Nuffield Scholarship, inspired by her own farm enterprise

A father-and-son team run a Stabiliser composite and South Devon suckler herd on organic principles near Penzance, Cornwall.

Beef prices have remained strong and stable during 2025, but the question on every producers’ lips is: will they remain so, especially given the prospect of more cull dairy cows coming onto the market and a weakening in sales

Retail beef prices have seen a record 27.5% increase in the past year

Promising young cattle from 10 breed sections will make their way to United Auctions’ Stirling Mart on Friday November 7 and Saturday November 8 for the 15th annual Stars of the Future show

The Chapelton herd is synonymous with quality, well-bred native cattle as a result of the careful stockmanship of the Biggar family

Opportunities for achieving marketplace popularity can be limited for a small beef herd, but it has not stopped the McIlwaine family from achieving some notable successes to date.

Straw, wholecrop and maize could help supplement beef diets which are short of silage this autumn and winter

The bull sales have become a leading factor in Ian and Andrew Nimmo’s livestock business, selling around 35 pedigree Limousin bulls a year through the ring