Charolais bulls sold to a 20,000gns high, to average 6,627 up 892 on the year, with a clearance rate of 60 per cent.
Leading on the first of the three days at Stirling was a 10,000gns top call for Aberdeen-Angus bulls.
Increased grassland reseeding with specialist leys and strategic use of different forage crops has led to a transformation in the performance of the Roberts family’s sheep and beef business.
Following a fantastic entry into the Farmers Guardian summer shows competition the overall winner has now been chosen.
The importance of hygiene in the first days of a calf’s life should not be underestimated.
Research has identified new approaches to reducing losses due to diarrhoea in calves.
Whether you are a beef farmer or a dairy farmer, block calving or all-year-round, it is important to carry out bull breeding soundness evaluations to test for bull fertility.
Industry has called for a live export assurance scheme to ensure the highest possible levels of welfare and transparency after footage showed Northern Irish cattle slaughtered in the Middle East under ‘appalling standards’.
The industry has reacted with disappointment after an amendment to the Agriculture Bill which would have banned low-standard food imports was rejected
Women make up just 36 per cent of the meat industry’s workforce