The Stronach family’s Islavale Simmental herd has become well-known across the UK for producing leading prices at Stirling bull sales. Katrina Macarthur paid them a visit.
Now is the ideal time to safeguard cattle productivity over winter by reviewing parasite control given at grass and treating any parasite burdens at housing.
UK beef has landed on US soil for the first time in 24 years
A number of farmers have threatened to quit the National Beef Association (NBA) over a controversial report which recommended redefining the age of prime cattle to improve the industry’s carbon footprint.
An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.
With reports of rising lungworm infections in cattle in recent weeks, vet Emily Francis offers some advice on protecting your herd and profits.
The supermarket giant has been purchased by the billionaire Issa brothers, from Blackburn, in a £6.8bn deal
Using data to monitor temperature and humidity in calf housing can help prevent disease.
The RABDFhas warned a number of the UK’s largest dairy farms are set to go bust over the coming years after the Migration Advisory Committee rejected its calls to add dairy workers to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).
The National Beef Association have proposed redefining Prime cattle as those slaughtered between 10 and 28 months of age in a bid to improve the beef industry’s carbon footprint