Livestock

A new estimated breeding value (EBV) to identify sheep with the lowest methane emission scores is due to be launched in the next couple of years. Wendy Short reports.

Industry groups have welcomed the news that the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has postponed its ‘reinterpretation’ of the rules surrounding animal health export certificates for 12 months.

With limited improved pasture, silage ground at the James Hutton Institute’s hill farm in Aberdeenshire has to ‘punch above its weight’, as Ewan Pate found out.

The UK beef suckler herd is set to contract by 10 per cent because of rising input costs and a lack of clarity from all Governments about future policy direction, an industry leader has warned.

With limited improved pasture, silage ground at the James Hutton Institutes hill farm in Aberdeenshire has to punch above its weight, as Ewan Pate found out.

Crowds gathered to watch the Holstein champion, Whinchat Stanleycup Farrah, take the coveted SuperCow championship at AgriScot, as the event made a return to the show calendar for the first time since 2019.

In a breakthrough for the British sheep genetics export trade, a new UK/USA ovine embryo export health certificate has been published which will allow the export of embryos from the UK to USA.

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is more widespread than previously thought, affecting beef and dairy cattle across the country, according to results from a new surveillance programme.

AHDB’s Shape the Future vote has highlighted that among the livestock sectors levy payers believe promotion and protection of reputation and marketing are the main priorities going forward.

Farming groups have expressed their anger after students at Stirling University voted to have meat and dairy banned from campus food outlets.