Beef

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown summarise the farmers' protest in Whitehall and concerns raised by some Labour backbencher MPs in yesterday's Westminster Hall debate, proposals for a new state-of-the-art abattoir in Orkney backed by Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, and new reward points being offered to potato growers who can an demonstrate best application practice at planting when using Nemathorin to manage key soil pests

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmer protest in Westminster over family family tax, followed by a debate in Westminster with MPs later today, a machinery auctioneer has seen a marked increase in the number of machinery valuations as farmers look to sell any surplus kit to help reduce the value of their estates, and UK beef production is expected to decrease by 5% in 2025, according to AHDB analysis

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The Beef Shorthorn bidding topped at 20,000gns for 55 bulls, averaging £6,476, down £1,015 on the year, with a clearance rate of 71%

Limousin bulls sold to a high of 14,500gns, averaging £7,333, down £133 on the year, for the 50 bulls sold at a clearance rate of 78%

Buyers, vendors and visitors returned to United Auctions for the first round of this year’s Stirling Bull Sales, with a strong trade achieved across all breeds

Mr Rainey said one of the society's priorities in 2025 was to roll out a new online herdbook system, Taurus

Since Arla's announcement that 30 farms would trial the feed additive to reduce emissions, farm businesses have faced questions from consumers