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Aims of health risk management on suckler farms can be to optimise the fertility, animal survival and growth rates over each single production season

The issue of cheap food imports is one of the major issues facing a large dairy farming business in Mexico

Venereal campylobacter infection is thought to be more widely prevalent in cattle than confirmed case numbers would suggest

In a bid to widen breeding options to farmers, Sainsbury's and ABP are partnering with Cogent as a service provider for its Gamechanger beef supply chain

Routine testing of bull fertility is an essential but often overlooked aspect of suckler herd profitability

‘Measure to manage' is the principle behind advice to instigate pregnancy diagnosis for suckler cows, with the process being a cost-effective herd management tool

Dairy farmer Rory Christie, from Dourie Farming Co in South-West Scotland, and three other farmers are involved in an SRUC-led project, which is aiming to create the first cross breeding genomic index

Research has looked at the potential benefits of blood testing to detect early pregnancy in dairy cows

A three-way cross is proving the winning formula for one Lanarkshire family dairy enterprise

New at the top of the latest Spring Calving Index (£SCI) is the high health and fertility Jersey sire, VJ Groenbjerg Lobo Lobster which has 94 UK daughters contributing to excellent milk solids figures and earns an SCI of £583