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Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland.

With the innovative SenseHub® Dairy Youngstock system, farmers are now able to monitor and improve calf welfare from birth to 12 months, ensuring a thriving future for their farms.

Achieving optimal efficiency in the pre-weaning period is key to reducing heifer rearing costs and improving herd sustainability

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

Developing standard operating procedures for biosecurity can have a positive impact on hygiene in the calf rearing sheds

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

The proposal put forward by the Welsh Government, was opposed by FUW members due to factors such as cost, the impracticalities of attempting to pasteurise, and the welfare benefits of colostrum

On the first of AHDB’s calf pneumonia webinars, industry experts discussed the signs of infection, impacts to productivity and the importance of temperature in disease control

The latest research is furthering our understanding of milk composition, allowing milk replacers to be formulated to ensure even more effective calf rearing

Youngstock numbers reduced by 1.2 per cent compared to the same point last year