suckler herd

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

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An FAI Farms project sponsored by McDonald’s UK and Ireland has seen positive results within their commercial suckler herd following the switch to adaptive multi-paddock grazing

UFU said the delay to the Suckler Cow Scheme will not suit farmers who are spring calving

Producing quality store cattle is the focus for the Swinbank family, with the Limousin breed proving instrumental to their success

Thirteen years ago, Helen Parr and Daniel Fabb did not own any cattle or have land to keep them on. But now, thousands of their pedigree polled Hereford progeny are siring cattle in dairy and suckler cow herds across the world. Sara Gregson reports

Dan and Catherine Mercer, who run a suckler herd on the Salisbury Plains, have had great success with implementing an adaptive multi-paddock grazing system

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

Ahead of bulling a suckler herd, preparation can often focus on the females, but bull health is equally important to ensure calving goes smoothly. Ellie Layton reports.