Good ventilation is vital for the health and well-being of housed livestock and one inexpensive way of measuring air quality and movement in buildings is by using smoke. Hannah Noble reports.
The world record price for a working sheep dog at an official sale was smashed today at Skipton when Emma Gray, hit 18,000gns with her black and white bitch, Megan.
Grazing autumn-calved cows comes with a host of different challenges to those associated with spring-calving herds and demands a different approach. Hannah Noble reports.
The benefits of reseeding and the use of a silage inoculant were discussed at a recent milk from forage press briefing. Hannah Noble reports.
Charolais bulls topped at 25,000gns twice, with a clearance rate of 79 per cent and averages up 571 on the year at 6,633.
We take a look ahead at this year’s UK Dairy Expo, being held once again at Boderway Exhibition Centre, Carlisle.
THE Goldies herd led the way at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s sale at Carlisle on Saturday taking top honours in both the show and sale ring.
Talk of future technology and the best ways to combat methane emissions were hot topics at this year’s Dairy-Tech held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Katie Jones and Hannah Noble report.
A call of 18,000gns led the Simmental section which averaged 5,039, up 64 on the year, with a clearance rate of 67 per cent.
Salers sold to a high of 8,000gns, to an average of 4,935, up 1,406 on the year, and finished with a clearance rate of 73 per cent for the 16 bulls sold.