The value of data was highlighted at this year's British Cattle Breeding conference.

After a poor start to the year when the sheep industry seemed steeped in doom and gloom, the outlook now appears much more positive.

The Solway View herd dominated the Border British Blue Clubs show and sale at Carlisle reaching new heights

Livestock numbers were numbers were up by 50 per cent in the sheep section and by 30 per cent in the cattle section at Nottinghamshire County Show

The annual Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset May Fair attracted a big crowd to Exeter market.

THE sale of pedigree Limousin bulls at Carlisle topped at 52,000gns with an average of 9,178 and a 71 per cent clearance rate.

The early weeks of life are the most important for lamb growth rates where feed conversion rate is at its highest.

The latest Marts the Heart: Standing the Test of Time series supported by Shearwell Data and the Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA) shows how a move to a greenfield site has enabled Hopes Auction Company to prosper and grow.

At the Farmers Guardian supported Hereford Cattle Societys spring show and sale at Shrewsbury, the top call of 12,000gns was for October 2021-born Normanton 1 Whiskey.

Genosource Captain now tops of the ranking for daughter-proven Holstein sires in the AHDB evaluations published this week.