Beef

Exhibitors and visitors alike were pleased to be attending the first Nottinghamshire Show since 2019. Angela Calvert and Katie Fallon report.

Ringside round-up of all the action from the livestock exhibits at this year’s Balmoral Show.

Ahead of NBA Beef Expo the Richardson family, Melsonby, North Yorkshire and the Suddes family, Cornsay, Co Durham, are set to welcome visitors to their farms on Friday May, 27.

Tougher bovine tuberculosis (bTB) controls including diagnostic testing, cattle movements and isolation requirements have been proposed by the Scottish Government in a new consultation.

Record farmgate prices across many parts of the world show beef demand remains firm, despite environmental activists calling for a fall in consumption.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health technical services manager Sioned Timothy says wormer resistance is a real and growing threat to cattle producers.

A new world record for a Limousin bull of 180,000gns was set at the breed society sale at Carlisle for Graiggoch Rambo. The previous record was 140,000gns for Trueman Jagger in 2015.

After establishing his Lanmore Speckle Park herd more than a decade ago, Irish breeder Patrick Morrison has seen demand for naturally-reared and presented breeding stock grow in commercial dairy and beef circles.

To be in with your chance of winning vouchers worth up to £200, test out your judging skills by entering the Shorthorn stockjudging competition.

Sustainability may be a ‘buzz word’ in many conversations concerning agriculture at the moment, but what does it mean to farmers at the coal face?