Beef

Scottish prime cattle numbers have shown short-term resilience despite the decrease in Scotland's overall beef herd over the past year

The aim for beef and arable farmer, Jimi Collis and his herd manager Matt House is to find the ‘business sweet spot' by balancing output and profit with increasing biodiversity

Interim results from a collaborative project to analyse carbon footprint data from UK beef and sheep farms were outlined at a recent webinar organised by food processor, ABP Food Group. The wide variation within the range of figures indicated significant potential for improvement according to Prof Jude Capper, who analysed the results

The Corbett family and their pedigree cattle are no strangers to the show ring and, with the Royal Welsh on their doorstep, this show is a firm fixture on their showing calendar. Ellie Layton finds out more.

Finding ways to encourage the next generation onto the land was also a key discussion point

A smaller global beef herd is supporting beef prices across the world

Beef prices remain high despite a seasonal decline

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

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

Ease of management and good fleshing ability were two of the main attractions to the Simmental breed for the Pitt family, and 25 years later it is still ticking the boxes. Ellie Layton reports.