Beef

Trade at the complete dispersal of the Blelack Aberdeen-Angus herd soared when a heifer calf and its dam sold for a combined 62,000gns.

A call of 28,000gns led the Charolais bidding on the final day at the October Stirling event, with averages up for the 59 bulls sold (+1,700 for 16 more sold).

To be in with your chance of winning up to £200, test out your judging skills by entering our annual beef stockjudging competition.

To be in with your chance of winning up to £200, test out your judging skills by entering our annual beef stockjudging competition.

With the move towards environmental payments offering a host of different subsidy support scheme options, AHDB’s new Farm Business Review is helping one mixed Wiltshire farmer take a hard look at his production costs as he prepares for the transition.

Housing is an ideal time to assess liver fluke and protect productivity over winter.

With changes to support structures throwing up a host of questions at the farmgate, AHDB’s new Farm Business Review is helping one mixed farmer future-proof his business and prepare for the loss of Basic Payments. Mollie Leach reports.

Beef farmers who have been carrying out blood sampling of youngstock to identify disease as part of a veterinary-led scheme are now using initial results as an indicator to improve the health of their stock, explains Georgi

After introducing line-bred US genetics 15 years ago, Stranraer based Ervie Herefords continues to build a steely reputation for selling naturally reared and presented Hereford breeding bulls to commercial customers UK-wide.

As AHDB launches the next phase of its We Eat Balanced campaign, Mollie Leach looks at the work being done to reinforce the role of British farmers in sustainable, world-class meat and dairy production.