Beef
3-day sanitation plan to prepare pens for the next calving season
As youngstock facilities empty out over the summer months, dairy producers should take the opportunity to disinfect pens in preparation...
Beef
Agri-Business
UK pig throughput rises as sheep and cattle numbers dip
Pig throughput at UK abattoirs was historically high for the first half of 2021, whereas lamb and beef supply was...
Beef
Rothamsted clarifies its position on meat consumption
In response to the recently published UK National Food Strategy, Rothamsted Research economist Dr. Taro Takahashi suggested that reduced meat...
Beef
UFU president defends badger culling in TB strategy
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt has taken to the BBC airwaves in order to defend the validity of...
Beef
Details of Northern Ireland’s new bovine TB strategy revealed
Proposals for a long-term bovine TB (bTB) Eradication Strategy for Northern Ireland (NI) have finally been revealed. Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
New report sheds light on future of beef farming
A new report conducted by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has highlighted the importance of beef supply,...
Agri-Business
US study finds meat alternatives are ‘not nutritionally interchangeable’
A comparison of grass-fed meat and plant-based meat alternatives has found significant nutritional differences despite comparable Nutrition Facts panels. The...
Beef
Bold plans laid out to eradicate BVD and sheep scab by 2031
The livestock industry has set out bold ambitions to eradicate sheep scab and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) by 2031, among...
Beef
Beef and dairy farmers raising money for charity as part of Bulls Out for Cancer
Beef and dairy farmers have raised over £1,000 for testicular cancer, while also improving their herd genetics as part of...
Agri-Business
Linden Foods profits up 17% over 2020
Linden Foods group profits are up 17% compared to the year before, its latest financial ccounts have shown. Accounts for...
Beef
NI BVD maps: Where is your nearest PI animal?
Maps showing the extent of Northern Ireland's battle with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) have been published in a bid to...
Beef
Field trials for TB vaccine and skin test kickstarted in England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commenced the world’s first clinical field trials of the BCG...
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Man convicted and fined over removal of animal’s ear tag
An Armagh man has been convicted at Craigavon Magistrates' Court of two charges of removing, or causing or permitting the...
Beef
Former dairy farmer joins Actiphage developers to fight bovine TB
Jonnie Yewdall, a former dairy farmer, has been appointed commercial director at PBD Biotech. The company recently gained funding to...
Beef
DAERA’s TB plans to be revealed next week
It's been heavily anticipated for the last year and a half, but Northern Ireland farmers will finally get the first...
Beef
Stakeholders in global beef ’roundtable’ launch sustainability goals
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has today (Tuesday, June 29) announced the launch of its global sustainability goals...
Beef
Climate change can be tackled without cutting livestock numbers
The beef industry in Northern Ireland (NI) is indicating that climate change can provide opportunities for livestock farmers. The sector...
Agri-Business
Benchmarking: Even ‘bad’ figures can back up the right investment
Farmers have little to fear from benchmarking as even 'bad' results could help support investment in the right areas, according...
