Content related to the sectors: beef-lamb

26 January 2026

Great news for GREATsoils: AHDB issues Soil Health Scorecard guidance

Soil health has been broken down into measurable parts to help farmers optimise crop and grassland productivity.

18 April 2023

EU beef and sheep meat production set for declines in 2023

In the European Commission’s short-term Spring outlook, EU beef and sheep meat production are forecast to see year-on-year (YOY) declines in 2023, at 1.6% and 1.2% respectively, driven by lower slaughter.

25 April 2023

Continental EU lamb prices remain supported

With key lamb producing regions seeing flock declines, EU production is forecast to decline by 1.2% year-on-year (YOY) in 2023, potentially supporting prices on the continent.

11 October 2022

Ultrasound scanning guidance by Signet

This manual provides new guidelines for ultrasound scanning of sheep for muscle and fat depth. Ultrasound scanning provides measures for body composition in sheep breeding programmes, designed to enhance carcase yield and conformation, while optimising fatness.

11 October 2022

Terminal Sire Breeding Evaluation manual

In the 25 years since the introduction of across-flock evaluations, more than 3 million terminal sire sheep records have been analysed by Signet Breeding Services. This analysis has been carried out by using a dataset of over 650,000 ultrasound scans for muscle and fat depth, and over 10,000 images from computed tomography (CT). The UK breeds sheep with world-leading terminal sire genetics and has some of the best tools for measuring and analysing sheep in the world.

10 October 2022

AHDB to host largest showcase at SIAL Paris 2022

SIAL Paris returns on Saturday, following two years of lockdowns and international travel restrictions, bringing over 310,000 visitors from more than 200 countries together under the one roof.