Content related to the sectors: beef-lamb

2 August 2021

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for agriculture and horticulture businesses

Find out what Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is and how can it be used to improve your business.

22 July 2021

Chinese pork production to bounce back while beef supplies in South America remain tight

In the pork market, global pork production for 2021 has been increased from previous USDA forecasts to 105.1 million tonnes. This increase has been largely driven by high production in China as output rebounds after the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.

28 October 2024

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – making use of production data

Which KPIs support an effective business and how can they be used to increase productivity?

24 April 2025

How could payments to livestock farmers change from 2022?

A simple look at how combined early rollout Sustainable Farming Incentive and reduced Direct Payments (2022-24) could compare with 2020 levels.

21 July 2021

Prime cattle price rise on tighter numbers

Prime cattle prices continued to climb in the week ending 17 July, with the GB all prime average at 400.8p/kg

23 July 2021

Prices of goods rise, but not for food

ONS shows that in June price rises were at their highest level for nearly three years. So what does this mean for the food industry?

22 July 2021

AHDB to reduce costs by £7.8m including shake up of leadership team

AHDB will make £7.8m of reductions from its annual staff and overheads budget of £29m as part of plans to reduce operational costs and improve efficiency over the next two years, starting with key changes being made to the organisation’s leadership team.

20 July 2021

Outlook to 2030: Popularity of poultry continues to increase

The latest OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook to 2030 has recently been published.

18 January 2022

Lifetime growth pattern and beef eating quality

This project was established to examine the validity of the age threshold of slaughter for quality beef production from beef cattle

22 July 2021

An assessment of the impact of Farming Rules for Water

The Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) were introduced in April 2018 to fulfil obligations on diffuse pollution under the Water Framework Directive, particularly in regard to reducing phosphorus (P) losses to water from agriculture.

20 December 2024

AgriLeader Bitesize

These AgriLeader Bitesize videos can help you develop your leadership and management skills.

30 April 2024

Pilot project to verify serum IgA for breeding for worm resistance

AHDB is investigating the value of a blood test in assessing the genetic merit of animals for worm resistance.