Content related to the sectors: beef-lamb

10 August 2021

Consumers reminded of the dietary role of red meat

Work highlighting the role of red meat in a healthy balanced diet has received significant coverage in a number of national daily national newspapers including The Sun, The Mirror and The Guardian.

11 January 2022

First half calf registrations higher, but fewer for beef production

Despite overall calf registrations rising slightly so far in 2021, those available for beef production showed a modest decline.

6 January 2022

Benchmarking cattle medicine use at farm level

Quantifying, benchmarking and rationalising farm medicine use in the beef industry – Novel best practices in communicating with food system stakeholders

18 January 2022

Use of CT-based predictors of meat quality in sheep breeding programmes (PhD)

Use of CT-based predictors of meat quality in sheep breeding programmes

14 January 2022

Role of Fusobacterium necrophorum in sheep and the environment in the severity and persistence of footrot (PhD)

Ovine footrot is an infectious cause of lameness in sheep that has significant economic impact for the UK sheep farming industry

9 August 2021

The National Hill Sheep Breed Evaluation

Hill flocks in the UK have been involved in weight recording programmes for over 50 years. The reason for flock recording is to provide breeders with an unbiased way to find those rams and ewes in the flock with the best genetic potential. This booklet explains how hill sheep producers can get involved with performance recording services and take their flock forward.

7 October 2025

How to assess clover content in pastures

Use the clover content assessment stick to help you estimate the clover content in your pastures and assess nitrogen (N) supply.

12 August 2021

Are all of your paddocks performing?

This article looks at how you manage your grassland

12 August 2021

Managing herbal leys as another crop

This article is about managing herbal leys

6 August 2021

EU cattle prices hold strong

Prices have been strengthening in several EU markets in recent weeks

5 August 2021

Intensive pastoral production systems for beef - impact and value (PhD)

Reducing uncertainty in life cycle assessment of livestock production systems

14 January 2022

Development of improved diagnostics for the detection of Neospora caninum infected carrier cattle (PhD)

Neospora caninum is a microscopic protozoan parasite which causes abortion in cattle determining significant economic losses, production inefficiency and animal welfare concern