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.

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.

29 February 2024

Rapid Evidence Assessment – Castration in Lambs

2 July 2025

Liver fluke control in grazing livestock

Liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) can have a devastating effect on the health and welfare of grazing livestock. Historically, control has relied heavily on the routine blanket use of flukicide treatments. This manual outlines good practice and sustainable control of liver fluke to protect livestock.

7 January 2025

Help us tell farming's story

Show consumers how you're making farming more sustainable and protecting the environment

27 May 2025

Inspiring a nation to dine at home with British beef and lamb

Discover how we use social media to connect with consumers.

2 January 2024

Consumer Insights: Reinventing online shopping for red meat

Online shopping is growing and red meat sales increased 57% on year. However, there are barriers to shopping for red meat online and it doesn't achieve its fair share of the market.

2 October 2026

Modelling the impact of a UK-New Zealand trade deal: An overview

In collaboration with Harper Adams University, AHDB have undertaken a quantitative impact assessment of how a trade deal between the UK and New Zealand could impact different agricultural sectors.

2 October 2026

New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreements

We delve into some of the trade deals New Zealand already has in place as well and compare/contrast these with the UK-New Zealand FTA.

2 October 2026

New Zealand farming production systems – Pigs

We look at how pig farming in New Zealand compares with that in the UK.

2 October 2026

New Zealand farming production systems – Dairy

We look at how dairy farming in New Zealand compares with that in the UK.