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Beef
31 October 2019
The importance of colostrum intake by the calf and best practice guidelines for after care
12 February 2020
Calving difficulty causes and management techniques to overcome these issues
2 April 2019
Join AHDB Beef and Lamb and AHDB’s Siwan Howatson, for a webinar on the basic principles of making high-quality grass silage. Grass is the most important, yet often overlooked, resource for livestock production. Well-managed grassland provides the most economic feed throughout the year, either as grazing or conserved forage.
23 January 2023
Learn how to give your bull an essential MOT with this handy leaflet. Remember the 5 T's - toes, testicles, tone, treat, test
25 October 2023
Review and develop your herds breeding plan.
24 November 2023
Achieving better returns from a suckler herd depends on increasing the number of calves weaned from the cows and heifers that are mated.
2 May 2019
This practical event, run by AHDB & MLC Services Ltd, allows you to handle live animals and make your assessment of fat cover and conformation using the EUROP grid. You will then see the same animals on the hook in the chillers and the actual classification so you can compare the assessments made whilst the animals were alive.
19 January 2024
Being familiar with the three stages of calving will enable you to provide the optimum conditions for the cow to calf
31 October 2019
Feeding to optimise body condition during pregnancy and the production cycle is closely related to calving ease and the health of the cow and calf
18 March 2019
Reports of cows dying from straw impaction is highlighting the risks associated with feeding straw-based rations to suckler cows.