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Beef
10 February 2020
A technical and business assessment for beef and sheep farmers to fill in, to help understand strengths and weaknesses and compare technical and business performance with similar farms in England.
5 June 2019
Join the next AHDB Beef Strategic Farm meeting, hosted by David Barton at Manor Farm near Cirencester. Over the past two years of the Strategic Farm Programme, David has made a number of changes which have helped him move towards a beef from forage system and improve the profitability of his business.
20 June 2019
Joe Howard will be finishing 260 cattle this summer for the Dovecote Park supply chain. The finishers are a mix of suckler bred Aberdeen Angus and beef crosses from the business’s dairy farm. Historically, Joe has finished his cattle on a 100% forage based diet, however this year, he has implemented a small trial with 30 animals being fed ad lib barley once they had reached 550kg. Joe runs a rotational grazing system and outwinters stock on forage crops.
12 August 2024
Our experts look at how the beef market is expected to perform, using the latest available data
24 July 2024
Our experts look at how the beef market is expected to perform, using the latest available data
29 April 2019
This manual looks at how housing can contribute to a calf's future health, growth and performance.
30 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.
29 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.
9 May 2019
Feed is a major cost of keeping a suckler cow and has a huge impact on fertility, calving ease and calf performance. The cheapest form of feed available to livestock farmers is grass. It is estimated that we waste 30% of the grass we grow. Since becoming a Strategic farm, E.H Holdstock & Son have introduced new grassland leys through reseeding and are keen to explore rotational grazing in 2019.
23 May 2019
The National Beef Association’s 2019 Beef Expo will be held on Thursday 23rd May at North West Auctions, Kendal. Bringing together the very best in British commercial and pedigree cattle, equipment, knowledge-sharing, and show classes for everyone involved in the industry.
11 April 2019
Antibiotics are a medicine that in most cases should only be used to treat bacterial infections. Over-prescribing and the unnecessary use of antibiotics can increase the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Livestock producers have a responsibility to protect human and animal health by using antibiotics responsibly in order to minimise the risk of antibiotic resistance (AMR).
11 April 2019
Meat processor Trevor Bellis and Cumbrian farmer Colin Bateman are the newest board members for AHDB Beef & Lamb