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30 January 2024
A tight supply and demand picture continues to support UK feed grain and protein prices
19 January 2022
The latest research, led by the University of Edinburgh, has shown that beef and sheep farmers are highly motivated to improve neonatal outcomes. However, they often attribute external factors as limiting their ability to make changes to their practice. Alongside the multifactorial nature of neonatal mortality, efforts to improve neonatal survival must be tailored to the farm’s specific circumstances.
17 December 2021
Last week US authorities removed the small ruminant rule, which was introduced more than 20 years ago banning imports of lamb from the UK and other countries where scrapie had been identified. In this article we look at what this will mean for the sheep sector.
9 December 2021
The lamb crop in New Zealand has increased slightly on the year, to 22.7 million head, according to Beef and Lamb NZ. There was a decline in the size of the breeding flock, but this was offset by a higher lambing percentage.
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2 December 2021
Christmas lamb kill is now well under way, and has brought another increase to an already buoyant price.
10 November 2022
A round up of the key lamb market headlines.
3 February 2023
A round up of the key lamb market headlines.
11 January 2022
Welsh sheep numbers increased year-on-year according to the June 2021 survey, while the pig herd shrunk. Cattle numbers remained relatively stable.
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25 November 2021
Liveweight lamb prices have continued to strengthen in the most recent week. Having fallen last week, this week prices gained back what was lost, and more.
25 November 2021
Just over three years ago China had its first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF). At the start of 2019, there was a large surge in Chinese import demand for protein as the market looked to fill the gap left by the decline in pork production.
3 July 2024
This grazing forage wall planner helps with grassland management all-year round