Content related to the topic: breeding

28 September 2021

Bungee serving technique for pigs

Find out about the benefits of the bungee serving technique for pigs and how it can increase efficiency in your unit.

5 July 2021

Small-scale producers meeting: Feeding for efficiency

Our feeding for efficiency webinar is ideal for anyone looking to improve their technical knowledge on feeding traditional small-scale pig breeds.

30 June 2021

Sexed semen sales double

Sales of sexed dairy semen have doubled over the last two years according to our recent survey.

22 June 2021

Using performance recording in crossbred ram breeding

Ram breeding provides the genetics to increase the productivity of your customer’s flock. Performance recording means you can select and market the sheep with the most profitable genetics. Recording crossbred rams uses the same process as a pedigree flock, but you should consider hybrid vigour, ram and progeny uniformity and comparison of sheep.

17 February 2025

Which pig herd management software should I use?

Learn about some of the best suppliers of pig herd management software and understand how you can benefit from managing your pig herd more efficiently and effectively.

6 February 2023

Pregnancy rates drive profitability

How Jim Kirk has lifted pregnancy rate across his year round calving herd from 20% to an impressive 25%.

25 May 2021

RamCompare five year results

As the second phase of RamCompare comes to a close, we reflect on the culmination of data collection and research over the past five years to identify what we can learn from the results.

20 May 2021

RamCompare five-year results identifies traits from performance recorded rams to drive flock productivity

The fifth-year results from the RamCompare project reveal how rams with key breeding traits can drive productivity and optimise flock profitability.

11 May 2021

Reaching your herd’s full potential

How strategic dairy farmer David Cotton achieves an impressive herd replacement rate of 19%

10 June 2026

Meet the Challenge Sheep farmers

Meet the Challenge Sheep farmers.

4 April 2025

Maternal Matters

Find out about breeding, calving and managing heifers

19 April 2021

Strategic Farm: Be bold, be brave and ask 'does my business work for me?

Our 2017 Strategic Farmer, Johnny Haimes, from Devon, joins Leah Shanks for an open and honest discussion on why he made the decision to disperse his suckler herd and begin rearing and finishing dairy-bred calves extensively.