Breeding

22 August 2025

Calving difficulty causes and management techniques to overcome these issues

29 September 2025

Learn how to give your bull an essential MOT with this handy leaflet. Remember the five Ts: Toes, testicles, tone, treat, test.

25 October 2023

Review and develop your herds breeding plan.

15 October 2025

Being familiar with the three stages of calving will enable you to provide the optimum conditions for the cow to calf

22 August 2025

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

21 August 2025

Things to consider before breeding to minimise calving difficulties

22 August 2025

Welcome to the minimising calving difficulties series. The series covers all stages in the production cycle, from before breeding to cow care after calving. Scroll to see how you can achieve more successful calvings.

1 March 2019

Internationally recognised dairy farmers Lloyd and Daphne Holterman will be visiting the UK in March for a series of meetings where they will outline the ‘five non-negotiables of managing the modern dairy cow’.

4 April 2019

Buying in livestock is risky and is the most likely way of introducing a new disease onto your farm. The cost of a disease outbreak can be huge with long lasting effects. There are many potential diseases of concern as this checklist shows.

14 February 2019

The latest edition of The Bulletin is now available to download. Topics include nutrition, breeding, costings and more.

10 December 2024

You could be missing out on EBVs linked to carcase traits that you get paid for

21 January 2019

With only 23 per cent of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef & Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to improve profitability and boost competitiveness.

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