Health

3 September 2021

Learn how to use vaccines safely and effectively

3 September 2021

Successful heifer development is underpinned by nutrition. Feed alone accounts for over 75% of variable costs on most beef farms.

3 September 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a useful way to monitor fertility within your suckler herd.

3 September 2021

Find out all the key points on managing heifers from vaccines and nutrition to overall welfare.

3 September 2021

Read about the importance of EBVs and Indexes to meet your end market needs and goals for your herd.

28 September 2021

Join AHDB and Jennifer Duncan, Senior Lecturer in Livestock Health and Welfare at the University of Liverpool, for a webinar on the recent advances in our understanding of CODD and advice on treatment and prevention strategies for the disease.

29 September 2021

Iceberg diseases can account for considerable loss in sheep enterprises, so management and prevention is key to increasing ewe longevity

16 August 2021

The Sheep Breed Survey is so much more than a survey of sheep breeds. Successive surveys record what happened in the past, but they also explain how lamb production will change in the future.

1 September 2021

The Sheep Breed Survey is so much more than a survey of sheep breeds. Successive surveys record what happened in the past, but they also explain how lamb production will change in the future. Changing breeding policies in both the lowland and hill sectors are identified, indicating how the productivity and efficiency of the national flock will change – along with its carbon footprint. Breed Survey data informs the debate for those seeking to market meat based on system/breed/region, aiding the marketing of lighter carcases and guiding the development of new meat products.

23 September 2021

Maternal matters is a new AHDB initiative putting a spotlight on the importance of maternal performance in driving profitability in the suckler herd.

14 September 2021

This on-farm event will give sheep farmers the opportunity to hear about some of the changes Ian has implemented on his farm based on outcomes from the Challenge Sheep data.

15 June 2022

Here are some practical steps you can take to minimise heat stress in outdoor pigs

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