Content related to the topic: nutrition

24 April 2026

Improving the lifetime performance of ewes

Challenge Sheep is a research project to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes and understand the impact of the rearing phase on a ewe’s lifetime performance.

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Challenge Sheep farmer Rob Hawke

First generation farmers Rob and Anna Hawke joined the AHDB Beef & Lamb-funded project, Challenge Sheep, when it began in 2017.

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Strategic Farmer Adrian Coombe

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

28 March 2025

Liver fluke survival in silage project

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

6 August 2025

Feeding dairy cows

Optimising nutrition in dairy cow diets.

16 April 2020

Beef feed efficiency research project delivers cost saving for farmers and the environment

Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers

5 May 2020

Effect of lucerne inclusion level and chop length on performance of dairy cows

Latest research on the effect of chop length when lucerne is fed alongside maize silage in dairy cow diets

20 October 2023

Lucerne as a replacement for grass silage in the diet of the dairy cow

Latest research on the effect of including lucerne silage alongside either grass or maize silage in dairy cow diets

20 March 2024

Water quantity and quality

Guidance on providing the correct quality and quantity of water to pigs

6 May 2026

Challenge Sheep

A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.

10 October 2025

Grazing lucerne

With careful management, lucerne provides a nutritious and highly digestible crop for grazing livestock.

5 May 2020

Feeding lucerne silage

Explore the performance of lambs, dairy cows and ewes when fed lucerne silage.