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Systems
10 October 2025
Grazed grass is the highest quality feed on farm in spring. Read this section for guidance on how to achieve optimum utilisation.
10 October 2025
To introduce a new grazing system in the spring, planning must begin during the previous autumn.
10 October 2025
A successful grazing system depends on allocating good-quality grass to meet the animals' requirements.
10 October 2025
Measuring grass is a crucial part of rotational grazing systems. We explore the various methods you can use.
20 November 2025
In this section of the rotational grazing system series for beef production, we look at setting up water supplies, and the benefits of tracks to reduce poaching.
10 October 2025
Infrastructure is key to setting up a simple paddock system. If you spend time initially in setting up the infrastructure, the movement of cattle and the creation of paddocks will be a lot simpler in the long term.
21 April 2020
This series of web pages can help producers develop a grazing plan for efficient grass-based beef production.
7 March 2025
Do you know how your animals are performing and your costs of production? Collecting records and then analysing them is the best way to understand how your business is performing.
30 April 2019
Farmer William Baillie shares his experience of the dairy strategic farm programme
30 April 2019
AHDB is now recruiting an additional person to work with Scottish dairy farmers, after the Scottish Dairy Hub officially moved to NFUS in February.
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.