Welfare

13 October 2020

15 February 2024

John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy, joined by Dr Robert Hyde from the University of Nottingham, share their experience of improving calf health.

12 January 2021

By putting a Mastitis Control Plan in place, farmer Chris Mossman has seen cases of mastitis fall drastically in his herd at Nantybach Farm.

12 June 2026

The Feed into Beef project was a five-year AHDB-funded collaborative project to deliver improved beef cattle feeding guidelines.

3 May 2024

The Sheep Health and Welfare Group Conference 2020

1 October 2025

Learn why pigs behave in certain ways and how they respond to humans, as well as how to handle them effectively.

24 August 2020

Join AHDB for a webinar looking at how the use of technology can aid disease detection and support efficient management of young calves. A recent AHDB funded project, run by SRUC in association with Blade farming, used various types of technology to determine if they could detect disease sooner than the stockman alone.

1 May 2025

Learn about using medicines responsibly and environmental considerations.

6 August 2020

For those who are unaware of ‘slurry cooling’, this is the perfect step-by-step guide to demonstrate how slurry cooling works. This animation shows a number of proven options available to help you reduce ammonia emissions and comply with forthcoming compliance targets for environmental permitting.

20 July 2020

Join AHDB as we discuss the topic of farrowing for small-scale producers, and provide an update from the BPA on African swine fever.

10 July 2020

Strategic Dairy Farm: Mastitis expert Dr James Breen joins Hillhead of Covington's Willie Baillie for a review of their last nine months activities

30 January 2025

There are quite a few different treatments and protocols for treating lame sheep. If you haven’t already, talk to your vet about creating a plan of action to devise the most appropriate treatments tailored for your flock’s disease problems and circumstances