Content related to the topic: livestock

28 August 2024

Renovating and maintaining a cow track

We outline the tell-tale signs that may indicate problems with your track and suggest how to maintain it to ensure it continues to aid cow flow and comfort.

28 August 2024

Designing and building a cow track

To give your new cow track the best chance of success, there are a few things to keep in mind when designing and building it. Work through our checklist of considerations to make sure you’re constructing an effective and long-lasting track.

8 May 2026

Materials for cow tracks

When it comes to choosing materials for building your cow track, you have a number of options. Find out what to consider when deciding on the best material to use for your track and herd.

28 August 2024

Positioning a cow track

When deciding on a route for your new cow track there are a number of things to keep in mind. Work through our checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything.

28 August 2024

Cow behaviour on a cow track

Installing a cow track that works for your herd means taking into account the way cows behave when they’re moving around in groups. Find out how to ensure your track keeps your cows moving happily.

25 February 2026

Animal Health and Welfare Pathway payment increases

The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway is a long-term, project partnership, co-designed by government and industry, across cattle, sheep, pig and poultry sectors to support continual improvement in health and welfare.

25 March 2022

The National Maternal Breeding Evaluation

Ewe breeding flocks have been involved in weight recording programmes for over 50 years. The reasons breeders were interested in flock recording back then are the same today. Breeders need an unbiased way to find those rams and ewes in the flock with the best genetic potential.

7 March 2022

UK pig industry welfare training platform: group training guide

The pig welfare training is hosted on an online training platform, which has been designed for individual users to log in and complete. If you would like to run group training with your team, we recommend using the guidance in this document.

20 March 2025

Watery mouth in lambs

Watery mouth is an infectious bacterial disease that can kill newborn lambs usually within the first 3 days of life. Lambs pick up infection from the environment and the bacteria multiply very rapidly in the gut. Affected lambs die within hours.

4 February 2022

Majority of consumers think farmers care about the planet and have a positive impact on the environment

New research shows consumers think UK farmers care the most about the planet

13 November 2025

COP 26: The Race to Zero can be joined at any stage

Dr Jonathan Foot outlines how to join the race to Net Zero

4 January 2022

Fertility improvements for impact

Strategic dairy farm host, Andrew Gilman, is improving his herd's fertility by using different data metrics to pinpoint the area where changes could have the most impact.