Content related to the topic: livestock

11 May 2022

How to choose the right KPIs for your sheep enterprise

Join us to learn about the key findings from a recent AHDB-funded PhD that investigated which key performance indicators can have the biggest impact on sheep farms.

11 May 2022

Using EID to drive farm performance

Matt Blyth and Challenge Sheep project farmer, Ian Wilson, looking at how the use of electronic identification (EID) can aid decision making on farm to improve performance.

11 May 2022

Latest research on ewe longevity and Challenge Sheep project data

Promoting ewe longevity has been a key focus for AHDB’s Challenge Sheep project, which aims to further understand influences on ewe lifetime performance and best practice for managing replacement ewes.

10 May 2022

Top breeding boosts profit and productivity in commercial lambs

RamCompare’s year six results demonstrate how rams with key breeding traits can optimise flock profitability.

18 April 2022

Tools help farmers to keep improving pig health and welfare

Read about some of the ways we're helping farmers to keep improving pig health and welfare

13 April 2022

Why on earth should net zero matter?

We spoke to AHDB's Head of Dairy Development, Nic Parsons about how the Dairy Roadmap is helping farmers and industry strive for Net Zero

7 April 2022

Survey launched to understand impact of the rise in Schmallenberg virus on 2022 lambing season

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.

3 February 2025

Horizon blog: Talks commence on UK-Canada free trade deal

The UK and Canada have launched negotiations on a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Ottawa

23 March 2022

Genetic indexes changes reflect economic outlook and farmer feedback

In April £PLI, £SCI and £ACI will be updated to reflect increases in input costs and the price of milk.

15 March 2022

Blog: Getting hands-on with loose lactation systems

Kerri is now halfway through her time with AHDB, find out what she's been getting up to over the last few weeks

15 March 2022

Genomic testing proves its worth

Strong link between increased genomic testing and faster genetic gains in dairy herds