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Livestock
22 May 2020
A visual and manual demonstration of body condition scoring of sows from an outdoor breeding herd
5 October 2020
How to body condition score (BCS) sows to ensure the health, welfare, productivity and longevity of your breeding pig herd.
20 May 2020
Our ambitions for exporting UK beef to the US took a positive step forward yet the effects of the pandemic has led to the temporary closure of at least 30 pork meatpacking plants in the US.
27 October 2022
With pressure mounting for many this year due to the rising input costs and difficult silage season, farmers are having to investigate different wintering strategies.
20 October 2022
Over the past year, the agricultural industry has faced several challenges. The rising cost of fertiliser and the limited supply over the growing season caused concern across the livestock industry. Despite these rising costs, well-managed grass remained the lowest-cost feed available for ruminant livestock. However, a wide variety of factors influence grass growth including soil pH, availability of other nutrients, soil water, soil structure, solar radiation, and the age/productivity of the sward. The inflated cost of manufactured nitrogen fertiliser makes it even more important to minimise the impact of other potentially limiting factors.
2 August 2022
Two decades ago, our lamb exports to the US ceased – locking UK producers out of a valuable market, home to over 300 million people. Since that time, it has been a long-held ambition of AHDB to reopen the market and provide another lucrative destination for our sheep meat exports
8 June 2021
The impact of new mastitis infections in heifers can be measured by looking at the SCC at the first milk recording in lactation.
23 July 2020
Contagious mastitis patterns are characterised by the spread of infection between cows.
15 September 2022
Identifying the pattern of mastitis on your farm allows control measures to be focused on where they will be most effective.
12 March 2024
From analysis of data comes understanding and from understanding comes effective action.
19 June 2025
Find out how monitoring somatic cell counts (SCCs) can help us to identify mastitis.