The Ruminant Health & Welfare group is an independent, industry-based body tasked with helping farmers and stock managers to tackle sheep and cattle disease and build the health and welfare status, ...

John and Anna Booth from Rhual Dairy, joined by Dr Robert Hyde from the University of Nottingham, share their experience of improving calf health. John and Anna have been involved in a trial run by ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) closed at a new contract low of £170.85/t yesterday, falling £2.05/t from Friday’s close. The Nov-25 contract lost £1.65/t over the same period, to close at £190.25/t.

In 2023/24, Defra reported lower average Farm Business Incomes* for all farm types, except for specialist pig farms and specialist poultry farms. This followed a higher average income year in 2022/23.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has recommended reducing meat and dairy consumption to meet the UK’s net zero goals, focusing on freeing up land used for livestock farming. While this shift aims to ...

This morning (24 March), the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire. Farms where mammals and poultry are both present should ...

On 26 February 2025, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published the seventh carbon budget. Here we explain who the CCC is, why it exists, the purpose of the carbon budget and AHDB’s involvement. We ...

The Planting and Variety Survey provides the UK cropped area estimates for the upcoming harvest. This is a survey of cereal and oilseed rape growers who are asked to submit information on crop and ...

The NJMP aims to manage and reduce the incidence of Johne’s disease on dairy farms in England, Wales and Scotland through the implementation of one of the six control strategies, which are monitored ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) closed at £173.25/t yesterday, down £1.95/t from Wednesday’s close. New crop futures (Nov-25) closed at £192.05/t, down £2.80/t over the same period. Domestic wheat ...