Dairy & Beef News

RSPCA Assured has updated its welfare standards for dairy cattle, which are set to give cattle more space, additional pasture access, and better welfare at every stage of life.  

Cattle farmers are being urged to consider lungworm vaccination before turnout as both cases and signs of resistance to commonly used wormers continue to rise.

Livestock environment specialist Galebreaker and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have released insights from their two-year research project, CEVEC (Cost Effective Ventilated Environment for Calves). 

Further milk farmgate price cuts have been announced, with milk processors explaining the reductions as a response to expanding milk supplies.

After an atrocious year for making forage, with drought causing a lack of available grazing as well as poorer quality and quantity of silage, experts came together at the recent Forage Forum to offer advice on maximising your available forage.

Early bird tickets are now on sale for Dairy Tech 2026. The event, which takes place in February 2026, will bring together dairy farmers and industry experts. 

Suckler producers are being urged to review their cow supplementation programmes after widespread trace element deficiencies have been identified in suckled calves.

Milk processors Arla and Müller have announced cuts to farmgate milk prices, explaining the reductions as a response to expanding milk supplies.

A young farming couple who lost nearly a quarter of their suckled calf crop to cryptosporidiosis in 2023 have taken a belt-and-braces approach to ensure such devastating losses never happen again.

Zoetis UK is calling on cattle farmers to complete a short online survey on clostridial disease in growing beef cattle to help understand their thoughts on the potentially fatal disease and the measures available to help prevent infection, including vaccination. 

Armin Pearn, head of data science at Dairy Data Warehouse, explains how big data and AI are transforming the dairy industry, what you need to know about using it, and what the future may hold.

Arla Foods has confirmed that its UK projects on methane-reducing feed additives have been completed, and the findings are now under review.