Dairy & Beef News

Experts shared their advice for optimising calf health through vaccination and housing space during a recent Teagasc webinar.

Dairy-Tech 2025, an event aimed at all dairy farmers, with a focus on new products and innovations in the industry and technical learning, has gathered about 300 exhibitors and thousands of visitors.

An ambitious plan to stamp out cases of lameness on British dairy farms over the next 20 years has been published.

British milk production is forecast to grow by over 1% in 2025, according to the latest report from the AHDB. 

SCOPS and COWS have offered advice on using the very limited number of products available for treating liver fluke.

Beef and dairy farmers are being encouraged to develop calf hygiene protocols as part of efforts to prevent scours in their youngstock.

British dairy farmers have significantly reduced the number of pure-bred dairy bull calves being born on their farms, according to a report outlining the progress of the GB Dairy Calf Strategy.

Farmers reported fear, depression, sleepless nights and persistent anger, as well as a deep sense of loss of control.

A focus on fat and placing merit on cows who gain condition while suckling a calf could be the key to a sustainable and profitable beef system, said the industry experts Shetland beef farmer Jamie Leslie and Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society CEO Robert Gilchrist at the British Cattle Breeders Conference in Telford. 

Experts are worried that the inclusion of rumen fluke egg counts on lab reports could result in knee jerk reactions, or distract from liver fluke.

The UK’s chief veterinary officer has just announced that the UK is now in the seasonally vector low period for bluetongue virus. 

According to a large UK study, an equivalent to a glass of milk a day can help reduce their risk of bowel cancer.