UK cattle numbers totalled 9.6 million head in June 2022, an increase of 0.3% on year-earlier levels. The total breeding herd declined by 0.9% to total 3.3 million animals. The dairy herd ...

“The cattle trample the shrubs and brambles, and it stimulates the germination of the ancient seed bank,” explains Will. The aim is to grow the woodland pasture to 405ha (1,000 acres).

There has been a quiet revolution in UK pedigree cattle breeding for the past couple of decades with several breeds on the increase and one to have gradually risen, particularly for its maternal ...

The focus has been to change the breeding policy of the suckler herd, moving away from muscly cattle and to maintain a good lambing percentage from quality ewes. Stephen is the third generation of the ...

Developed through a partnership between Bord Bia, Teagasc, and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), AgNav is a free ...

Today, fourth-generation family member William McLaren, his wife Karen, and their daughter Seonaid run the business on ...

Breeding cattle outfits meet similar trade on the year at Thainstone The sale saw 181 heifers with calves average £3,129, back just £8.27 on the year for 15 more sold. By Katrina Macarthur ...

The genetic diversity of eight British cattle breeds was quantified in this study. In all, 30 microsatellites from the FAO panel of markers were used to characterise the DNA samples from nearly ...

There was plenty buzz around the sale ring at Dingwall Mart yesterday for the Luing Cattle Society’s annual spring breeding sale and the firm’s show and sale of pedigree bulls and breeding cattle.

A GOOD entry of well-bred cattle met a fast-selling trade to buyers from the Borders to the Isles at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 543 breeding cattle. The show and sale of spring-calving ...

BEIJING -- China's "Huaxi cattle" breed will make its first international appearance under a beef cattle breeding cooperation project with Laos, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said ...