In the week ending 24 May, the all prime average cattle price fell for the 3 rd consecutive week to stand at 677 p/kg, down 10 pence on the week. Nevertheless, this price is still up 196 pence on the ...

Calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your livestock against bluetongue virus and how much it could save you using our interactive calculators. Bluetongue is a notifiable animal disease. If you ...

The out of home market remains an important area for red meat accounting for between 6 and 13% of beef, lamb and pork volumes, according to AHDB volume estimates. In addition to this, popular trends ...

Ensuring optimum soil conditions can improve productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Optimising fertiliser usage and adjusting what you’re growing can help reduce emissions. While you can’t ...

AHDB’s Recommended Lists, which gives levy payers the opportunity to compare varieties on an independent, consistent and fair basis, was ranked as the most important work that we fund. To test which ...

We have launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2025/26. The latest edition of the variety guidance for farmers includes several eye-catching additions that ...

Sign up to receive the Weekly Market Report and Grain Market Daily from AHDB. Earlier today, Defra released the final estimates for 2024 UK cereal and oilseed ...

The UK pig industry has achieved a remarkable milestone by surpassing the 30% reduction target in total antibiotic use set by the RUMA Targets Task Force (TTF) between 2020 and 2024. This achievement ...

The total number of GB calf registrations in the first half of 2023 stood at 1.53 million head, a 2.1% reduction compared to the same period the previous year. You can subscribe to receive Beef and ...

The research examined how farming costs have changed in line with inflation between December 2019 and May 2024, taking into account a ‘basket of goods’ based on typical costs incurred by farms. Straw ...

In the fourth quarter of 2024, calf registrations to dairy dams in GB totalled 314,000 head according to the latest BCMS data. This is a decline of 46,000 (12.7%) head compared to the same period in ...

54% for pig farming, with feed prices the main driver 44% for dairy farms, with feed prices making a considerable contribution 43% for cereals and mixed farms, with fertiliser and machinery related ...