Concerns over the cost-of-living crisis are influencing the beef market, but demand remains relatively strong. The latest AHDB deadweight steer price was 433.9p/kg, which was still 5.4 per cent higher...
Concerns over the cost-of-living crisis are influencing the beef market, but demand remains relatively strong. The latest AHDB deadweight steer price was 433.9p/kg, which was still 5.4 per cent higher...
Sheep shearer and award-winning farmer Matt Smith is in New Zealand for the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, which will take place in Masterton, New Zealand, from March 4-7 at the War Memorial Stadium. The event brings together top shearers and wool handlers from 28 countries and features machine shearing, blade shearing and wool handling.
After the lack of forage in many areas in 2025 due to the drought, this season could see increased interest in growing fodder beet on livestock farms
Maize silage is a critical part of the beef ration at Shoby Priory Agriculture in Leicestershire, where close to 1,000 cattle are finished annually