Livestock Business News

If precision is key to cost-effective milk production, understanding the true energy values of fats will underpin building a successful diet for healthy, fertile dairy cows, explains nutritional supplement manufacturer UFAC-UK.

New research from Michigan State University, USA, demonstrates significant improvements in cow productivity with specific fatty acid supplementation through early lactation.

A Cumbrian company is supporting the British wool industry by sourcing around 22 tonnes of Herdwick wool from Cumbrian farmers this August, to use in its best-selling chimney draught excluder.

Farmers have spoken out in defence of the dairy sector after it was announced that Dragon’s Den investor Deborah Meaden has partnered with the charity PETA, as part of a competition encouraging farmers to switch from milk production to growing crops for plant-based alternatives.

Providing an alternative to cancelled events this summer, the Livestock Innovation Day is set to bring together several industry experts to cover new developments, best practices, and a deep insight into what’s happening in the industry right now. 

A shopper in Plymouth was left bewildered when he bought a rump steak from a wholesaler, only to find the label said it was slaughtered in Kiribati, nearly 9,000 miles from the UK in the Pacific Ocean.

Vaccinating pigs for Lawsonia intracellularis can increase pig unit productivity and average daily live weight gain by 60g/pig, according to recent trials.

The first Porkwatch survey since the start of lockdown has shown a general increase in the proportion of British pork products on retailers’ shelves.

The Pasture-Fed Livestock Association has published its latest set of Certification Standards, listing what cattle and sheep producers must do to apply the ‘Pasture for Life’ marketing symbol on their produce. 

The Cowconnect app package for weighing and feeding transforms how you feed your cows, and mixes a daily ration matched to changing levels of herd performance.

Pig farmers could save up to half a day’s work each month and dramatically improve piglet welfare by combining iron and coccidiosis treatments in the early days, according to Bayer.

The Eastern Region sales will take place at Rugby on Friday 28th August 2020, and the sale at Melton Mowbray will take place on the revised date of Friday 18th September 2020. Meanwhile, NSA South West Region’s sale is continuing to make pace at Exeter and will be held on Wednesday 19th August.