Agri-Business
Scots industry urged to back 'Meat with Integrity' campaign
A new campaign is enlisting the help of farmers, crofters and others working in the industry to raise awareness of...
Beef
Beef
Welsh on-farm meetings to focus on beef production from grass
A series of on-farm meeting across Wales will focus on producing beef from grass in the most “efficient and sustainable...
Beef
Scottish Limousin breeder to be investigated by Trading Standards
The Scottish cattle breeder behind the Jaegerbomb saga is now understood to be the focus of a multi-agency investigation led...
Beef
Beef and Lamb prices must strengthen warns UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has told beef processors they must pay more for cattle to stem mounting losses on...
Beef
Beef and lamb prices must strengthen warns UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has told beef processors they must pay more for cattle to stem mounting losses on...
Beef
62 Ballinloan cattle to be stripped of passports - progeny could lose pedigree status
Animals bred from several notable Limousin cattle could see their pedigree status scrapped as the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) cracks...
Beef
Jaegerbomb hangover rumbles on one year after parentage doubts
The saga of stud bull Ballinloan Jaegerbomb, whose parentage came under doubt a year ago, has resurfaced amid warnings progeny...
Agri-Business
Survey reveals Scots are being misled about red meat
Almost two-thirds (64%) of Scots are concerned about the impact of veganism on Scotland’s farming industry, according to the results...
Beef
Are beef contracts the way forward?
Production contracts must be looked at as a way of allowing beef finishers to make a trading margin from their...
Beef
Brexit ‘no-deal' will have a 'withering impact' on the UK’s livestock sectors
Stakeholder groups within Northern Ireland’s beef and lamb sectors have issued a withering perspective on the threat of a ‘no-deal’...
Beef
LMC says the marketing of beef has a 'strong international dimension'
Industry development manager with the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), Colin Smith has recently returned from Canada, where he attended...
Beef
Ian Stevenson appointed to board of ERBS
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive Ian Stevenson has been appointed to the 9-strong interim board of governors of...
Beef
Scottish suckler beef scheme payments 'ahead of schedule'
Payments for beef farmers under the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) will be a month ahead of schedule, according...
Beef
Popularity of Aberdeen Angus beef set to grow
It is 20 years since the first of the UK’s Aberdeen Angus premium schemes was introduced. And according to Alan...
Agri-Business
Brazilian producers race to ramp up traceability and sustainability as Brexit nears
Growers and producers in Brazil have already begun extensive work to ramp up their standards in a bid to crack...
Beef
Farmers urged to test for liver fluke, despite lower levels
Farmers are being urged to test for adult liver fluke this spring, despite the unusually low levels of the parasite...
Beef
'Grazed grass isn’t that environmentally friendly'
Grazed grass and other forage-based diets are more likely to lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas production, according to...
Beef
Call made for suckler subsidies to be scrapped
Official figures confirm that up to 80% of the income generated by suckler beef farmers in the UK is accounted...
