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UK beef has landed on US soil for the first time in 24 years

A number of farmers have threatened to quit the National Beef Association (NBA) over a controversial report which recommended redefining the age of prime cattle to improve the industry’s carbon footprint.

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.

With reports of rising lungworm infections in cattle in recent weeks, vet Emily Francis offers some advice on protecting your herd and profits.

The supermarket giant has been purchased by the billionaire Issa brothers, from Blackburn, in a £6.8bn deal

Using data to monitor temperature and humidity in calf housing can help prevent disease.Ìý

The RABDFhas warned a number of the UK’s largest dairy farms are set to go bust over the coming years after the Migration Advisory Committee rejected its calls to add dairy workers to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).

The National Beef Association have proposed redefining Prime cattle as those slaughtered between 10 and 28 months of age in a bid to improve the beef industry’s carbon footprint

The NFU has said it ‘does not recognise’ claims made by activists who declared they have hacked a badger cull website and changed sensitive records.

As farmers seek to meet new targets around ammonia emissions, slurry acidification could offer one option for doing so. An ongoing study is looking into whether there are any wider impacts on soil and crop quality. Hannah Par