Understanding how animals react and what stimulates them helps producers improve handling facilities, making cattle handling safer and more efficient. This manual aims to improve producers' ...

The second generation is likely to be present when the accumulated daily air temperatures, above a baseline temperature of 3ºC, reaches T-Sum 170. T-Sum calculations should start either: On the day of ...

The InCalf guide for GB farmers with block-calving herds pulls together the accepted knowledge on dairy herd fertility management, drawing on AHDB’s extensive amounts of research and resources, as ...

GB milk production is forecast to decline moderately in 2024 in the region of -1.1% as a result of contracting margins and lower prices. Despite recent signs of lower inflation in agricultural input ...

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) or pneumonia is the most common reason for death and poor performance in young cattle and costs the UK cattle industry an estimated £50 million a year. This booklet ...

Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat in the UK. The pathogen reduces green leaf area for photosynthesis. It causes significant yield loss every year. It ...

Mastitis causes a cow’s udder tissue to become inflamed and painful. Reducing its occurrence helps produce more high-quality milk and increases your herd’s saleable milk yield. Mastitis treatment and ...

To aid weed identification, our guidance features photographs of each weed at four growth stages – capturing the most striking features. It also provides details of the weeds’ life cycle and its ...

Forecasting outputs and costs helps to show future stability of your business and budget for future investments. The first thing to consider as part of the financials of your business plan is how much ...

From grain store preparation to final dispatch, this best practice guidance will help you to minimise loss of premiums, through claims and rejections. Critically, it covers how to identify and manage ...

This should be achievable however standards are often allowed to slip and bad habits creep in. Use this information to make sure your C&D efforts keep infectious diseases at bay. A C&D plan should ...

Multiple herbicide resistance now occurs on virtually all farms where herbicides are used against black-grass Control has relied increasingly on weather-dependent pre-emergence herbicides Additionally ...