The GB Cattle and UK Sheep Health and Welfare Groups (CHAWG and SHAWG) have launched their final biennial industry reports, highlighting areas of focus to drive forward improvements in the health and welfare of cattle and sheep. The reports, which signify 10…

A webinar entitled “Productivity: the silver bullet to zero carbon” will take place on Monday 14th December at 8pm. Following on from the success of the European Innovation Initiative (EIT) Food ‘Focus on Farmers’ Virtual Farm Walk series held over the late…

PhD student Francesca Johansen has recently commenced a new project co-funded by the independent research body, AgriSearch. The project is a collaboration between AFBI, Queen’s University Belfast and AgriSearch and aims to understand dairy cow behaviour to…

While this week marks European Antibiotic Awareness Day [18 November] and the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week [18 – 24 November], a research initiative in Northern Ireland entitled ‘STrategic AntiMicrobial use in Dairy, Beef and Lamb Production’…

The newly formed UK wide group Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W) has launched a survey to identify disease priorities across the ruminant sectors and inform efforts to tackle health challenges eroding performance and welfare on farms. RH&W has been formed from…

Working together for world-leading health and welfare is the focus of the fifth Sheep Health and Welfare Group (SHAWG) conference next month. The conference, taking place on Tuesday 24 November, will be online for the first time due to Covid restrictions and…

SCOPS is launching a campaign today to remind sheep farmers, contractors and prescribers that an Organophosphate (OP) can only be used as a plunge dip. “As we go into autumn and winter the number of cases of sheep scab will increase. We must make sure that…

AgriSearch have published a booklet summarising the results of six studies on the use of home-grown proteins in dairy cow diets. The studies were carried out by AFBI and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and…

The eighth and final GrassCheck podcast of the 2020 grazing season focuses on how farmers can prepare their grazing platform for spring turnout. Jason Rankin from AgriSearch was joined by Dr Kat Huson (AFBI), Conail Keown (CAFRE) and GrassCheck dairy farmer…

The successful EIT 'Focus on Farmers' Virtual Farm Walk and Discussion Series came to a conclusion on Monday 19th October with the sixth and final event focusing on the eating quality of beef and approaches to measuring quality. Regular farmer ambassador…

“Lost on the journey – does eating quality of beef matter?” is the title of a virtual farm walk taking place on Monday 19th October at 8pm. This is the sixth online event in the successful series hosted by AgriSearch for the European Innovation Initiative…

The theme for the fifth episode of the EIT 'Focus on Farmers' Virtual Farm Walk and Discussion Series was “Adapting to a changing world, a focus on sustainable parasite control and the evolution of animal welfare concepts”. Professors Eric Morgan and Gareth…