When the weather is good in the UK or Ireland, many farmers are tempted to make some hay. However even under ideal conditions, hay will have a much lower nutritional value than haylage or silage and ...

Quality well-bred fully broken dogs, notably those with impeccable Welsh bloodlines, were again keenly sought at CCM Skipton Auction Mart’s latest sale of working sheep dogs, staged live on the trials ...

Nidderdale husband and wife, Rob and Sarah Marshall, Dacre, not only stood worthy champions, but also set a new record high venue price of £860 for a rearing calf at CCM Skipton’s Spring show and sale ...

The University's Agriculture Department was founded in 1895 and has developed an international reputation for teaching and research. College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise The College of ...

The Parthenais breed is proving itself in Britain, providing high quality beef from commercial stickler herds, as well as when used on Holstein/friesians, from which the heifers are particularly ...

The ancestors of the Pinzgauer cattle were introduced to their primary breeding area in the Hohe Tauern mountain range located in today's federal state of Salzburg by the Celts around 800 BC.

First introduced to NZ in 1969, their role in cross breeding for beef herd improvement is now firmly established with 56 studs nation-wide supplying bulls for this purpose. North American South Devon ...

The history of Afrikaner cattle in South Africa is an interesting one and is closely associated with the history of the country’s people. These typical Box indicus animals, the most important of our ...

Ile de France are found in more than 30 countries around the world. The breed is renowned for its excellent performance under semi-intensive, intensive and extensive conditions.

International organisation composed of national Jersey organisations, individuals and other organisations working co-operatively to improve the profitability of the Jersey cow.

The Coopworth breed had its origins in the 1950's and 1960's in the crossing of the Romney ewe with the Border Leicester ram to produce the F1 Border- Romney and the subsequent inter-breeding of them ...

This year the Salers celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the promotion of the breed in Ireland with a present membership of over 100 breeders. Salers are better known and understood as a Suckler cow ...