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According to DEFRA’s UK version of the 2016/1012 Zootech regulations every breed of livestock should have an approved breeding programme. However these are not necessarily publicly available documents. Those of you who are pedigree breeders does your breed have one and do you know where to find...

I have been asked to attend a meeting on the above subject - basically it means breeding cattle to produce less methane, as it is possibly an inherited trait. A recent published paper did not link it to any particular breed but said that there are likely to be animals in most breeds that produce...

A friend who has quite a large herd of cattle and looks after them himself, with some help from his wife, and is calving at present, has just had a heart attack and now his wife has COVID. He has a daughter but she lives some distance away. Fortunately he has several good farming friends who are...

So, as some of you will know, I have a bit of an interest in DNA testing in pedigree livestock. I wanted to ask people on here who do this a few questions which have occurred to me recently. 1 If you take samples at the request of your breed society, do you send the samples direct to a...

My daughter is a veterinary student at Edinburgh. She has just sent me this.

Just a topic for discussion - something that has been exercising my mind for a long time now. When I was a child, I learned about breeds of livestock and everyone who lived in the country knew what they looked like. They are certainly a popular topic of discussion on here still, but are "breeds"...

I have just been blown over by a gust of wind! Not hurt but that has never happened to me before! Stay safe out there!

We have up to 100 round bales of haylage surplus to requirements. Ayrshire. Any takers?

Anyone had a look at the proposed schemes. Apart from a handful of calves to apply for calf payment for, don't think we're eligible for anything else - was that the plan do you think?

Just read the Scottish CAP reform booklet which came in the post today. The section on SRDP support schemes says "Beef package - support towards genetic resilience". Anyone any idea what that means?

Is there anyone on here who grows this? We'd like to compare notes with other growers.