nutrition

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) leaders are attending COP28 to discuss how sustainable beef production can contribute to mitigating climate change. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the main decision-making body of the United Nations...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Over 150 GCSE students have gained on-farm experience of the agricultural industry as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) ‘Farming Food for You’ event. The students attended the new conference, which is aimed at...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Ulster University student Amy List has been named as the recipient of this year’s Dairy Council for Northern Ireland (DCNI) Sports Nutrition Award. The award rewards the student who achieves the highest mark in their master of sciences (MSc) in...

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland What started with a field of 80 years of conventional maize in France has turned into a support network for farmers across the UK to embrace farming with nature, not against it. When Andy Cato, co-founder of Wildfarmed, sold his music rights to buy a...

A very good argument. https://www.globalfoodjustice.org/nutrition/meatlessmondaymyths?inf_contact_key=5847e888652eb560459b2e0a3e575df4

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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Three postgraduate agricultural students from across the UK have been selected to receive Centenary Awards from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual Charitable Trust. The award was launched by the rural insurer to celebrate its 100th...

Hello, We are looking for the best prices for Sheep and Cattle feeds in the Midlands. Thank you Tony

I have a friend who is looking for a herd management role. Knowledgeable and friendly, hardworking type of person. Currently employed by an extremely well know person as a 2ic but has managed successfully in the past on farm. Current farm owner does not want him to leave at all, I can see why...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UFAC-UK has warned farmers to be aware of, and mitigate mycotoxin risk to avoid performance shortfalls in their dairy herds. The animal nutrition specialist said that production drops, compromised performance and negative impact on fertility are...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development (AHDB) has said prevention is better than the cure when it comes to calf pneumonia. The board will host webinar Calf Pneumonia: Antimicrobials and NSAIDs on Tuesday, November 21, from 7:00p.m until...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Rumenco has said farmers should consider giving upland ewes on marginal grazing a mid-pregnancy protein supplement. The livestock feed supplier said before leaving upland ewes to be left fully reliant on grazing until lambing, farmers should...

We are looking for two area managers to join our Crop Nutrition Services retail team to service the needs of direct to farm customers in Central England and East Anglia. A high level of customer service is required to manage an existing customer base along with a desire to grow by providing...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland There are no plans to establish an all-island system of identifying cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD), according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. But Minister Charlie McConalogue said the science...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Recent wet weather has left many growers considering when or whether to pull the plug on winter-sown cereals due to waterlogged soils, claim experts. And although winter wheat can be drilled until January, if left too late, can result in reduced...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland The livestock sector must “transform” along with other elements of global agri-food systems to be more efficient, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned today (Tuesday, November 14). The FAO, which is hosting a...

Farmers, vets, organisations and industry professionals from across the whole sheep industry have joined forces, through Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W), to launch the new UK Sheep Welfare Strategy for 2023-2028. The strategy, which is the first of its kind for the sector, is designed to help...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland Animal nutrition and health company DSM has announced a new partnership which it said will see the full farm to fork environmental footprint of food products containing animal proteins. The partnership will combine DSM’s Sustsell service, which captures...

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Pig Assocaiton (NPA) has received its first producer nomination for elections to its Pig Industry Group (PIG). Helen Webb is a technical and customer director within the agriculture department of Pilgrims UK. Helen Webb. Source...