Hereford Bulls make their way across the English Channel!
Gerald Blandford based near Ledbury, sold Bosa 1 Jupiter to Mr Bastien and Bosa 1 Jack Frost to Mr Betis, following their visit to Herefordshire earlier in the year. The large Bosa herd has been much in evidence recently, following Gerald’s success in winning the prestigious National Herd of the Year 2012. More recently almost […]
Cattle return to Farthing Downs
Spring is here at last. The grass has started growing, and after a long winter in the barn, the City of London Corporation’s herd of Sussex Red cattle are finally returning to Farthing Downs (Coulsdon, Surrey). Bob Warnock, the City of London Corporation’s Superintendent at Farthing Downs, said: “The cattle are always a little frisky […]
CIS to launch milk pregnancy testing service
The Cattle Information Service (CIS) is making available a new tool for producers in the management of the reproduction cycle. Using IDEXX technology, CIS will offer a milk pregnancy confirmation test to aid producers in improving and managing successful reproductive programs. The new service, called PregCheck, will be launched on May 31st. PregCheck is the […]
New research finds that cattle and badgers with TB rarely meet
Direct contact between badgers and cattle is rare, suggesting that it as a result it may be rare for bovine tuberculosis (TB) to be passed on through the two species meeting each other on pasture, new research by the Royal Veterinary College and the Food and Environment Research Agency published in the journal Epidemiology and […]
Record-breaking reporting by tech-savvy cattle keepers
Figures from the Rural Payments Agency’s British Cattle Movement service show the bar was raised yet again in the past month with a record-breaking proportion of movements – 95.49 per cent- reported online or on the self service phone line. Almost 90 per cent of births and 70 per cent of deaths were also reported […]
Noel comes early for First Time Exhibitors from Shropshire!
Although they chose a local show for their first time out, the Christmas Calf Show held at Shrewsbury Livestock Market, has now established itself as the largest single show of Herefords in Europe! This year was no exception, with 136 calves entered from all over Britain, many of them winners from previous shows held in […]
Research reveals that grass-fed beef is better for people and the environment
One of the biggest global challenges is how to increase food security whilst reducing the environmental impacts of food production. Livestock – like cattle and sheep – produce high levels of methane as part of the process of digesting grass. This has led to suggestions that intensive production methods – where cattle are fed largely […]
