Members Only 29 July 2025 Dairy Roundup Milk deliveries through the second quarter of the calendar year have been strong. According to the AHDB, GB deliveries were To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2025 Foot and Mouth Strategy Defra has published a Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain. The policy paper establishes a comprehensive disease To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2025 Beef & Sheep Update Beef Prime cattle prices fell through May and most of June, but since the beginning of July have stabilised. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Bluetongue: Movement of Livestock With the Bluetongue Restriction Zone in England expanding to cover the whole of the country from 1st July, those who To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Dairy Roundup Record milk output during the spring has seen the AHDB increase its GB production forecast for the 2025/26 milk year. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Beef & Sheep Update Beef After increasing week-on-week since the turn of the year, prime cattle prices have been falling through May and June. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 June 2025 BSE In a major boost to the UK’s beef industry, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has downgraded the UK’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 June 2025 Electronic ID for Cattle Defra has annonced it will be introducing changes to cattle identification, registration and reporting over the next couple of years. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 30 May 2025 Bluetongue Defra has announced the Bluetongue Virus restricted zone will be extended from 1st July 2025 to cover the whole of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 May 2025 Hybu Cig Cymru The Welsh Red Meat Levy Board – Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) has launched an online survey to allow farmers to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 May 2025 Dairy Roundup Milk production remains elevated. Estimates for May show UK deliveries are running about 6.9% ahead of last year. Furthermore, organic To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 May 2025 Coupled Sheep Payments The Scottish Government has confirmed Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) 2024 payments commenced earlier in the month with the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 May 2025 Beef and Sheep Markets Beef The GB farmgate beef price has eased slightly, but remains at unprecedented highs. Values in all categories have generally To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 May 2025 Bird Flu Update The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed the mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive birds will be lifted from Thursday To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 April 2025 Beef & Sheep Market Beef The beef farmgate price continues to break records. The GB All-Steer deadweight price for the week ending 19th April To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 April 2025 Dairy Update The UK dairy sector is experiencing a surge in output. Latest figures from Defra show UK milk production for March To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 April 2025 Pigmeat Production and Prices According to the AHDB, pigmeat production for the first three months of 2025 has out-performed its forecast. In the quarter To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 NFU Beef Vision The NFU has produced a Ten-Year Vision for the British Beef Industry. This sets out a number of actions designed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Dairy Update Prices The GDT Price Index has seen little movement during March. At the first event in the month the average To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Chicken Manure Ruling A High Court ruling means chicken manure must be classified as industrial waste under the Waste Framework Directive. The ruling To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Foot & Mouth Disease Since our article of 16th January reporting on a case of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Germany (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/fmd-germany/) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 March 2025 Meadow Farm Strong livestock prices and lower feed costs sees Meadow Farm forecast to make a profit from production for only the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Lamb Outlook 2024 saw record farmgate prices for UK lamb. Tight supplies had to be supplemented by imports and exports were lower. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Dairy Roundup AHDB Outlook In its latest Dairy Market Outlook the AHDB is forecasting GB milk production to increase year-on-year until the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.