Beef
Urgent need to increase UK beef production from 2012-2013
The National Beef Association is certain that this week’s dramatic recovery in prime cattle, and barren cow, prices demonstrates that the most…
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Brazilian beef controls still cause for concern
The NFU remains concerned about the systems and controls in place for Brazilian beef despite the improvements highlighted in a recent report from the…
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NATIONAL GRAZING CONFERENCE COMES TO DEVON
This autumn the Grazing Advice Partnership (GAP) and the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) are co-hosting a three-day conference at the University of Exeter…
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Beef at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show
Beef will come under the microscope in a dedicated exhibition for both commercial producers and pedigree breeders to be staged at the Dairy Event and…
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ASDA cuts carbon footprint of beef by over a third
ASDA has become the first British retailer to sell low carbon beef. As part of a ground-breaking programme to measure the carbon footprint of its…
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Solar-powered beef cattle and sheep are environmental heroes
Locally processed, grass fed beef from domestic cattle has, along with grazing sheep, blackberries and field mushrooms, a lower carbon footprint than…
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Waitrose Backs Future for Native Breeds
Native Breeds of cattle provide an excellent opportunity for livestock farming in this country, according to one of the UK’s leading food retailers…
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A Butchery? - Granted!
Tenant farmers from a Kent farm are absolutely delighted with the recent completion of their development plans for a livestock building and butchery…
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Markets deliver profit from dairy bull calves
Dairy bull calves have become a valuable asset again, with UK auction prices reaching averages of £60 to £80 per head for dairy bull calves through…
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Deliberately diluted Northern Ireland cattle prices used as hammer to pound down ex-farm value of English, Scottish and Welsh cattle too
The UK’s biggest supermarket beef providers have such tight control over Northern Ireland’s prime cattle market they have been able to mould it into…
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