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Profitably transforming day-old calves into fat cattle requires mastering many skills ranging from fertility management to achieving the best daily liveweight gain.

Whether you run a suckler herd or rear or finish beef cattle, browse our beef articles to find out how to improve beef farm profitability and productivity.

Key areas of focus:

  • Optimising productivity of the suckler herd
  • Achieving good weight gains and performance
  • Improving herd health and welfare
  • Management of healthy youngstock
  • Selecting the best market for your produce

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How a breed switch improved beef profit and productivity

What began as a necessity to keep the family farm afloat has shaped the success of John and Rachel Geldard’s farming enterprises and put them at the forefront of the…

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Advice on suckler cow checks after summer stresses

Spring-calving suckler herds are advised to bring pregnancy checks forward this year and condition score cows at the same time. After the challenges of heatwaves, drought, poor grass growth and…

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Heat-detection tags for beef herds: do they work?

Heat-detection technology in combination with artificial insemination is helping fast-track genetic improvement in a Pembrokeshire suckler herd by unlocking access to top-ranking bulls. Mark and Catherine Davies and their daughters…

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Advice for preventing TB in Scotland when buying cattle

Bovine TB cases in Scotland are increasing, with 31 new herd breakdowns recorded in the year to March 2026. Although herd prevalence remains low, at just 0.1%, and Scotland has…

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