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It was a successful week for Irish bovine genetics at the 2025 Royal Highland Show in Scotland, writes Nevan McKiernan.
Award celebrates Jimmy Wilson’s lifelong impact on livestock breeding, from Oxford sheep to Charolais cattle, with a legacy still going strong.
A Suffolk ewe stunned judges to take Champion of Champions at Alyth Show, edging out horses and cattle in an unexpected triumph.
Well known cattle breeder Billy Robson has written a book marking the 50th anniversary of Kilbride Farm Simmentals, with the ...
Galician Blond is the aged beef taking the world by storm with its blockbuster levels of taste and explosive depth of flavour.
In its rich 203 year history, the Royal Highland Show has seen almost all there is to see in livestock showing until perhaps ...
Big price differences between lighter feeder steers and heifers this year have motivated a large swing towards feeding ...
Dogs have played an important role in the act of herding larger domesticated animals for over 6,000 years, and they’ve ...
Nebraska issued a health alert advisory to all state-licensed veterinarians about the flesh-eating parasite that attacks cattle.
Every registered Thoroughbred can trace its lineage to the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian.
Here are the results of selected sheep and cattle classes for Sunday's show: Supreme Champion was a Teeswater owned by Amy Pattison. Amy married Thomas Pattison, grandson of Ralph Pattison, who served ...
The Farming with Nature programme, the letter argues, is a prime opportunity to fulfil that commitment. Michelle McCauley, chair of the Irish Moiled Cattle Society, highlighted the breed’s ecological ...