The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s Youth Development Programme (YDP) is marking a major milestone this autumn, celebrating its 25th anniversary with the Finals set to take place at Denhead Farms, Turriff, on October 11, hosted by Hamish and Margaret Sclater of The Deveron Herd. Launched in the early 2000s as a scholarship scheme, the YDP was the vision of pioneering families …

Aberdeen Angus has been the beef sire of choice for more than seven years at the Bates family’s Lakeview Farm in Ballyronan, County Londonderry. “The native breed is an excellent choice for dairy farmers, as valuable beef-bred calves provide an additional revenue stream on top of milk sales,” explained Adrian Bates, who runs the 300-cow commercial herd in partnership with …

Aberdeen Angus a viable option for maximising calf value By Peter Harrison, The Scottish Farmer, 13th September 2025.   Retained females can also provide the basis for a suckler herd Over the past decade, dairy enterprises have increasingly strived to maximise the economic potential of every calf born, not merely milk yield. With the shift towards beef and dairy production …

This will be an interactive online event for farmers, farming industry, researchers , advisors and anyone interested in genetics and farm animal breeding. It brings together the findings from a year long industry-academic collaboration where we aimed to co-design the ‘best’ breeding strategies for beef and sheep that contribute to net zero, are cost effective and practical to implement, good …