New farming products and services

SEXED semen is the latest chapter in the new technology which has revolutionised cattle breeding in the past decade.

Now AI companies are taking it another step forward, with sexed beef bull semen to be tested on 5,000 dairy cows in the UK.

Aberdeen Angus and Belgian Blue sires are being used in the research to test the benefits of the better eating consistency and carcass performance and efficiency of beef cross males.