UK Sires Blog

2025 Christmas deliveries

by Simon Gee

21st November 2025

Final dispatch dates for pre-Christmas delivery

US National Western success

by Simon Gee

29th January 2019

This year’s Grand Champion Galloway bull at the National Western Stock Show was Berry’s Empire 128E, a son of Ben Lomond Mhordhu whose semen was exported to the USA by UK Sires.

Effective Team Meetings for Reproductive Improvement

by Bob Saar

23rd July 2018

For many dairy producers, the task of holding a team meeting to increase herd reproduction rates may seem like a great idea in theory, but once the actual planning begins, the questions on logistics appear to outweigh the benefits.

Goodbye to Anne

by Simon Gee

3rd April 2024

Original staff member Anne Walter Symons celebrated her retirement with colleagues today

Upcoming Changes to Dairy Genetic Indexes

24th March 2022

Upcoming changes to dairy genetic evaluations will lead to a slight shift in the running order in the AHDB bull rankings published next month (5 April)

AHDB clashes with BBC over 'eat less meat' claim

by AHDB Beef & Lamb news release

17th February 2020

The AHDB has sent a letter to the BBC criticising its claim that ‘the single biggest way’ to fight climate change is to eat less meat

Doubling milk from forage

14th October 2019

One Wiltshire dairy farm has managed to double its milk from forage by changing seven, set-stocked fields into a 34 ha grazing platform comprising 22 paddocks for its 130 Holstein Friesians

Top genetic traits to improve lifetime yield revealed

13th May 2019

AHDB Dairy have revealed the genetic traits dairy farmers should focus on if they are aiming to increase their herd’s daily lifetime yields for fat and protein