Body mass index allows people to evaluate their physical health by measuring body fat using a weight-to-height ratio. In a similar fashion, cattle producers employ the body condition scoring system to ...

Many athletes are conscious of their diets ahead of their competitions to make sure they are setting themselves up for success. Similarly, beef producers manage their bulls to make sure they too are ...

Regular body condition scoring proved critical for Devon sheep farmer Richard Stanbury during last year’s dry summer. It highlighted how timely data and targeted management – particularly for young ...

A key focus for Tomás O’Toole since joining the Teagasc BETTER farm sheep programme has been improving body condition scoring (BCS) for both the lowland and hill ewes on his Connemara farm. Once ewes ...