Autumn tends to mark the start of the rodent season with the onset of lower temperatures encouraging rats and mice to seek shelter and warmth

While cattle emissions are generally negative for the environment, ruminant agriculture is a positive contributor to soil health showed by results from a recent Soil Association Exchange report

It has been a busy couple of months through our calving period, with 360 calvings in eight weeks

Lower milk production has given support to milk prices but farmers will now be looking at the prospects for the UK and beyond in the next few months

A new test for malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is now available from the Agri-food and biosciences Institute

Navel infections are a common issue in calves and globally 25-30% will have a navel infection early in life

It has certainly been a challenging maize growing season for many farmers around the UK, and now growers will be facing tricky decisions over when best to harvest the crop

Calf rearers should look at all areas of calf management and disease prevention, to help control problems with cryptosporidiosis in calf sheds

Lely has introduced a sand flushing system to its robotic manure collectors to make it easier for dairy farmers who bed on sand

With sheep scab reaching worrying levels in Scotland, Caledonian Marts at Stirling is trialling a sheep dipping service at its store and breeding sheep sales