Three generations of the Hetherington family run a diverse farming business on the Cumbrian coastline, where a robotic milking system with grazing sits alongside tourism and direct sales

Farmers Guardian's head of livestock reflects on current prices for breeding cattle in relation to the finished trade

Commercial buyers were out in force boosting averages and clearance rates

Amy Jo Reid runs two EasyCare flocks on low-input systems, one of which is her own and the other is managed on a contract arrangement

Nominations for the Mart's The Heart awards supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data are now open

The Duncan family have beef and sheep enterprises across three farms, with a hill unit at one end of Loch Lomond and two lowland holdings at the other end

Farmers Guardian livestock editor Angela Calvert highlights the importance of livestock markets ahead of the launch of this year’s Mart’s The Heart Awards

There will be an opportunity to secure some of the best in elite poll Charolais genetics at Borderway mart, Carlisle, as R. and A. Needham Farms disperse their Cockerington herd on Saturday May 9, as part of the company’s annual Charolais bull Sales

A Lancashire dairy is entering a new phase of growth, driven by bold investment, technology and a diversification that is reshaping the business