This latest instalment of the Mart’s The Heart Standing the Test of Time series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, reflects on the 25th anniversary of the UK’s worst foot and mouth disease outbreak which coincided with Simon Draper’s arrival at Thame Market.

Bramblebee Farms has developed its wide range of livestock enterprises in response to customer demand

First grown as an emergency biogas feedstock, maize has held its place in the rotation on one Hertfordshire arable farm despite the challenge of growing on very different soil types

With changes to funding and support schemes, creating a profitable and evolving business which can continue through the generations is the aim for the Candy family

This latest Mart’s The Heart Standing The Test of Time series, supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, looks at why market-based health services matter and why more must be done

Following the publication of its Animal Welfare strategy in December, Defra has introduced two consultations

A second-prize bull set a new UK breed record at the Highland Cattle Society’s spring show and sale at Oban when Iain MacKay and Claire Simonetta’s Jock of Cnoc Na Sith went under the hammer at 34,000gns

Reducing reliance on imported soya and making better use of UK-grown pulses came under the spotlight at the From Soya to Sustainability 2026 conference in Peterborough

A move to regenerative farming has been helped by adding livestock breeds, changing systems and making use of technology on a Shropshire farm

JOHN Elliot, who runs the Rawburn pedigree Aberdeen-Angus herd, along with his family, in the Scottish Borders, explained how the main aim of their business was to breed fuel-efficient profitable cattle