HALF of the UKs leading tourist attractions now serve 100 per cent British meat, up from a third in 2018, according to a new investigation by the Soil Association.

Irish farms face an existential threat like no other, now the ‘emissions genie’ has been let out of the EU milk bottle, writes Bruce Jobson.

Claire Eastham farms with her husband Martyn in Dorset, where they milk 120-spring calving cows. After gaining knowledge and experience working for other businesses, the couple started their own dairy farming journey in 2015 by taking on a share farming agreement before progressing to their current county council farm.

Fraser Jones milks 1,500 Holstein Friesians across two sites near Welshpool. As a Disease? Not On My Farm! ambassador, he works closely with his vet Oli Hodgkinson, of Trefaldwyn Vets, to prioritise animal health and welfare. Here he provides a farmer’s perspective on the recently launched National Office of Animal Health Livestock Vaccination Guidelines and considers their potential impact on the dairy sector.

top price of 160,000 and a further 28 lots at five-figures, ensured a record average for ram lambs at the sale of Blackface rams at Lanark.

Mathew Middleton on rising costs this winter.

Despite a challenging season characterised in many parts of the country by the drought and extreme temperatures affecting growth rates and cob development, the silages produced compare well to previous years on average and show maize should feed well this winter and complement this year’s grass silages.

An open mind and the habit of questioning everything are key for anyone considering carbon – and their farm costs – says Shropshire farmer Harry Heath.

It was great to attend UK Dairy Day in mid-September, along with almost 9,000 other dairy farmers and their families.