Dairy

Record high cull cow prices were an opportunity to improve herd productivity with the cost of keeping cattle over winter also playing on farmers’ minds.

Supermarkets which continue to offer low milk prices to farmers in the current market are at risk of losing their suppliers, industry leaders have warned.

Fewer dairy farmers are leaving the industry despite ongoing challenges, new data from AHDB has found.

It was a clean sweep for continental cattle in the beef judging at Northumberland Show this year, with a Limousin bull and British Blonde cow taking the supreme and reserve overall tickets.

First Milk has announced its member milk price will rise by 1.4ppl and 3.05ppl for July and August respectively.

When you purchase a worming treatment from your local farm store or over the counter at your vets, you will have met a suitably qualified person (SQP).

Tesco’s adverts for its Plant Chef range have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for ‘potentially misleading consumers’.

When you purchase a worming treatment from your local farm store or over the counter at your vets, you will have met a suitably qualified person (SQP).

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has said she is open to looking at technological advances which could eliminate the need for closed slurry spreading periods.

Farmers have been urged to fit fire suppression systems to their combines to reduce fire risk and save lives and harvest.