Livestock

Cambridge U-turns on vet school closure

Animal Health

Cambridge U-turns on vet school closure

BVA and NFU welcome decision following their campaign to continue veterinery training

clock 28 February 2026 • 2 min read
'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Animal Health

'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Fines of £5,000 could be waiting for those who try to bring back personal food items like sandwiches, cheese, cured meats, raw meats or milk into the UK from countries with confirmed foot-and-mouth cases

clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
Multiple markets help sheep demand

Sheep

Multiple markets help sheep demand

January and February sheep prices have not repeated the record highs of early 2025, but they remain higher than in previous years.

clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Farm Life

UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Farming communities demonstrated strength and resilience to overcome the foot-and-mouth crisis and its aftermath. But have lessons been learnt 25 years on?

clock 27 February 2026 • 4 min read
Cull begins in Cyprus as country moves to halt 'rapid' foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Animal Health

Cull begins in Cyprus as country moves to halt 'rapid' foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

UK Chief Vet says farmers must be extra vigilant as warnings stepped up at tourist points

clock 26 February 2026 • 2 min read
Slower beef market should not herald a collapse in prices

Beef

Slower beef market should not herald a collapse in prices

The year has got off to a weaker tone in the British beef market, but there is still room for optimism among producers

clock 25 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farmers risk losing market share to imports without significant growth in beef herd, NBA says

Beef

Farmers risk losing market share to imports without significant growth in beef herd, NBA says

NBA and SBA chief executive Neil Shand said Scottish farmers must grow the Scottish beef herd to 79,000 by 2030 to meet market demand alone

clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Beef

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Philip Morgan, Powys, reflects on the transformation of UK beef breeding over the past 50 years

clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
Maize maturity is the new risk management

Livestock

Maize maturity is the new risk management

After a run of wildly different seasons, maize variety choice is no longer a straight yield chase and maturity is about protecting harvest timeliness, soil and starch per acre

clock 24 February 2026 • 5 min read
Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

Poultry

Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

KFC, Wagamama, Burger King, and Taco Bell are some of the chains to step away from BCC and launch the Sustainable Chicken Forum

clock 23 February 2026 • 9 min read