Livestock

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Duncan Pickard, Balmullo, Scotland, discusses the risks of illegal meat imports and the lessons from past foot-and-mouth outbreaks, questioning whether the UK is now better prepared to respond

The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society said the decision has been taken due to the uncertainty of when any ban on bird gatherings may be lifted

Welsh sheep farmers are set to receive funding towards a programme which will allow them to improve efficiency, productivity and environmental performance

Police officers recovered 12 stolen cattle, with DNA tests on nine of them proving they were from an Anglesey farm in 2022

Lleyns have proved to be the ideal breed to allow first-generation farmer Ed Whiteman to expand his business

In the Animal Welfare Strategy published at the end of last year, Defra committed to ‘banning the use of CO2 gas stunning of pigs, subject to a consultation’

Can the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025 deliver for farmers?

The fight to farm on Dartmoor rumbles on

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Hillsborough, Northern Ireland has been leading research into separating slurry into solid and liquid fractions

Steve Lear runs 460 suckler cows at Creslow Manor Farm. After years of notebooks and double entry, a switch to the Breedr app has transformed how his team collects, stores and uses livestock data every day.