Beef

It was a day of double celebrations for Richard and Sammy Lloyd, who trade as David John Lloyd and Co, at Ruthin’s sale of show potential calves.

Developing environmentally sustainable farming systems was the theme running through the Maize Growers Association conference held near Derby.

Activism and misinformation about agriculture reported by the media is ‘number one’ on farmers’ lists of concerns and is contributing to mental health issues.

NFU president Minette Batters will today open the union’s annual conference with a call for Government to ‘show global leadership’ on international trade and protect domestic production standards.

Within two days of the UK Government announcing its plans to control migration it has had to quickly row back on its proposals by allowing a new range of jobs to be classified as skilled.

Farm groups have expressed their fury after reports suggested the Government is preparing to break away from EU food safety rules at an upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit.

Farmers are set to be hit with a double whammy of lower farmgate prices and higher costs of production as a result of the Government’s proposed immigration rules.

Grazing autumn-calved cows comes with a host of different challenges to those associated with spring-calving herds and demands a different approach. Hannah Noble reports.

The benefits of reseeding and the use of a silage inoculant were discussed at a recent milk from forage press briefing. Hannah Noble reports.

Charolais bulls topped at 25,000gns twice, with a clearance rate of 79 per cent and averages up 571 on the year at 6,633.