Livestock

A low-tech solution to help farmers make more money from their muck could also help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance from sewage and manure

Funding for investment in livestock housing has been welcomed by the sector but some farmers are concerned about the logistics of securing planning permission and barriers to new entrants

With the sector recovering following two and a half years of crisis, Cedric Porter takes a look at the prospects in the pig sector.

Iain Macdonald, marketing intelligence manager at Quality Meat Scotland said the EU beef market has softened in 2023 despite production continuing to decline

Throughout Mark and Sue Nutsford’s dairy farming journey there has been continual evolution and change

An environmental campaign group, River Action has released a series of videos across social media that seek to blame agriculture for river pollution

Recently the Farmers Guardian reported on a Wales civil service document which claimed ‘big emissions numbers in the Welsh agricultural inventory will always come from ruminants' and that ‘the elephant in the room is always livestock numbers'

RSPCA said the ewe had managed to crawl into a drain on a farm in Stair, Keswick, when it became stuck

“If problems do emerge, farmers should be available to seek help and be able to take appropriate action"

Tupping a commercial hill flock with high index Welsh Mountain rams has lifted lamb carcase weights by up to 2kg Debbie James reports