Livestock

The animal welfare bill, designed to help protect livestock from out of control dogs, and defend pets and wild animals will no longer go ahead, Farming Minister Mark Spencer has announced

A large amount of heifers are not lasting into their second lactation, but what can farmers do at the rearing stage to prevent this from happening?

A full, professional carbon audit of the Northumberland farm that will host NSA North Sheep 2023 shows emissions well below average and highlights the next steps that will keep the Woodman family on track to achieve their net zero target.

Two years’ worth of data from a Cargill study is proving that heat stress is affecting most UK dairy herds during the summer, with a dip in fertility being just one telltale sign. But how do dairy farmers combat the problem?

A new North Country Cheviot Sheep Society sale and the growing appreciation of the commercial qualities of the breed is fuelling a surge in its popularity in Northern Ireland. Farmers Guardian reports.

Wiltshire Horn sheep have key characteristics needed for conservation grazing as the Essex Wildlife Trust has found out.

The society, which runs the annual Great Yorkshire Show, disputed an assessment by HMRC claiming the show should have been treated as exempt as it was a fundraising event for the charity

The National Pig Association has been approached by Animal Rising with a warning they will be ‘rescuing animals from farms and abattoirs', and possibly staging on-farm protests

Finding a breed which suited their end market, as well as the farm, were key factors for Tony and Emily Bambridge when they chose Lincoln Reds when establishing a pedigree herd.

A farmer found four of his sheep decapitated on May 20