Livestock

Brecon Beacons National Park has moved to reassure farmers that sheep grazing will not be restricted under new environmental plans.

A Texas farm fire and explosion which killed more than 18,000 cows and left one worker seriously injured has highlighted the importance of fire safety measures on-farm.

Farmers have voiced their support for a farmer takeover or cooperative at Forfar auction market to save the mart.

A farmer and his family have received death threats after an educational lambing video went viral.

More than 18,000 cows were killed in a fire and explosion at Southfork Dairy Farm in West Texas last week, leaving one worker still seriously injured in hospital.

The housing order for poultry and captive birds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been lifted today

NFU president Minette Batters has issued a warning to farmers after a social media post showing a cow ramming and kicking a farm worker was posted online.

Matching nitrogen availability to crop demand is helping one cattle-rearing business produce high yields of top-quality maize silage.

Farmers bringing cattle into Scotland are to be subject to tighter controls in order to reduce the risk of spreading bovine tuberculosis (bTB).

Turning out top-quality pedigree Charolais bulls has long been a passion for Richard McCornick at Barnbackle, but the commercial arm of the business is now in the spotlight as the farm becomes one of nine new Monitor Farms in