Livestock

With limited improved pasture, silage ground at the James Hutton Institutes hill farm in Aberdeenshire has to punch above its weight, as Ewan Pate found out.

Crowds gathered to watch the Holstein champion, Whinchat Stanleycup Farrah, take the coveted SuperCow championship at AgriScot, as the event made a return to the show calendar for the first time since 2019.

In a breakthrough for the British sheep genetics export trade, a new UK/USA ovine embryo export health certificate has been published which will allow the export of embryos from the UK to USA.

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is more widespread than previously thought, affecting beef and dairy cattle across the country, according to results from a new surveillance programme.

AHDB’s Shape the Future vote has highlighted that among the livestock sectors levy payers believe promotion and protection of reputation and marketing are the main priorities going forward.

Farming groups have expressed their anger after students at Stirling University voted to have meat and dairy banned from campus food outlets.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out changes to taxation in his Autumn Statement

Speaking at the Hybu Cig Cymru conference, David Henig said the nature of the changes going on around the world meant every producer or exporter was facing existential challenges

Industry groups have reacted with anger after it was revealed that a leading supermarket has opted to sell imported eggs while UK producers battle to meet demands.

The Government has been accused of failing its leading animal welfare facility, leaving UK farming, trade and health facing a ‘significant threat’ from disease, according to a report published this week.