Livestock

Following the rapid increase in cases of avian influenza and with a mandatory housing order now in place, ensuring the highest hygiene levels across poultry units is paramount.

With changes to support structures throwing up a host of questions at the farmgate, AHDB’s new Farm Business Review is helping one mixed farmer future-proof his business and prepare for the loss of Basic Payments. Mollie Leach reports.

Showing is an enjoyable busman’s holiday for the Mungo Bryson family, who will be returning to exhibit dairy cattle at AgriScot this year from the farm in Mauchline. Wendy Short finds out more.

Trevor Warren always wanted to farm in his own right. His dream became reality when he took on a Cheshire East County Council tenancy with his family in March 2019.

Its sites at Bury St Edmunds and Coalville will close following consultations on their future

Sheep prices have followed seasonal trends in October

Preparations for this year’s AgriScot event on Wednesday, November 16, are well underway on what will be the showcase’s first in-person event since 2019.

The popular Business Skills award is set to return to the AgriScot event for 2022.

More than half of farms inspected last year by the Environment Agency (EA) were found to be in breach of slurry and silage permits, with the dairy sector being identified as the main offender, a new report has revealed.

Farmers have expressed their concern about an ‘outrageous’ HCC plan to link Welsh red meat levies to inflation, at a time when businesses are already grappling with soaring costs.