Livestock

Industry has hit out at a new ‘eco label’ designed by academics at Oxford University, warning it treats meat produced in different systems in the same way.

Defra is ‘powerless’ to address the ongoing labour crisis across the food and farming industry, Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association has warned.

With tupping time fast approaching, ensuring both ewes and rams are in appropriate condition to maximise flock conception rates is crucial.

Lupins are the only plant protein which will replicate the protein quality of soya, said industry experts on a recent AHDB webinar. Katie Fallon reports.

There is a mixture of new and familiar names in the latest bull proofs published this week by AHDB. Katie Jones takes a look at some of the front runners.

Online butcher Farmison & Co has warned rising costs mean there is ’more money in death than life’ for rare cattle breeders

Results from a recently published Elanco survey, conducted by Farmers Guardian, show only one in five sheep farmers are following current Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) advice and incorporating a newer wormer active into worming programmes, raising concerns about the rate at which wormer resistance is continuing to develop.

The NPA have described the situation as ‘deeply concerning, but not surprising’

But New Zealand did not have any incentive to ’flood’ the UK with cheap red meat

Tree-safe sheep have reduced reliance on herbicides by about 90 per cent and halved the need for mowing and strimming on one Welsh Christmas tree farm. Pippa Geddes reports.