Livestock

The Pope has come under fire after calling on people to eat less meat in order to save the planet.

With margins continuing to be eaten into by high costs, Cedric Porter takes a look at the market for beef and lamb

A Leicestershire farm which generates 85% of its power requirements from a wind turbine has recently been announced as winner of a sustainability award. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

It has been a busy summer for Audrey Anderson, who has not only been to show her family’s own Hereford and Charolais cattle, but has also had a high profile judging appointment. Ewan Pate reports.

Defra has launched a £12.5 million competition to help accelerate the development of technologies to create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission proteins.

Demand is expected to drop for beef, lamb, pork and dairy products as the cost of living crisis bites.

Kathryn Rowland has been at Kingshay for 20 years and originally hails from a dairy farming family. Heading up Kingshay’s farm services team, she has overseen the recent publication of the 11th edition of the annual Dairy Costings Focus Report.

Farmers in England could receive funding by helping Defra test its Annual Health and Welfare Review.

The Young Farmers’ Club mantra that you do not need to be a farmer to join its ranks continues to be its message as it recruits members. It is also the opening gambit put forward to introduce teenagers to agriculture as a career possibility.

The rollout of a usable cattle vaccine for bovine TB (bTB) will not eliminate the need for badger culls, veterinary experts have warned.