Livestock

Dairy farmers growing wheat this year will soon have to make a decision regarding the best use of the crop.

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for a rethink of the way farm animals are fed, branding the current approach ‘inherently inefficient’.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution has launched a ‘return to school’ grant to help farming families cover the cost of school uniforms, P.E. kit and other equipment.

The Government does not appear to have a plan to tackle the catastrophic worldwide hunger crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and other issues, MPs on the International Development Committee have warned.

While visitors from all over the world will being heading to the Great Yorkshire Show for the first time as part of the World Charolais Congress, for one local herd it has been a major fixture on the calendar for many years.

Farmers hoping for relief from high input prices were likely to be disappointed, with costs expected to remain high for at least the rest of the year and much longer if there is continued disruption to global supply chains.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

Most livestock farmers who adopt regenerative principles on their farm seek to minimise their use of medicines and so finding ways of reducing the incidence of disease within a herd or flock is central to achieving this.

UK dairy farmers are making progress towards better calf colostrum management practices but still need to focus on improved performance monitoring.