Livestock

Opportunities for achieving marketplace popularity can be limited for a small beef herd, but it has not stopped the McIlwaine family from achieving some notable successes to date.

Jim Bloom, who has died aged 91, spent a lifetime in the livestock, food and farming industry

Following increasing incidents of flooding and a lack of action around watercourse management, a group of Cumbrian farmers set out to create a blueprint for others to follow

A young Taranaki-based couple have made the leap to farm in their own right. Ellie Layton hears what next-generation farming looks like in the Southern Hemisphere

Ram fertility testing could be a valuable tool ahead of this year's breeding season as heat stress this summer could have impacted fertility in breeding stock

The most recent sale saw the ‘most intense level of competition in the last decade’

Straw, wholecrop and maize could help supplement beef diets which are short of silage this autumn and winter

Recent Government schemes, among other things, have created surging interest in multi-species leys, but there remain questions about their management and value.

The bull sales have become a leading factor in Ian and Andrew Nimmo’s livestock business, selling around 35 pedigree Limousin bulls a year through the ring

The National Sheep Association has urged supermarkets to think about standards when sourcing products