Livestock

More than 250 GB farms opened their gates to tens of thousands of visitors on Sunday June 12 as part of Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)’s annual Open Farm Sunday. 

THE long journey from Cumbria to West Sussex paid off for Thor Atkinson when he claimed both the beef inter-breed champion and reserve titles on his first visit to the South of England Show.

Farmers with access to digestate are being encouraged to explore the benefits of using it as a cost-effective source of crop nutrition.

The spread of African swine fever (ASF) into a new area of Europe has sparked fresh calls from NFU Scotland for proper border checks on imported pigmeat to be introduced.

Dairy cows in New Mexico have been euthanised due to pollution from a nearby Air Force base after their milk was found to be unfit for human consumption. By Bruce Jobson

A fresh bird flu outbreak on the Shetland Isles has put poultry exports from the UK at risk.

Record high cull cow prices were an opportunity to improve herd productivity with the cost of keeping cattle over winter also playing on farmers’ minds.

The Countryside Alliance has hit out at animal rights protesters who interrupted the Jubilee celebrations last weekend.

A strong crowd turned out to enjoy this years NSA Scotsheep where there was an air of positivity and optimism as visitors enjoyed a long-overdue get together. Hannah Park and Ewan Pate report.

It was a clean sweep for continental cattle in the beef judging at Northumberland Show this year, with a Limousin bull and British Blonde cow taking the supreme and reserve overall tickets.