Livestock

The Government has set out a raft of legally binding targets, including a 40 per cent reduction in on-farm nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants and a 16.5 per cent increase in woodland cover, to help boost the natural environment.

An ambition to reduce purchased feed costs and cut soya out of diets has led one Pembrokeshire dairy farm to a novel intercropping trial.

In the third of our series looking at how English farmers across all sectors are coping with the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme, Abi Kay talks to sheep farmer Jonathan Murray about what he is doing to mitigate the loss.

Family is at the heart of the dairy farming business Simon and Sarah Leverett established 18 months ago on one council farm in West Wales. Gaina Morgan reports.

The Ards herd of Holsteins was a finalist in this year’s Holstein UK National Premier Herd competition. Richard Halleron visits the farm to find out more.

This year has flown by and I’m sure the older you get the quicker the months pass.

Future farm support should not be tied too specifically to results and targets but reward on knowledge exchange when it comes to tackling animal health issues, says disease research centre Moredun.

The NFU is backing a group of poultry farmers who are taking their fight for avian influenza (AI) compensation to court.

Almost half of sheep farmers in Australia were looking to increase their flocks within the next year with producer sentiment ‘extremely positive’ moving forward.

ABP has announced an investment of £1.5 million in a sustainability programme which will support 350 of its farmer suppliers, and share wider learnings across the UK beef and sheep sectors.