Livestock

A strong crowd turned out to enjoy this year’s 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.

When you purchase a worming treatment from your local farm store or over the counter at your vets, you will have met a suitably qualified person (SQP).

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

When you purchase a worming treatment from your local farm store or over the counter at your vets, you will have met a suitably qualified person (SQP).

Tesco’s adverts for its Plant Chef range have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for ‘potentially misleading consumers’.

The results across the livestock section from the Bath and West Show 2022

The culmination of two days of judging at this year’s Staffordshire County Show saw 18 breeds take to the ring in the sheep judging with the inter-breed title going to a Charollais yearling ewe from Grant Pink, Shropshire.

The standard pig price (SPP) has continued to rise with prices up 0.78p/kg in the week ending May 28 to a record 176.73p/kg, but it remains a long way short of soaring costs of production

Meat and poultry production will stall unless something is done to address the growing skills shortage, compromising the UK’s food security, Tony Goodger, AIMS spokesperson, has warned.

A myth has developed in recent years that British people do not want to work in the meat processing sector, but is it true? Abi Kay reports.