Livestock

With fly season upon us, farmers are being reminded to tackle strike head-on and apply an early preventive treatment to protect sheep from blowfly strike and to stop the first wave of blowflies from breeding.

Record farmgate prices across many parts of the world show beef demand remains firm, despite environmental activists calling for a fall in consumption.

The National Beef Association’s annual Beef Expo event returns this year and includes a commercial cattle show, a host of trade stands and seminars.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health technical services manager Sioned Timothy says wormer resistance is a real and growing threat to cattle producers.

Cardboard cut outs of the major retailers were brought out at the Pig and Poultry Fair in place of the major retailers who failed to show up

National Pig Association chief executive Dr Zoe Davies has announced she will be leaving the organisation after 14 years of service.

A new world record for a Limousin bull of 180,000gns was set at the breed society sale at Carlisle for Graiggoch Rambo. The previous record was 140,000gns for Trueman Jagger in 2015.

After establishing his Lanmore Speckle Park herd more than a decade ago, Irish breeder Patrick Morrison has seen demand for naturally-reared and presented breeding stock grow in commercial dairy and beef circles.

Experts are suggesting the animal feed industry is the most importance element of the growing movement to develop the UK market for edible insects. Wendy Short reports.

Scotlands pig sector remains on the brink of collapse with solutions needed to turn the sector around, NFU Scotlands pig working group chair Jamie Wyllie has said.