Livestock

THE ethos for the Luing breed has always been to produce low input cattle which will perform in the harshest of conditions with minimal intervention. The founders of the breed, the Cadzow family are continuing to refine these traits with increasing use of technology and data.

Jerseys swept the board at this year’s Dairy Show, held at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, with the breed taking the supreme, heifer, calf and showmanship inter-breed titles. Ellie Layton reports.

Look out for acorns on grazing pastures this autumn, as the effects of acorn poisoning can be detrimental to livestock.

Livestock groups have moved to block an imminent rule change that will have a ‘massive impact’ on exports, it has been revealed.

Dairy and beef farmers across the UK are being urged to draw up plans to make the most of this year’s ‘mixed bag’ silage.

Topping the show and sale of Highland cattle at Oban at was Andrew and Helen Kirkpatrick’s March 2019-born heifer, Claggorm 51 of Glengarnock from their fold at Beith, North Ayrshire.

Industry chiefs have urged Defra to consider expanding regional housing measures on a national basis to protect birds from Avian Influenza (AI). By Hannah Binns and Jane Thynne.

Dairy farmers in Wales are not yet ‘out of the woods’ despite a climbdown by Welsh Government on water rules, a union leader has warned.

Welsh farming unions have joined the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in welcoming the news that the use of Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATTs) in private practice in Wales has been given the go-ahead.