Livestock

The Government does not appear to have a plan to tackle the catastrophic worldwide hunger crisis caused by the war in Ukraine and other issues, MPs on the International Development Committee have warned.

While visitors from all over the world will being heading to the Great Yorkshire Show for the first time as part of the World Charolais Congress, for one local herd it has been a major fixture on the calendar for many years.

Farmers hoping for relief from high input prices were likely to be disappointed, with costs expected to remain high for at least the rest of the year and much longer if there is continued disruption to global supply chains.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

Most livestock farmers who adopt regenerative principles on their farm seek to minimise their use of medicines and so finding ways of reducing the incidence of disease within a herd or flock is central to achieving this.

UK dairy farmers are making progress towards better calf colostrum management practices but still need to focus on improved performance monitoring. 

The supreme sheep inter-breed award at the Devon County Show went to a four-year-old Beltex ewe from Aled Groucott, Gwent, South Wales.

Pig production costs are continuing to climb despite a fall in the wheat price, with the standard pig price (SPP) still lagging behind.

Topping the on-farm sale held on behalf of Paul Dawes, Hereford, and setting a new female record of 24,000gns was Dinmore Zoe Katrina