Livestock

At a recent webinar hosted by the National Sheep Association, speakers from the Smart Sheep project discussed the potential of EID technology aiding the reduction of wormer resistance on farm. Katie Fallon reports.

The Black Sea’s established ‘stranglehold’ on the UK’s organics market has sparked industry concern about the sector’s future.

Exports of red meat from the UK were worth more than £1.45 billion in 2021, up £33 million on pre-pandemic levels. Hannah Binns reports on AHDB’s Red Meat Export Conference. 

One Northumberland dairy farmer has identified ways to potentially reduce the carbon footprint of purchased feed by a predicted 28% and, in doing so, help lower his overall environmental impact.

Gisburn Auction Marts has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,819 after an employee was fatally injured while helping to load a dairy bull into a lorry.

One of the largest egg-producing companies in Scotland has been hit by an outbreak of avian influenza.

The farming community has reacted angrily to a recent study that claims badger culling had little impact of incidences of bovine TB.

NFU Cymru has been left ‘incredibly disappointed’ after a judicial review of the Welsh Government’s decision to introduce new water quality regulations was dismissed by the High Court today.

Removal of the 25 per cent import tariff on US maize will help mitigate limited exports from Ukraine and Russia and improve agri-food chains’ ability to maintain animal feed supply, industry chiefs have said. 

AHDB chair Nicholas Saphir has urged farmers to take a few minutes to register for the Shape The Future ballot and have their say on how the levy is spent in an open letter to levy payers.