Livestock

The Jersey Cattle Society of the UK is holding its national show at this year’s Dairy Show which will be judged this year by Duncan Hunter, owner of Hunter Dairy Consulting.

The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has requested that ‘misleading content’ linking red meat to cancer and other fatal diseases be removed from respected medical journal The Lancet immediately, after leading scientists questioned the validity of its claims.

Dairy farmer Andy Venables farms in partnership with his family, milking 330 cows in Cheshire, selling milk on a Co-op contract. He is also managing director of Hillsgreen, a marketing agency dedicated to agriculture with many high-profile clients, including NFU and Cereals.

Roger Evans discusses the price of milk, whether it is viable for farmers to keep producing their goods, and gives a suggestion for what needs to happen in Westminster.

Holstein UK president John Jamieson made a successful switch to organic milk production in 1999 and has just completed a five-year plan to modernise the facilities on the family farm near Dumfries. Wendy Short reports.

Farmers must not be forced to feed sheep a methane-suppressing diet which disrupts natural and well-established grazing systems, National Sheep Association chief executive Phil Stocker has warned. 

Concerns over the cost-of-living crisis are influencing the beef market, but demand remains relatively strong.

CF Fertilisers has announced it will temporarily halt the production of ammonia at its Billingham plant, which will stop the production of carbon dioxide

Following the news CF Fertilisers will ‘temporarily halt’ production of ammonia and CO2 at its Billingham site, AHDB takes a look at the impact on different sectors.

Profits have slumped by nearly 60 per cent at poultry giant Moy Park as inflationary pressures weighed on the business