Livestock

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.

In this week’s Farming Matters, Aled Jones, president of NFU Cymru talks to Farmers Guardian about the impact of NVZ rules on Welsh farming.

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

A new lateral flow test similar to those used to identify Covid, could offer farmers another biosecurity tool against bovine TB. 

To be in with your chance of winning vouchers worth up to £200, test out your judging skills by entering the Shorthorn stockjudging competition.

THE Jalex Select sale of commercial in-calf heifers on-farm at Randalstown, Northern Ireland, on behalf of James Alexander, attracted 480 online bidders, as well as a packed ringside.

The Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset sheep breeders had a record breaking day in the ram sale at the May Fair at Exeter with the overall champion setting a new breed record of 6,800gns, for Matthew and Adam Care Looe, Cornwall.

Sustainability may be a ‘buzz word’ in many conversations concerning agriculture at the moment, but what does it mean to farmers at the coal face?

A fourth-generation Welsh dairy farmer who has lost his entire herd to bovine tuberculosis is calling on farmers to come together to demand a change in Government policy.