Livestock

Farmers in England could receive funding by helping Defra test its Annual Health and Welfare Review.

The Young Farmers’ Club mantra that you do not need to be a farmer to join its ranks continues to be its message as it recruits members. It is also the opening gambit put forward to introduce teenagers to agriculture as a career possibility.

The rollout of a usable cattle vaccine for bovine TB (bTB) will not eliminate the need for badger culls, veterinary experts have warned.

Food security must become a key focus of future agricultural policy as new statistics revealed the huge uncertainty farmers were feeling due to rocketing input prices.

Advance Basic Payment Scheme payments are being issued to farmers, with the large majority expected to receive them by the end of July, the Rural Payments Agency has announced.

Barbecues during the heatwave were expected to have given a boost to burger and sausage sales

A Suffolk yearling ewe from Dafydd Jones, Ceredigion was awarded the overall inter-breed title after winning the native and lowland championship.

The Government’s UK-wide consultation of the pig supply chain must lead to action that protects and benefits primary producers, National Pig Association chief executive Dr Zoe Davies has said. By Hannah Binns and Ewan Pate.

As cooler temperatures arrived at the showground in Llanelwedd on day three, judge Andrew Cope, of the Huddlesford herd, Staffordshire, tapped out the Holstein champion, Erie W Brook Lustre, in the supreme dairy cow champions

British Blonde cow, Brownhill Netta, lifted the supreme individual championship in the beef section on what is sure to be one of the hottest Royal Welsh Shows on record.