Livestock

For first generation farmer, Alexandria James, focusing on the quality of her sheep by adopting a zero-tolerance culling policy is key.

THE Suffolk breed record was smashed at Lanark when the ram lamb, Salopian Solid Gold, sold for 200,000gns, more than doubling the previous record of 90,000gns.

Ranjit Singh Boparan has warned supply of chicken and turkey was under threat

UK pork producers have been reminded of the looming threat African swine fever (ASF) poses following the disease’s ‘inexorable spread ever westwards’.

The transition period is a crucial time for any dairy herd but for autumn-calving herds there is only a small window to get it right, so how can producers ensure success?

The worst thing about brewers grains is when you stop feeding them, according to a Cheshire producer who has used co-products in his milking herd, dry cow and heifer rations for as long as he can remember.

THE sun shone over another busy Shropshire County Show and the Limousin champion took the beef inter-breed honours. Hannah Noble reports.

A carefully considered reseeding strategy is helping to lift yields of grass on a drought-prone upland farm in Wales.

The Suffolk breed record in Northern Ireland was smashed three times and equalled twice at the Suffolk Sheep Society Northern Ireland Branch premier export show and sale at Ballymena, where 157 averaged 1,976.

The publication of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy has been broadly welcomed by industry bodies but there are areas of concern for meat, dairy and sugar producers