Livestock

Meticulous attention to detail has allowed the Ashley family to more than double their milk yield over the last eight years. Hannah Noble reports.

The supreme pig championship at the Great Yorkshire Show went to the modern champion

Non-MV accredited sheep took to the rings for the second two days of the Great Yorkshire Show and there was a line up of 25 breeds in front of judge, Dan Bull, Annan, for the inter-breed title.

Young people are often regarded as the future of farming and with this in-mind many breed societies now offer a range of activities to encourage, support and cultivate young talent.

Markets were looking forward to welcoming people back when restrictions ease in England on July 19

Sheep farmers are being urged to incorporate new actives into worming programmes as part of an initiative to support crucial productivity metrics and help slow the rate of anthelmintic resistance.

Making herd health planning an active process between vet and farmer rather than a tick box exercise can be rewarding for farmers and vets. Kiera Schubert at Torch Farm Vets, Barnstaple, offers some tips.

TAKING place over four days for the first time in its history, the Great Yorkshire Show welcomed just half of its normal visitor numbers but there was twice the excitement around the judging rings.

The global situation for beef may be uncertain, but consumers were demanding provenance, health, sustainability and animal welfare which could open opportunities for Welsh beef

Christopher Price, chief executive of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, has written to Defra Secretary George Eustice after he appeared to dismiss concerns about the state of the abattoir network at Groundswell.