Livestock

BFREPA have called for a 40p/dozen rise to keep producers in business, warning of shortages in the months ahead if supermarkets fail to deliver

Celebrations for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha have provided a boost around the sheep rings.

THE supreme pig championship went to Stuart Roberts and Jodie Fairclough, Bedale, with their July 2021-born Hampshire boar, Raisinhall First Turn 2.

IT was the Holstein champion, Enchanted Beemer Abbiene which was awarded the dairy inter-breed supreme award.

Keeping pigs for the whole of their lives from birth to finishing is key for North Farm Livestock’s outdoor pig enterprise in Norfolk.

A new program of support is available for farming families looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

After experiencing their best Royal Welsh yet in 2018, winning the highly sought-after Fitzhugh Pairs Trophy, the Jones family of Dendor Herefords will be back in the cattle rings at Llanelwedd this month. Laura Bowyer repo

Defra is hoping to change its ‘strained’ relationship with industry going forward, according to Jonathan Marsden, head of Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards.

IN the sheep rings the inter-breed judge, Bruce Goldie, Mouswald, had an impressive line-up of 46 breeds to chose from.

The livestock sector has a proven track record of attracting and maintaining domestic labour on-farm, with an extremely low reliance on migrant workers. Hannah Binns explores the reasons behind this.