Livestock

A farmer who failed to comply with livestock disease control measures has been ordered to pay £8,646 in fines and costs. 

Fittingly, it was the Lincoln Red champion which claimed the beef supreme championship at Lincolnshire Show.

A mixed farming family from Co Durham has become one of the few non-dairy enterprises to win the Durham Grassland Society’s overall silage competition. Katie Fallon reports.

Defra Ministers have become embroiled in a spat with industry after claiming the backlog of pigs on farms has now been ‘almost completely removed’. By Abi Kay, Ewan Pate and Hannah Binns.

With retail demand under pressure as consumers face a cost of living squeeze, Cedric Porter takes a look at the market for beef in the UK

Updates on the latest wormer advice and how to prevent costly treatment regimes have been on the agenda at sheep focussed events recently. Katie Fallon reports.

An MP is seeking changes to the law to prevent dairy farmers being threatened by ‘vegan militia’.

African Swine Fever (ASF) and poor profitability have hit pig production in Germany as the pig population declines.

Since returning home from university, third generation farmer Sian Eleri Davies has helped to drive the home farm forward. Ellie Layton finds out more.

Few Scottish farmers can have had as long an association with the Royal Highland Show as this year’s inter-breed sheep judge, Clark Stewart. Ewan Pate reports.