Livestock

English farmers can tap into free bovine TB advice and increased trained vet visits regardless of their risk status, following Defra granting the TB Advisory Service (TBAS) Successor Contract to Farmcare Solutions. 

The Brown family from Aberdeenshire has built up a strong reputation for producing good quality grass-fed shearling rams and the best of replacement females for the commercial market each year. Katrina Macarthur paid them a visit.

As the year turns to its final third, the autumn sheep sales are starting with favourable prices which reflect the sector’s wider positivity.

After a break in 2020 many of the winners at this year’s Edenbridge and Oxted show were out in the ring for the first time, including supreme beef champion, Marne Macckia.

A new centre shearling ram record price of 32,000gns was set at the English National Texel sale at Worcester by the Williams family, Lampeter, with Caron Dynamite.

The Soil Association has called for a 50 per cent reduction in poultry consumption and a 30 per cent cut in production to enable the Government to reach its environmental goals.

Is there a case for private bTB testing in cattle in GB? The answer isn’t straightforward.

Yew Tree Farm, the last farm within Bristols city boundaries, is under threat from housing developments

Yew Tree Farm, the last farm within Bristol’s city boundaries, is under threat from housing developments 

September 2021 Dairy Farming edition