Livestock

Reseeding is a reliable way of increasing productivity and quality of grassland leys, but several factors should be considered before taking action. Hannah Noble reports.

CHAROLAIS bull sold to 7,600gns at Welshpool to average 4,419.13 with a 58 per cent clearance rate.

Pasture-fed livestock are promoted as good for the environment, but it’s the human health gain that is the prime driver for Anna Blumfield who returned to the family farm eight years ago. Jack Watkins reports.

With sustainable agriculture a phrase currently favoured by politicians and industry experts, veterinary surgeon Jasmine Smith explores the concept in relation to parasite control. Farmers Guardian reports.

With each nation adopting a slightly different approach to BVD eradication, Hannah Park looks at the progress and what the future could hold for the different disease control initiatives in-place.

A broiler poultry enterprise is an ideal fit for the Hodgson family’s Cumbrian arable and farm contracting business.

Farmers’ margins remain squeezed despite pig prices rising

THE timed on-line auction of pedigree Longhorn cattle hosted by Harrison and Hetherington saw a top price of 3,200 for bulls and 2,000 for females.

Emma Harper, SNP MSP, is a dairy farmer’s daughter from Dumfries and Galloway and has been instrumental in toughening up Scottish laws around livestock worrying.

Bulls sold to 7,200gns and a new female average of 3,934 was set at the inaugural Hereford Cattle Society spring parade and sale at Shrewsbury which was supported by Farmers Guardian and had a 95 per cent clearance rate.