Livestock

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

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.

Sheep farmers are being urged to integrate the two newer wormer groups, 4-AD orange and 5-SI purple, into their worm control plans now.

NEW at this year’s Borderway Agri-Expo to be held on October 29 at Carlisle is the David Thomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award which aims to recognise commitment, success and accomplishment within livestock farming industry.

As applications open for a 259-hectare (640-acre) farm in west Somerset, Dairy Farmer looks at how this business model could work for both new entrants and landowners.

Unlike previous pandemics or plagues, Covid-19 has happened at a time when the ability to monitor the spread of the disease has been far more advanced than any previous era.

Pasture management is an important, although often under-utilised, element of sustainable parasite control.