Livestock

Ringside round-up of all the action from the livestock exhibits at this year’s Balmoral Show.

A free handbook has been launched this week to help farmers plan for the future during a time of massive change for the industry.

We welcomed spring 2022 with its sunshine, tulips flowering and Covid-19 hopefully behind us; only to then find another substantial challenge.

New Zealand was close to eradicating Mycoplasma bovis with just one infected property remaining in the country.

Tougher bovine tuberculosis (bTB) controls including diagnostic testing, cattle movements and isolation requirements have been proposed by the Scottish Government in a new consultation.

Preparations for NSA Scotsheep are in full swing at Over Finlarg Farm, near Dundee, as the McNee family get set to open their gates to visitors for the one day event on Wednesday June 1, 2022.

With fly season upon us, farmers are being reminded to tackle strike head-on and apply an early preventive treatment to protect sheep from blowfly strike and to stop the first wave of blowflies from breeding.

Ahead of NBA Beef Expo the Richardson family, Melsonby, North Yorkshire and the Suddes family, Cornsay, Co Durham, are set to welcome visitors to their farms on Friday May, 27.

Record farmgate prices across many parts of the world show beef demand remains firm, despite environmental activists calling for a fall in consumption.

The National Beef Association’s annual Beef Expo event returns this year and includes a commercial cattle show, a host of trade stands and seminars.