Livestock

NFU Cymru has been left ‘incredibly disappointed’ after a judicial review of the Welsh Government’s decision to introduce new water quality regulations was dismissed by the High Court today.

Removal of the 25 per cent import tariff on US maize will help mitigate limited exports from Ukraine and Russia and improve agri-food chains’ ability to maintain animal feed supply, industry chiefs have said. 

AHDB chair Nicholas Saphir has urged farmers to take a few minutes to register for the Shape The Future ballot and have their say on how the levy is spent in an open letter to levy payers.

As the weather improves for much of the UK, backyard flocks, as well as larger-scale producers, are being reminded of an extension to the housing order requiring keepers to keep their birds inside.

After two years of market volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to renewed market turbulence across the red meat supply chain

Understanding and thinking about cows’ innate and learned behaviours will help reduce on-farm incidents for farmers and veterinarians.

Lallemand’s animal nutrition guide ‘Forward with Fibre’ is designed to help farmers improve their fibre utilisation in diets. Ellie Layton highlights some key points.

Zoe Norton, 30, is from Bures, Suffolk. She works as a CAD technician and runs G.A. Livestock alongside her partner, Gary Aungier. Bures, Suffolk

British Farming Awards reaches landmark milestone

Well-established family butchery and farm business owner Philip Warren and son, Ian, are passionate about strengthening and growing a marketing route for native breeds. And as they told Rebecca Jordan, linking up with local f