Livestock

A farmer has died after being crushed in a tractor incident.

The Lanark Crackers sale of Texel females saw the breed’s ewe lamb record smashed.

THE Red Ladies Derby sale of pedigree Limousins at Carlisle peaked at 18,000gns for Goldies Pamela from Bruce Goldie, Mouswald.

Farmers must speak to their suppliers and confirm productivity-boosting equipment is available to order before accepting their Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) by January 18, 2021.

Next year will see farmers facing a complex mix of challenges, whatever happens with Brexit, farm business consultants Andersons have said. By Jonathan Wheeler

A series of adverts thanking British farmers for their ‘tremendous perseverance’ through the Covid-19 pandemic have been produced by online grocer Farmdrop.

UK agriculture is providing part of the solution to climate change, but farmers also need to get to grips with their own carbon footprint figures, an audience in a recent AHDB-organised webinar heard.

Farmers in Montgomeryshire, Wales have raised thousands of pounds for families in difficult circumstances by donating sheep and lamb sale proceedings. 

With an eye on expanding cow numbers in the next couple of years, the Darke family decided to replace robots with a rotary parlour. Rebecca Jordan visits them to find out how the new system is working.

A new record of 46,000gns for an in-lamb Texel was set at the Select Seven sale at Lanark.