Livestock

A farm worker has died after unstrapping bales loaded onto a flat-bed vehicle.

December 2020 Dairy Farming edition

Industry leaders have said they are ‘extremely concerned’ about a Government move to exclude the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) from considering the impact of agri-food trade on human health.

AHDB has stepped up its marketing and export ambitions in its new five-year strategy, unveiled today.

Versatile and hardy, the Border Leicester is proving itself as the primary commercial sire for one growing flock in Peeblesshire. Hannah Park finds out more.

With fertility management which delivers a regular calving pattern one of the fundamentals of dairy farm profitability, a milk sample-based pregnancy test could become an increasingly valuable tool in the armoury. Hannah Park

This year the British Mastitis Conference took place online and covered a wide range of topics around the latest research into mastitis from a selection of UK-based and international speakers. Hannah Noble reports.

New housing measures to help protect poultry and captive birds from Avian Influenza (AI) have been issued by the Chief Veterinary Officers for England, Scotland and Wales.

Farmers gave a mixed reaction to the Government’s agricultural transition plan (ATP), with many fearing the consequences of less money flowing into businesses and the communities they serve.

This year AgriScot took its show and seminar offerings online and welcomed hundreds of visitors through its virtual doors. Hannah Noble reports.