Livestock

The British Charolais Cattle Society’s White Gold sale of females at Carlisle topped at 18,000gns, a centre record, with an 80 per cent clearance rate.

NFU president Minette Batters has hit out at Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his political interference in agricultural policy development. 

With Open Farm Sunday taking place later this year, farmers have a chance to make a significant difference in educating the public and offering an on-farm experience to remember. Sarah Todd looks at the benefits.

As we embark on 2022, there remains a great lack of predictability across the industry. AgriWebb has asked a mixture of leaders for their analysis and advice for the year ahead

A culture of total risk aversion in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and foot-dragging in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

A culture of ‘total risk aversion’ in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ‘foot-dragging’ in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

PAUL TIPPETTS and Christine Williams, Shifnal, dispersed the Blue Texel, Beltex, Texel and Badger Face Texels pedigree females from their Wilodge and Hackney flocks at Carlisle, setting three new breed reocords.

Increasing the amount of maize grown could be one tactic to help mitigate some of the price pressures facing dairy farmers and get the best return from fertiliser on grass. Dairy Farmer reports.

Dairy producers have already made great strides in reducing methane, but with a pledge to reduce emissions of the gas by 30% in the next eight years, the race is on to find more reductions. Cedric Porter reports.

Lamb is making a resurgence among consumers, with sales of roasting joints soaring during the last two festive periods.