Livestock

For Craig Bentley the desire to modernise his family’s dairy farm was driven by a focus on the next generation and improved staff retention. A move to robotic milking has seen yields increase by substantially. Wendy Short r

It was a day to remember for the Owens family’s Woodhouse flock, Presteigne, at the Kerry Hill sale at Ludlow.

THE Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle topped at 70,000gns for the second prize ram lamb and reserve overall champion, Bradleys Eubank.

John and Henny Goffin have successfully developed a deer breeding and finishing enterprise since taking on Mauldslie Farm in 2013, where latterly the focus has been implementing a ground improvement and reseeding strategy to

Cull companies are due to commence work this autumn

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.

The bTB positive alpaca was culled at the end of August following a campaign by his owner to save him

A competition to find a UK sheep farmer to front the Love Lamb Week campaign next year has been launched by the National Sheep Association (NSA).

English farmers can tap into free bovine TB advice and increased trained vet visits regardless of their risk status, following Defra granting the TB Advisory Service (TBAS) Successor Contract to Farmcare Solutions. 

As the year turns to its final third, the autumn sheep sales are starting with favourable prices which reflect the sector’s wider positivity.