Livestock

As AHDB launches the next phase of its We Eat Balanced campaign, Mollie Leach looks at the work being done to reinforce the role of British farmers in sustainable, world-class meat and dairy production.

The Brown family from Aberdeenshire has built up a strong reputation for producing good quality grass-fed shearling rams and the best of replacement females for the commercial market each year. Katrina Macarthur paid them a visit.

With current subsidy payments gradually being phased out, there will be little margin for error for sheep farmers. Maximising productivity and efficiency will become increasingly critical to business resilience, and farmers will need to seek every opportunity to make incremental gains in flock performance.

Nine years ago Mark and Tracy Weekes’ cattle enterprise at Silverton, near Exeter in Devon was devastated by bTB leading to a change in direction for the business. Rebecca Jordan reports.

A new centre shearling ram record price of 32,000gns was set at the English National Texel sale at Worcester by the Williams family, Lampeter, with Caron Dynamite.

The Soil Association has called for a 50 per cent reduction in poultry consumption and a 30 per cent cut in production to enable the Government to reach its environmental goals.

Yew Tree Farm, the last farm within Bristol’s city boundaries, is under threat from housing developments 

Yew Tree Farm, the last farm within Bristols city boundaries, is under threat from housing developments

After a break in 2020 many of the winners at this year’s Edenbridge and Oxted show were out in the ring for the first time, including supreme beef champion, Marne Macckia.

Is there a case for private bTB testing in cattle in GB? The answer isn’t straightforward.