Livestock

Charolais bulls sold to a 20,000gns high, to average 6,627 up 892 on the year, with a clearance rate of 60 per cent.

Leading on the first of the three days at Stirling was a 10,000gns top call for Aberdeen-Angus bulls.

Research has identified new approaches to reducing losses due to diarrhoea in calves.

Increased grassland reseeding with specialist leys and strategic use of different forage crops has led to a transformation in the performance of the Roberts family’s sheep and beef business.

Future policy must allow farmers to continue their dual role in maintaining and enhancing landscapes while producing food, an NFU report has highlighted.

Farmers already do so much to preserve our countryside, and there is more they can do, but they must be given the tools they need by Government, says High Peak Conservative MP Robert Largan.

Watson’s Dairies had obtained an injunction to prevent farmers selling milk elsewhere

The importance of hygiene in the first days of a calf’s life should not be underestimated.

Following a fantastic entry into the Farmers Guardian summer shows competition the overall winner has now been chosen.