Livestock

Just under 3,000 sheep went under the hammer at the NSA Wales and Border main ram sale held at Builth Wells and a new record was set for the overall average. Hannah Noble reports.

Sweeping about agriculture made by celebrities such as Ricky Gervais and Chris Packham ’fail to notice the positive relationship between UK sheep farming and the environment’, the National Sheep Association has

With changes to support structures throwing up a host of questions at the farmgate, AHDB’s new Farm Business Review is helping one mixed farmer future-proof his business and prepare for the loss of Basic Payments. Mollie Leach reports.

Investment in controlling bovine TB at the farm level and badger cull licences were top of the agenda when Ceredigion farmers hosted a visit from Member of the Senedd, Elin Jones.

Farmers are being urged to test the multitude of carbon emission testing tools on offer to find out which are the most reliable.

Milk prices at retail could be raised 10ppl without consumers complaining and with many not even noticing.

A record entry of almost 8,000 head of breeding, prime and store sheep at Gisburn included a special fixture for horned and hill-going breeds.

The Prime Minister has announced lamb will be able to be exported to the US for the first time in decades despite the President playing down the prospects of a US-UK trade deal

With the drive towards farm sustainability, it is vital farmers put measures in place to capitalise on the excellent potential of this year’s maize crops as a valuable home-grown feed for dairy cows.

A single case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset farm but the public have been reassured there is no risk to food safety.