Livestock

With lamb prices remaining about 50 per cent higher than the five year average despite recent declines, Alex Black takes a look at the lamb trade around the UK

Peatlands are identified as holding the largest carbon stores of all habitats in a report published by Natural England

A pair of Glamorgan beef farmers have said they will be forced to give up keeping cattle if the Welsh Government’s new Nitrate Vulnerable Zone rules are not amended.

A lack of border inspection post at French port Calais has meant live animals from the UK have been forced to make much longer journeys to meet their destinations, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned.

A novel form of protein feed made from waste carbon dioxide could provide livestock farmers with an alternative to existing sources like fishmeal and soya that are coming under environmental pressure.

The origin of feed is becoming a key issue for livestock producers, but care is needed transitioning to sustainable protein sources.

Younger consumers in particular were buying more eggs

Eradication of Bovine TB (bTB) must be prioritised by the next Welsh Government, the Farmers’ Union of Wales animal health and welfare committee has said.

Research by Robert Wilkinson, principal lecturer in ruminant nutrition at Harper Adams University, found adding prebiotics, namely mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS), to the diet of pregnant ewes improved the quality of colostrum.

Growing concern from the public and producers about the practice of separating dairy calves from their mothers at birth and rearing them artificially, prompted Harper Adams University PhD researcher, Olivia Bolton, to carry o