Livestock

Farmers have been urged to take extra caution when operating machinery and driving on roads following industry concerns about darker nights and reduced visibility.

Police have reminded farmers to be vigilant when undertaking online purchases after a farmer was scammed in a fake online tractor sale.

THE three days of Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association ‘C’ District ram sales at Kirkby Stephen topped at 60,000 for Mark Nelson from the Bull and Cave flock, Clapham.

Farmers who selected an early maturing maize variety this year will be reflecting on a timely harvest and looking forward to high feed quality from their 2020 crop.

Young farmers are concerned the Covid-19 pandemic will affect their long-term prospects and feel pessimistic about future opportunities to live and work in rural areas, a study has found.

Pressure is mounting on the Government to make country of origin labelling on menus in foodservice mandatory.

This has been a year like never before, but thankfully many of the farming community are still here to see it. Auctioneers and farmers aroundthe country are resilient to everything that gets thrown at them (andoften does).

A new breed record and an all-breeds Irish record of €52,000 (47,062) was set at the Simmental premier sale at Roscommon when Clonagh Lucky Explorer sold to the Wood family’s Popes herd, Preston.

Agriculture is one of the least diverse professions in the UK, but a growing movement is attempting to address it – and it all starts with education. Olivia Midgley and Hannah Binns report.

Establishing a smallholding was about building a lifestyle for Hugh and Fiona Osborne, but equally important was that their venture could support itself financially. Hannah Park finds out more.