Livestock

Trade and Agriculture (TAC) Commission chairman Tim Smith has said part of the body’s job is to stop future trade policy from making food more expensive.

WELSH Black bulls sold to 15,200gns at the breed society’s Farmers Guardian supported sale at Dolgellau, where the clearance rate was 81 per cent.

The Government has opened its public consultation into future regulation on gene editing.

Scottish Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has accused the Treasury of plotting to cut payments to farmers under the guise of environmentalism.

Unions welcomed the move to increase the amount of food and drink it buys from British suppliers by £3.5bn a year within the next five years

Attempts to recover more than 49,000 miles of ‘lost paths’ in England and Wales could significantly impact already-strained rural resources and endanger wildlife. 

Access to veterinary services and treatments will still be available during the national lockdowns in England and Scotland, the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has confirmed.

As governments carve out their post-Brexit payment models. Ewan Pate speaks to Martin Beard, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) new vice-president, about the opportunities and challenges facing farmers who keep rare and native breeds.

UK and EU diplomats finally agreed a trade deal at the end of 2020, with negotiations going right to the wire. Abi Kay explores what it means for individual farming sectors.

At the January Gems sale of Texel females at Ballymena, guest consignor, Procters Farm, Wennington, Lancashire, topped the sale at 14,000gns.