Livestock

BALLINLARE Phantom led the trade for Charolais at Stirling bull sales selling for 16,000gns, with the 66 bulls averaging 7,121, up 347 on the year, with a 71 per cent clearance rate.

THE Great Yorkshire Show announced it was set to go ahead as planned this year but the Prime Ministers roadmap still casts doubt over the fate of many other agricultural shows.

NFU Cymru has instructed its lawyers to challenge the lawfulness of the Welsh Government’s new water regulations.

SALERS bulls peaked at 9,500gns to average 4,856.25 with an 86 per cent clearance rate at Stirling.

People often ask me whether it would be difficult to do my job without a farming background – it gave me the basics, but I’ve learned heaps from other people, experiences and just by doing the job!

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a quirk in the new global tariff schedule.

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a ‘quirk’ in the new global tariff schedule.

Defra said its new Bovine TB Partnership will be a driving force in helping to progress the Government’s aim of eradicating the disease by 2038. Olivia Midgley speaks to two farmers on the board. 

In high yielding herds, fertility can be compromised due to issues around ‘silent heats’, but there are options available to help combat this. Dairy Farmer reports.

The setting of thresholds for medication usage and disease management will help milk producers to get the most out of their relationship with the farm vet, says Owen Atkinson of Cheshire-based Dairy Veterinary Consultancy.