Livestock

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has apologised to the business community for the uncertainty over future trading arrangements with the EU.

The third year of ADAS’s grass YEN competition highlighted the challenges a year of unpredictable weather has had on grass growth with quality down as well as yields across the UK. Hannah Noble reports.

The Great Bonanza Suffolk female sale held on-farm on behalf of Messrs Sufferin’s, Crewelands flock, Maghera, and Messrs Tait’s, Burnview flock, Gorton Glen, along with guest consignors peaked at 8,400gns.

In the latest of feature of our series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, we look at the importance of the Scottish island’s auction marts.

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has attempted to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about the prospect of a UK-New Zealand trade deal.

As the UK heads into a second lockdown I felt very lucky, if a little guilty, to be heading for Iceland.

Between the Beltex Sheep Society and its members, 1,700 has been donated to charities supporting the rural community.

Salers from Patrick Boyd’s Drumaglea herd, Isle of Tiree, led both the male and female trade at the Farmers Guardian supported breed society sale at Castle Douglas.

The chairman of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), Tim Smith, has said he expects around 80 per cent of the body’s recommendations to Government to be backed by all of its members.

British Wool have appointed Andrew Hogley as acting chief executive officer after Joe Farren stepped down due to ’personal reasons’