Livestock

At this time of great change, we can look to the future of farming and our countryside with hope.

A number of farmers have threatened to quit the National Beef Association (NBA) over a controversial report which recommended redefining the age of prime cattle to improve the industry’s carbon footprint.

A new breed record of 18,000gns was set for a Herdwick ram at the Keswick show and sale on behalf of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association at Cockermouth.

Farmers can apply for a share of £25 million as part of round three of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme.

Emma Watson had been upset by an anonymous complaint to the RSPCA. An inspector confirmed there were no issues with the flock’s welfare

TWO lambs selling for 30,000 apiece and ram lambs averaging 2,206, a 766 increase on the year, were the highlights of the Bluefaced Leicester sale at Hawes.

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has warned it is ‘dangerous’ for the UK sheep sector to be so heavily reliant on the EU market for lamb exports.

With reports of rising lungworm infections in cattle in recent weeks, vet Emily Francis offers some advice on protecting your herd and profits.

The supermarket giant has been purchased by the billionaire Issa brothers, from Blackburn, in a £6.8bn deal