Livestock

Farm groups have welcomed Government plans to scrap EU greening requirements for direct payments from 2021.

A top price of 50,000gns, was the highlight of the Suffolk Sheep Society sale at Lanark, where Darragh McMenamin’s Mullinvale flock led the trade.

After Covid-19 caused the wool price to collapse, a petition has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Defra Secretary to use wool as insulation for all Government grant supported buildings. 

A top Welsh Government (WG) official has said he expects ‘business casualties’ from the twin pressures of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has held the attention of the world since January, but as the UK stumbles towards the end of the Brexit transition period, there is an urgent need to refocus.

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, has said his Government will be ‘sensitive’ to coronavirus issues faced by farmers when setting a Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) phaseout timetable.

In a sheep industry first, breeding company, AB Europe, has teamed up with bovine genetics specialists, Cogent, to launch a new sexed semen service for UK sheep producers.

THE highlight the opening store lamb sale at J36 was four-year-old Freddie Willison, Levens, selling his pet lamb, Bob, to raise money for NHS Charities Together.

A raft of initiatives, including a vow never to use chlorinated chicken, have been announced by Nando’s UK as part of its commitment to better chicken welfare and environmental sustainability.

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will formally launch the Trade and Agriculture Commission at an event in Whitehall tomorrow (Tuesday July 28).