Livestock

The House of Lords has an opportunity to ensure our production standards are protected in the Agriculture Bill, and it must, because we cannot afford to get this piece of legislation wrong, says Martin Lines, chairman of the Nature Friendly Farming Network.

The Agriculture Bill provided an opportunity to make empty shelves and empty stomachs a thing of the past, but it is an opportunity missed, says Luke Pollard, Labour’s Shadow Defra Secretary.

After 40 years spent judging Hereford cattle across the country, Clive Davies looks back on how things have changed and what he feels needs to adapt moving forward. Farmers Guardian reports.

Farmers will receive a much lower price on average for their 2019/2020 fleeces than previous years due to severe market disruption caused by the pandemic.

New season lambs fell by 5 per cent to 249p/kg in the week to May 27 and old season prices were 11 per cent lower at 187p/kg.

Police forces recorded fewer instances of dog attacks on sheep in 2019 than on the previous year, the first decrease since 2012. 

After years of trial work, the major US cattle breeding organisation STgenetics has announced its world first of a feed efficiency prediction. Peter Hollinshead talks to CEO Juan Moreno.

As thousands of walkers descend on the countryside during the coronavirus lockdown, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has called for visitors to show more ‘respect’ for the land and those who farm it.

Rural organisations have joined forces to demand Environment Secretary George Eustice bring the ‘chaotic’ wildlife licensing system, run by Natural England (NE), back into central Government to be reformed.

Hundreds of acres of moorland and forestry have been engulfed by wildfires due to the recent dry weather and ’irresponsible’ behaviour of people visiting the countryside.