Livestock

Requirements to install, operate and keep CCTV footage will come into force on June 1, with regulations enforced on December 1

Dairy calf rearers can derive a horde of animal health rewards by feeding high quality colostrum for longer and a recent farmer survey shows most farmers are open to the practice if it were shown to be beneficial with adjustments to labour, equipment, and facilities

At just 21 years old, Elin Meredith has returned home to take over the family farm at the foot of the Brecon Beacons. Ellie Layton finds out more.

Poultry farmers in England and Scotland will no longer have to change how their eggs are labelled during housing orders due to avian influenza, saving farmers from costly labelling requirements

Italy has announced plans to send soldiers to hunt wild boar as it looks to protect its prosciutto and sausage industry from African swine fever (ASF)

Under the new recommendations farmers will be able to choose to delay the removal of a cow or heifer in the last 60 days of pregnancy and animals that have given birth in the previous 7 days, subject to biosecurity conditions to protect other cattle in the herd

A power outage has affected the British Cattle Movements Service

NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: "The success of the bTB eradication strategy is dependent on a range of methods to tackle the disease, including badger vaccination, responsible cattle movements and badger control"

A case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Ayrshire

Counties along the south and east coasts of England, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex, are considered 'most likely to be impacted'