Sheep

Beef and dairy producers should be hit with a new tax in order to incentivise greener farming methods, while consumers should follow a diet restricted to fewer than three portions of meat a week, a new report has suggested.

With lambing time on the horizon, vets offer a reminder of best practice with a focus on low antibiotic use, colostrum quality and ewe nutrition.

A new market record for an in-lamb Rough Fell of 3,000gns was set at the Farmers Guardian supported Diamond Delights sale at J36.

Hannah Reddaway never thought she would end up back on the family farm, but she has never felt more at home. Emily Ashworth finds out more.

Mineral supplementation can be key to achieving optimum animal health and productivity. But what are the main minerals livestock farmers should be focusing on to avoid a shortfall? 

Agroforestry can be seen on farms throughout the UK, often on a large scale. But one Herefordshire farmer is showing how it can be done on a traditional family farm. Ellie Layton reports.

With livestock attacks once again in the news, it is important for farmers to know where they stand legally and the measures which they can take to protect their flocks.

A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN from Northamptonshire has been convicted of theft after he stole a sheep, shot it dead and fed it to a pack of hounds.

With the only licensed oral spectinomycin for watery mouth in new-born lambs now withdrawn from the market, vet Gina Barnhurst, Cross Counties Farm Vets, offers advice as to how to avoid the problem.

One of the biggest challenges for a dairy sheep farming newcomer is securing a consistent outlet for their milk. Ellie Layton looks into how a Warwickshire couple have succeeded.