Sheep

The livestock sector has a proven track record of attracting and maintaining domestic labour on-farm, with an extremely low reliance on migrant workers. Hannah Binns explores the reasons behind this.

Following a two-year break, the Royal Welsh Show returns with major changes at the helm. Barry Alston reports.

While family remains at the heart of the business at Nun Cote Nook Farm in the Yorkshire Dales, ensuring the business remains viable is paramount. Katie Fallon finds out more.

Zowie Bell was born within a stone’s throw of the tract of East Yorkshire common land, which she has managed for the past four years as its designated pasture warden. Wendy Short reports.

A new worming treatment check, designed to get farmers and their vets thinking about testing for whether or not wormers are working effectively long before animal performance is impacted, is in the process of being developed.

Tests have confirmed ML resistant sheep scab mites can be effectively controlled with organophosphate (OP) plunge dipping.

It was the Charolais champion, Maerdy Morwr, from David Stubbs of AJR Farms, Aberdeenshire, which was tapped out as this year’s Royal Highland Show inter-breed champion. Hannah Park and Katie Fallon report.

A home-bred Charollais from Ben Radley, Dumfriesshire, was tapped out as champion in the inter-breed sheep judging at this year’s Royal Highland Show.

A mixed farming family from Co Durham has become one of the few non-dairy enterprises to win the Durham Grassland Society’s overall silage competition. Katie Fallon reports.

Updates on the latest wormer advice and how to prevent costly treatment regimes have been on the agenda at sheep focussed events recently. Katie Fallon reports.