Sheep

Multi-species leys and alternative forage crops are becoming an increasingly important element of maximising production and reducing costs for one KPI-driven livestock producer.

Government officials and advisors were wrong to tell the sheep sector to follow the business model set by the pig and poultry industries, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has said.

A culture of total risk aversion in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and foot-dragging in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

A culture of ‘total risk aversion’ in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ‘foot-dragging’ in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

PAUL TIPPETTS and Christine Williams, Shifnal, dispersed the Blue Texel, Beltex, Texel and Badger Face Texels pedigree females from their Wilodge and Hackney flocks at Carlisle, setting three new breed reocords.

Ceva Animal Health, the manufacturers of Spectam Scour Halt, has announced the delisting of the oral solution 50mg/ml, raising questions for the 2022 lambing season.

Sheep and goat farmers across Wales are being reminded to complete their annual inventory by February 1, 2022.

Jim Walker has criticised comments by NFUS president Martin Kennedy on Irish beef filling the UK self-sufficiency gap

LEADING the trade at the Christmas Stars sale of Texel females at Carlisle were to Boden and Davies, Stockport, who sold shearling gimmers from their Mellor Vale and Sportsmans flocks at 38,000gns and 30,000gns.

Future farm support could be based around knowledge exchange rather than meeting specific targets, animal scientists at disease research centre Moredun have said.