Sheep

Many farmers up and down the country enjoy attending meetings held by vets and other organisations, but as lockdown put a stop to social gatherings how do farmers want to proceed into the new normal? Hannah Noble reports.

Red meat, potato and dairy sales have received a boost from the reopening of takeaways as Brits return to their pre-shutdown eating habits

Increasing both quality and quantity of their livestock is the driving force behind Tom Hill and Ruby Wright’s South Yorkshire farming business.

I am pleased to be hiding from the heat and catching up on office work. A week of 30degC heat (and more) and not a drop of rain has parched already severely dry ground and there is not a bite of grass over most of the farm.

The Farmers Guardian supported Beltex Sheep Society’s premier sale at Carlisle saw a new auction record of 45,000gns set for a ram lamb and averages up on the year across all sections.

Innovative individuals and farm businesses recognised across the UK

Well, as per usual, July has flown by. All silage is baled and although it has been a catchy and frustrating time, we have ended up with plenty of decent crop.

NFU Cymru has reacted angrily to a Welsh Government (WG) commitment in its Clean Air Plan to introduce a new agricultural water pollution law.

A no-deal Brexit at the end of this year could lead to the premature slaughter of ‘millions of lambs’, a peer has warned, as pressure on the Government to protect agriculture ramped up.

IAAS has warned an increase in private sales could leave farmers open to unfair prices and payment dodgers