Sheep

With widespread high rainfall having hit many regions in recent weeks, those spring grazing livestock may be looking at alternative management options.

Pregnant ewes are a major source of worms on pasture during the grazing season, which is why farmers have traditionally wormed their pregnant stock.

Using traditional breeds alongside the latest technology is a successful combination for Bruce Kenworthy’s sheep enterprise in West Yorkshire. Angela Calvert reports.

For sheep producers who want to mitigate the risk of a grass shortage and have a fresh high feed value forage to hand when finishing lambs there are plenty of options. Farmers Guardian reports.

Every beef system in Scotland can be seen as sustainable, as can every sheep system.

With the environmental impact of livestock farming under increased scrutiny, what can farmers do to be as sustainable as possible?

Nearly half a billion pounds worth of livestock was sold through Scotland’s auction marts in 2019.

A new record of 1,700 for a Dalesbred female was set at the Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association show and sale held at Bentham for a two-shear ewe, shown by Colin and Alan Price, Longlands.

Footage filmed undercover at an abattoir by Animal Aid activists which appeared to show sheep being mistreated has been ruled inadmissible by a court judge.

Latest figures from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) show almost 99 per cent of eligible farmers under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) have received payment by February 29, a 1.4 per cent improvement on last year.