Sheep

In your field: Christine Ryder - 'By writing for FG I have met some fabulous people'

Livestock

In your field: Christine Ryder - 'By writing for FG I have met some fabulous people'

Well, this is a funny one. We live in very strange times and now we are nearing the end of lambing time there is time to reflect.

clock 26 April 2020 • 2 min read
Grass monitoring project enters second year

Livestock

Grass monitoring project enters second year

As GrassCheckGB enters into its second year, Hannah Park caught up with two of the farms taking part in the initiative which is aiming to help farmers across Great Britain improve their grassland productivity and pasture util

clock 25 April 2020 • 5 min read
In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

Arable

In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

We have now almost completed the spring work, with spring barley coming through the ground fairly evenly and its top dressing of fertiliser being applied at the end of last week.

clock 25 April 2020 • 2 min read
Galloway cattle well suited to Dartmoor grazing

Livestock

Galloway cattle well suited to Dartmoor grazing

Miles and Halen Partridge established their Rowbrook herd of Galloways in the 1990s, but despite the history of the herd they have eyes firmly on the future.

clock 24 April 2020 • 8 min read
Importance of native breeds in post-CAP countryside

Livestock

Importance of native breeds in post-CAP countryside

The annual barometer of native livestock breed numbers, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watchlist, has been released.But what could some of these breeds could offer UK agriculture in the future?

clock 24 April 2020 • 5 min read
Farmers herd sheep to spell out 'NHS' in tribute to frontline health workers

Livestock

Farmers herd sheep to spell out 'NHS' in tribute to frontline health workers

A young farmer paid his own special tribute to frontline health workers by herding his sheep to spell out ’NHS’.

clock 23 April 2020 • 1 min read
First blowfly strike cases of 2020 reported

Livestock

First blowfly strike cases of 2020 reported

The first cases of blowfly strike in 2020 have been reported in several locations in the UK.

clock 23 April 2020 • 1 min read
Auction mart demolition raises concerns as farmers face 45-mile trip to sell livestock

Livestock

Auction mart demolition raises concerns as farmers face 45-mile trip to sell livestock

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has expressed its concerns over a council’s decision to push on with the closure of Cowbridge livestock market, which could see farmers face a 45-mile round trip to sell their animals.

clock 22 April 2020 • 1 min read
In Your Field: Thomas Carrick - 'It's the best lambing weather I can remember'

Livestock

In Your Field: Thomas Carrick - 'It's the best lambing weather I can remember'

Thomas Carrick is part of a family-run upland beef and sheep farm in the North Pennines, near Alston. With pure-bred Swaledales to produce Mule lambs, they also run Salers cross cattle with Aberdeen-Angus calves which they finish at home.

clock 18 April 2020 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Marie Prebble - 'Not even a pandemic can affect day-to-day life when livestock is involved'

Livestock

In Your Field: Marie Prebble - 'Not even a pandemic can affect day-to-day life when livestock is involved'

None of us could anticipate just how altered the world has become in a matter of weeks. We are all affected by Covid-19, in so many ways, and it has never felt more important to reach out and communicate, both in our rural communities and more widely.

clock 17 April 2020 • 2 min read