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If you are after the latest information from the show and sales rings, are seeking practical advice on topics that might be affecting you, or are interested in what other livestock farmers are doing then FG Livestock has it covered.

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Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales
Environment

Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 08 March 2026 • 2 min read
Farms prioritise hygiene ahead of Easter lambing events
Sheep

Farms prioritise hygiene ahead of Easter lambing events

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 06 March 2026 • 7 min read
Instability in the Middle East could impact food price inflation
Politics

Instability in the Middle East could impact food price inflation

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 02 March 2026 • 2 min read
'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak
Animal Health

'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
Livestock Features
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Females are the foundation of the Thornbury flock
Livestock

Females are the foundation of the Thornbury flock

One Herefordshire-based flock with a pedigree focus has commercial traits at the forefront. Ellie Layton reports.

clock 09 March 2026 • 7 min read
'You cannot beat a Beltex for carcase': Inside a Cumbrian farm's breeding strategy
Livestock

'You cannot beat a Beltex for carcase': Inside a Cumbrian farm's breeding strategy

Striving to continue to add value to their mixed livestock enterprise, Cumbrian farmers Will and Gillian Sedgley value the Beltex for prime lamb production

clock 06 March 2026 • 6 min read
Sheep embryo transfer: An industry perspective
Livestock

Sheep embryo transfer: An industry perspective

Embryo transfer (ET) has been in use since the early 2000s, but over the past decade its growing presence in the sheep industry is prompting fresh debate among pedigree and commercial producers alike. Ellie Layton hears views from across the industry

clock 06 March 2026 • 9 min read
Renowned shearer, Matt Smith: "We are seriously motivated to go the extra mile to win this time"
Livestock

Renowned shearer, Matt Smith: "We are seriously motivated to go the extra mile to win this time"

Sheep shearer and award-winning farmer Matt Smith is in New Zealand for the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, which will take place in Masterton, New Zealand, from March 4-7 at the War Memorial Stadium. The event brings together top shearers and wool handlers from 28 countries and features machine shearing, blade shearing and wool handling.

clock 04 March 2026 • 4 min read
Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm
Livestock

Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm

Maize silage is a critical part of the beef ration at Shoby Priory Agriculture in Leicestershire, where close to 1,000 cattle are finished annually

clock 02 March 2026 • 5 min read
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"
Farm Life

UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Farming communities demonstrated strength and resilience to overcome the foot-and-mouth crisis and its aftermath. But have lessons been learnt 25 years on?

clock 27 February 2026 • 4 min read
Technical Advice
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Fluid treatment key to combat calf scour

Fluid treatment key to combat calf scour

Pre-lambing ewe nutrition: The key to strong lambs and quality colostrum

Pre-lambing ewe nutrition: The key to strong lambs and quality colostrum

Management matters when it comes to mycoplasma

Management matters when it comes to mycoplasma

Six simple principles to improve calf housing

Six simple principles to improve calf housing

Top tips for controlling calf pneumonia on-farm this winter

Top tips for controlling calf pneumonia on-farm this winter

How to protect your flock against avian influenza this winter

How to protect your flock against avian influenza this winter

Heat stress and ram fertility: What you need to know this breeding season

Heat stress and ram fertility: What you need to know this breeding season

Managing beef diets this autumn and winter

Managing beef diets this autumn and winter

Beef
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Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales
Environment

Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 08 March 2026 • 2 min read
First tariff-free UK beef arrives in the US
Beef

First tariff-free UK beef arrives in the US

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 02 March 2026 • 4 min read
Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm
Livestock

Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm

Farmers guardian
clock 02 March 2026 • 5 min read
Slower beef market should not herald a collapse in prices
Beef

Slower beef market should not herald a collapse in prices

Cedric Porter
clock 25 February 2026 • 3 min read
Farmers risk losing market share to imports without significant growth in beef herd, NBA says
Beef

Farmers risk losing market share to imports without significant growth in beef herd, NBA says

Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 25 February 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"
Beef

Letters: "Looking back, we've learned a lot in half a century of beef breeding"

Philip Morgan
clock 24 February 2026 • 2 min read
Sheep
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Females are the foundation of the Thornbury flock
Livestock

Females are the foundation of the Thornbury flock

Ellie Layton
clock 09 March 2026 • 7 min read
 Top tips for successful weaning and managing of surplus lambs
Sheep

Top tips for successful weaning and managing of surplus lambs

Farmers Guardian
clock 08 March 2026 • 5 min read
The critical role of navel care
Sheep

The critical role of navel care

Angela Calvert
clock 07 March 2026 • 5 min read
Pigs
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Pig margins tighten in quarter four

Pig margins tighten in quarter four

Farmers must not be undermined by lower standard imports after farrowing crate changes, say MPs

Farmers must not be undermined by lower standard imports after farrowing crate changes, say MPs

Pig and poultry protein regulatory changes delayed until EU SPS agreement in place

Pig and poultry protein regulatory changes delayed until EU SPS agreement in place

Spanish ASF laboratory link ruled out

Spanish ASF laboratory link ruled out

Spanish laboratory could be source of ASF outbreak

Spanish laboratory could be source of ASF outbreak

Poultry
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Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

Major food chains withdraw from Better Chicken Commitment's animal welfare policy

NFU egg sector housing survey shows need for better planning and supply chain fairness

NFU egg sector housing survey shows need for better planning and supply chain fairness

Pig and poultry protein regulatory changes delayed until EU SPS agreement in place

Pig and poultry protein regulatory changes delayed until EU SPS agreement in place

National Housing Order declared in England

National Housing Order declared in England

Avian flu ramps up in Europe

Avian flu ramps up in Europe

Livestock Blogs
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View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

View from the Rostrum – Andrew Clements: "Ultimately, the demand for dairy cows – albeit lessening – is still there"

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

View from the Rostrum - Russell Steer: "With numbers looking tight, there has never been a better time to market your stock"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "The countryside should never be shut down again"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "Infectious diseases do not respect borders or species barriers, and we ignore this at our peril"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "For some, the battle was too much"

2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak - 25 years on: "For some, the battle was too much"

Animal Health
How new bird flu vaccines could help stop one of the worst pandemics in human history

How new bird flu vaccines could help stop one of the worst pandemics in human history

Gov launches vaccine trial to combat bird flu

Gov launches vaccine trial to combat bird flu

UK facing biosecurity threat as illegal meat 'drive-bys' skip border checks

UK facing biosecurity threat as illegal meat 'drive-bys' skip border checks

Defra chief unaware of sheep shearing visa block as the news has not 'hit his desk'

Defra chief unaware of sheep shearing visa block as the news has not 'hit his desk'

South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return

South African dairy farmers on high alert for foot-and-mouth return

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