Livestock farmers

Defra-funded research project looks to help farmers to understand soil health by listening to the noises made by earthworms

Funding for investment in livestock housing has been welcomed by the sector but some farmers are concerned about the logistics of securing planning permission and barriers to new entrants

An environmental campaign group, River Action has released a series of videos across social media that seek to blame agriculture for river pollution

Recently the Farmers Guardian reported on a Wales civil service document which claimed ‘big emissions numbers in the Welsh agricultural inventory will always come from ruminants' and that ‘the elephant in the room is always livestock numbers'

Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said 'progress' continued to be made with tackling bTB in Wales, but acknowledged it was ‘slow'. She asked for farmers and vets to 'redouble their efforts'

Pasture for Life (PfL) project looks to support farmers in protected landscapes who are looking to incorporate regenerative farming practices into ruminant livestock systems

According to figures from Defra, the number of new bTB herd incidents in the last 12 months increased by 13 in Scotland, with the number of herds under restriction rising by 16

Farming a Greener Future will showcase how livestock farming can have a positive impact on nature as well as food security

A fourth-generation dairy farmer from Pembrokeshire has gone down with bTB after five years of being TB free. He has criticised the Welsh Government for ‘burying their heads in the sand'

Former international rugby referee turned farmer, Nigel Owens, talks to Farmers Guardian about switching life on the rugby pitch for his beloved pedigree Herefords on his farm in Wales. And surprisingly, there are similarities between the two professions