livestock

The British Farming Awards are back for 2025 and after a record year of entries last year, the 19 categories aim to continue shining a light on the phenomenal work taking place across the industry and the driving forces behind it

The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable

The Tenant Farmers Association said the Government's decision to make area-based payments without considering evidenced claims has resulted in more severely affected farmers losing out on compensation 'with no means of recourse'

NatureScot will be provided with nearly £1m in support from Scottish Government to help prevent sea eagle predation on farms in Scotland, but will it be enough?

Ulster Farmers' Union said the failure to allocate separate funding for TB control, particularly to support wildlife intervention measures, was a 'missed opportunity'

Derbyshire Constabulary has responded to livestock worrying incidents which led to dogs being shot and sheep being left with 'horrendous' injuries

Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed, after leading the independent commission that produced the farm assurance review report in January

Adam Grieve, senior auctioneer at St Boswells and manager at Wooler Mart, Harrison and Hetherington, reflects on the livestock markets

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the latest from the fallout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive closure. Defra is under scrutiny over its failure to give farmers' notice as the industry questions whether all the budget has been spent. She also looks ahead to next week, a special podcast on Donald Trump, tariffs and what this means for machinery markets and UK farming going forward and the livestock team are heading to Borderway UK Dairy Expo at Carlisle this week, the first dairy show of the year

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown analyses the fall out from the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), with the Farming Minister telling MPs that farmers were not given notice on closure as it would have led to a 'further spike in applications'. The National Trust says Defra's decision to close SFI to new applications will leave farmers facing a 'four month funding gap'. And she takes a look at the NFU's farmer confidence survey which is reportedly at an 'all time low'