livestock

Despite reporting strong throughput figures for 2023, executive director of the Institute of Appraisers and Auctioneers Neil Wilson said farmers and auctioneers faced some of the biggest challenges it has ever faced without backing from the Scottish Government

This year’s Pig and Poultry Fair focuses on innovation, collaboration and sustainability, and hopes to share a positive outlook with producers on the year ahead

Red Tractor chief executive Jim Moseley told tenant farmers last week that the scheme was a ‘victim of its own success' amid a rising demand for consumer and retailer assurance

Keeping laying hens longer can help reduce the carbon footprint of egg production through increased lifetime performance.

Neil Wilson, executive director at the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland, and Ellis Mutch, an Aberdeenshire auctioneer part of the ANM Group, joins us on the podcast this week

Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm confirmed a number of visitors had reported feeling unwell after visiting the farm

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team confirmed they were investigating the incident and had identified the dog owner in question

With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents

Alastair Sneddon on Red Tractor and the weather

Court told animals were kept in a hazardous environment and given an inadequate diet