livestock

Disease control initiative marks step forward in improving herd health and disease resilience within the Scottish pig industry

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

Wales Veterinary Science Centre manager, Dr Hazel Wright, looks ahead to the NSA Welsh Sheep seminar sessions, where she will be joined by a panel of speakers to discuss how proactive flock health can improve farm profitability

This year's NSA Welsh Sheep event will be hosted by Penny Chantler and her sons, Sam and Will Sawday, at Tregoyd near Hay-on-Wye in the Welsh Borders

NSA Welsh Sheep visitors can look forward to an engaging day, with farm tours and a packed demonstration, competition and seminar schedule

'It's not the cow, it's the how', says study, as it backs the switch to regenerative practices

Red Tractor said the role would include ensuring assessors and Red Tractor had appropriate training to support farmers

The proposed system includes two new voluntary tiers, each with its own dedicated logo

NSA said while the bluetongue vaccine offered another tool for farmers, it would not protect livestock totally

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about how rewilding could put the country at risk of wildfires, and reflects on a better lambing than last year