livestock

With the sector recovering following two and a half years of crisis, Cedric Porter takes a look at the prospects in the pig sector.

Silage results look to be reflective of the variable weather conditions and indicate precise rationing will be key to maintain intakes

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'

RSPCA said the ewe had managed to crawl into a drain on a farm in Stair, Keswick, when it became stuck

A ringside round up of livestock results from this year's Dumfries Show

Industry encourages farmers to get involved with AHDB’s Medicine Hub to drive forward reduction in antibiotic use across the UK’s ruminant sector

HCC said it is critical to ‘cut through to consumers' and ensure they understand what PGI sustainable Welsh beef and lamb is all about

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'

With funding opportunities and agronomic pressures altering crop rotations, two farmers and an agronomist address the benefits alternative break crops provide while debunking common challenges with market access and establishment