livestock

This blog highlights farmers' thoughts and experiences during lambing 2025. In this video blog, teacher and farmer Shane Auckland reflects on lambing time

Scottish borders farmer and grazing specialist Graham Lofthouse provides his top tips for reseeding as part of a Monitor Farm project meeting

Phase three of the National Johne’s Management Plan includes four key changes dairy farmers should be aware of

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said funds raised from Inheritance Tax would be used to fund things like the NHS, but farmers are a key part of fixing the national health crises

William Murray, known as @williammurray93 on TikTok, has taken the agricultural social media world by storm, amassing an impressive 194,500 followers across all his platforms

Cattle instincts and health and safety should be considered when purchasing or designing cattle handling systems

The Government has imposed livestock bans on Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and now Austria

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

Dr Meera Chand, emerging infection lead at the UK Health Security Agency, said: "Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)"

NI National Sheep Association said with the new SAP, sheep-only farmers are projected to ‘lose a substantial 17% of their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support’