Feature - Livestock

It is 30 years since the Zwartbles Sheep Association was first established in the UK – and with 12 flocks on the books in 1995, compared to 526 today, it is clear that the love for this big, bright, black-and-white breed continues to grow

Beef production efficiency goes hand in hand with profitability and sustainability at Birdsall Estate

For one Breconshire farm, the Royal Welsh Winter Fair provides the perfect opportunity to showcase the best stock they produce.

A renowned stockperson with a career spanning decades, Ian Anderson is well-known in the pedigree world and on the cattle show circuit. Ellie Layton explores his journey

Setting the groundwork for early-life performance with good feed and genetics is helping push performance on a grass- and forage-based system

After such a dry summer, Emma Penny finds out how cattle taking part in the virtual fencing project have fared on hill land at the Strathspey monitor farm

Optimising dairy beef calf rearing and finishing to meet market requirements is close to Laura Awdry’s heart and was the topic of her Nuffield Scholarship, inspired by her own farm enterprise

A father-and-son team run a Stabiliser composite and South Devon suckler herd on organic principles near Penzance, Cornwall.

The Chapelton herd is synonymous with quality, well-bred native cattle as a result of the careful stockmanship of the Biggar family

One Sussex sheep farm is fine-tuning feeding strategies to maximise the potential of autumn grazing