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With fly season upon us, farmers are being reminded to tackle strike head-on and apply an early preventive treatment to protect sheep from blowfly strike and to stop the first wave of blowflies from breeding.

In the pages of last week’s Farmers Guardian Buy and Sell section there was an abundance of dairy herd dispersals advertised. It was indicative of the current state of that sector, with people looking to cash in while prices for stock are high and larger herds continue to add head count.

The Mastitis Therapy Checklist from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health advises that taking time to sit down with your vet to review treatment protocols is a valuable thing to do

Ahead of NBA Beef Expo the Richardson family, Melsonby, North Yorkshire and the Suddes family, Cornsay, Co Durham, are set to welcome visitors to their farms on Friday May, 27.

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has warned further delays to the introduction of EU import checks, which were due to begin in July, are a risk to biosecurity and could disadvantage Welsh farmers.

The Governments appetite for trade deals, coupled with the impact of policy changes, suggests a deliberate agenda to undermine family farms and displace UK food production, FUW president Glyn Roberts has said.

The National Beef Association’s annual Beef Expo event returns this year and includes a commercial cattle show, a host of trade stands and seminars.

An innovative feeder bucket secured the accolades in the Young Engineer Award which was announced at LAMMA Show.

Tributes have been paid to Holstein UK chief executive Sue Cope who has died at the age of 54 following a ‘short but courageous’ battle with illness. 

Conflict of interest concerns have been raised by farmers after the chair of Red Tractor, Christine Tacon, made the decision to stand for election to the Co-op board.