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Pig farmers are facing the prospect of destroying animals as the labour shortage affecting meat and processing plants rips through the industry.

It was a day to remember for the Owens family’s Woodhouse flock, Presteigne, at the Kerry Hill sale at Ludlow.

THE Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle topped at 70,000gns for the second prize ram lamb and reserve overall champion, Bradleys Eubank.

The council has promised the farmer a ’cast iron guarantee’ housing developments would not go ahead on the site

Cull companies are due to commence work this autumn

The council has promised the farmer a ’cast iron guarantee’ housing developments would not go ahead on the site

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.

The bTB positive alpaca was culled at the end of August following a campaign by his owner to save him

Yara has announced its first acquisition in the organic fertiliser segment, after adding Ecolan Oy, a Finnish producer of recycled fertilisers to its portfolio.

It would appear at the time of writing that British Summertime has called time early, with the past couple of weeks having much more of an autumn vibe.