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Sheep farmers are being urged to integrate the two newer wormer groups, 4-AD orange and 5-SI purple, into their worm control plans now.

NEW at this year’s Borderway Agri-Expo to be held on October 29 at Carlisle is the David Thomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award which aims to recognise commitment, success and accomplishment within livestock farming industry.

Charlotte Bevan, 26, grew up on a Herefordshire farm and works as a senior accounts administrator for CXCS, a firm of agricultural compliance advisers.

Record-breaking temperatures last week swept across from the west-coast of Canada. By Bruce Jobson and Alex Black

Diversifying into rearing livestock could present an opportunity for arable farmers looking to plug their future Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) gap.

AHDB’s recently published Planting and Variety Survey shows improved 2020/21 autumn and winter planting conditions allowed GB grain areas to swing back to trend levels.

With more than 90 classic tractors for sale, The Shrubbs Farm Collection which was recently dispersed by auction house Cheffins, had several record breaking prices.

Unlike previous pandemics or plagues, Covid-19 has happened at a time when the ability to monitor the spread of the disease has been far more advanced than any previous era.

Industry chiefs have reaffirmed the need for a comprehensive set of measures to tackle bovine TB, including badger culling, as field trials for a new cattle vaccine got underway this week.

Thirty-four workers lost their lives in agricultural incidents from April 2020 to the end of March 2021, marking a ’shocking’ 70 per cent death toll increase compared to last year, new data from HSE has revealed.