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The NFU has been awarded £29,125 by the Royal Academy of Engineering to fund its latest Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education project.

Younger consumers in particular were buying more eggs

Eradication of Bovine TB (bTB) must be prioritised by the next Welsh Government, the Farmers’ Union of Wales animal health and welfare committee has said.

Research by Robert Wilkinson, principal lecturer in ruminant nutrition at Harper Adams University, found adding prebiotics, namely mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS), to the diet of pregnant ewes improved the quality of colostrum.

A 19-year-old man has tragically died in an incident at an egg farm in Leicestershire. 

Growing concern from the public and producers about the practice of separating dairy calves from their mothers at birth and rearing them artificially, prompted Harper Adams University PhD researcher, Olivia Bolton, to carry o

Calls to support Britain’s pig sector have been snubbed as retailers displayed less British pork in March, latest data from AHDB’s PorkWatch survey has revealed.

The bulk of the weekly price gains are related to positive offshore developments, as markets look to potential weather issues in the Americas.

In calves housed in pairs or groups, cross suckling following milk feeding increases the likelihood of them continuing to do this after weaning and can be seen as poor animal welfare, whereas play behaviour is regarded as pos

Brexit and Covid-19 have hit overseas trade. By Cedric Porter