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Supplied by a range of manufacturers from both the UK and abroad, the range of mobile handling systems has grown rapidly, helping to make sheep farmers’ day-to-day tasks easier. Ellie Layton looks at some recent changes and updates available.

Contracts between farmers and companies wishing to offset their environmental impact are now coming to the fore.

A series of events designed to demystify and spark fresh discussion on the benefits of peatland restoration will take place across Scotland between March 6-23.

At an AHDB event in Cumbria, Dr Awal Fuseini, halal sector senior manager at AHDB, discussed the halal market, focusing on both the misconceptions and positive opportunities it presents to UK sheep farmers.

The NFU horticulture sector has set out its ambitious 10-point plan to boost the embattled horticulture sector, saying that ‘empty shelves’ will force Government to address its demands.

While there has been a significant reduction in the use of antimicrobials on dairy farms since 2018, that decline has been plateauing for the last three years according to the latest antimicrobial focus report from Kingshay.

buyers guide mowers and flails

Pig margins remained negative in the fourth quarter of 2022, despite falling feed prices and a more stable pig price.

I started my year attending the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). It was the first time I have ever attended an agricultural conference.

Without a doubt, one of the major challenges UK dairy farming has is environmental, and businesses will have to adapt to survive.