Livestock

A new Farmers Guardian Podcast recorded at the Royal Cornwall Show lays bare the emotional and financial toll of bovine TB and what it will really take to beat it by 2038

Crowds once again flocked to the biennial NSA Scotsheep event, hosted this year by the Tilson family at Wedderlie Farm in the Borders

Lisa Fleming established her Falnash Bluefaced Leicester flock in 2021, winning a major Royal Highland Show award the following year which ignited her passion for showing

Errington Cheese won three gold awards at last year's Royal Highland Show, with 'Blackmount', a goats' milk lactic cheese, going on to lift the overall dairy produce title. This year, they are heading back to Islington hoping to pick up more silverware

John Christie began showing Suffolks at the Royal Highland Show in 1981, so it was a dream come true when he finally won the breed champion title at Ingliston 19 years later, in 2000

Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Katie Fallon catches up with auctioneer Megan Dowson ahead of this year's Marts the Heart Awards

The Cladich Highland cattle prefix features in volume one of the Highland Cattle Society Herd Book of 1885, and two heifers from the fold will be heading to the Royal Highland Show

A shift to local, targeted control of bovine TB, with farmers driving decisions rather than waiting on centralised direction or being hampered by political interference, lies at the heart of the new plan to make England bTB-free by 2038

Livestock specialist Katie Fallon, discusses her belated birthday surprise and the need for retailers to collaborate with farmers on big decisions

As more arable businesses explore integrating livestock, the new Livestock Zone will showcase practical solutions, innovative technologies, and low-input livestock systems designed to make the transition easier and more profitable