Beef

A simplified licence enabling English farmers and landowners to vaccinate badgers has been introduced to help in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the Government has announced.

Bovine tuberculosis remains one of the ‘main threats’ to Welsh farming, according to a report published by a Senedd committee.

The world needs to increase food production and availability by 70 per cent by 2050 to keep pace with the food needs of a rapidly expanding global population.

British Blue cattle were in demand at the Border British Blue Club show and sale at Carlisle selling to 18,000gns for second prize winning, Brennand Panther, from Jeff and Margaret Walker, Dunsop Bridge.

Exhibitors and visitors alike were pleased to be attending the first Nottinghamshire Show since 2019. Angela Calvert and Katie Fallon report.

Ringside round-up of all the action from the livestock exhibits at this year’s Balmoral Show.

Ahead of NBA Beef Expo the Richardson family, Melsonby, North Yorkshire and the Suddes family, Cornsay, Co Durham, are set to welcome visitors to their farms on Friday May, 27.

Tougher bovine tuberculosis (bTB) controls including diagnostic testing, cattle movements and isolation requirements have been proposed by the Scottish Government in a new consultation.

Record farmgate prices across many parts of the world show beef demand remains firm, despite environmental activists calling for a fall in consumption.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health technical services manager Sioned Timothy says wormer resistance is a real and growing threat to cattle producers.