cattle

Jeremy Greenhalgh on Clitheroe's sales outlook

Cattle prices had fallen since hitting highs in May, but tighter supplies seem to have halted the fall

Calls for the cattle sector to adopt electric tagging has been two decades in the making in Scotland

NFU advises farmers to refer back to the current guidance of the scheme before completing the online checker, to ensure their proposal has the best possible chance of being approved

Native champion goes on to take inter-breed title

Even though housing is a few months away, it pays to consider the liver fluke challenge your cattle may have faced this grazing season and plan for any flukicide treatments you may need to administer before winter.

At the moment in-calf cows and heifers which fail bovine TB tests must be culled on-farm before giving birth

Beef prices are falling as a result of larger supplies, lower import prices and weak consumer demand

Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said 'progress' continued to be made with tackling bTB in Wales, but acknowledged it was ‘slow'. She asked for farmers and vets to 'redouble their efforts'

Smaller dairy farms are questioning their future amid lower prices and an increased need to invest with expectations of milk production to tighten later in the year