Disease

Chair of the Ruminant Health and Welfare, Gwyn Jones, talks to Katie Fallon about the future of the livestock industry and the organisations ongoing priorities.

That was the message from new livestock board chair and Gloucestershire beef suckler farmer David Barton, who added the ‘unpredictability' of this strain of bluetongue was worrying

Problems are mounting for growers as fieldwork is hit by further delays, the rising threat of disease and decreased yields

Dairy farms in Kansas and Texas have been affected

Cereal growers urged to be prepared following unfavourable early spring conditions

Dairy farmers are encouraged to understand the signs and symptoms of Schmallenburg within dairy herds amid UK outbreak

Grant funding is available to help dairy farmers protect herd health and water quality against contamination from cryptosporidium this spring. Farmers Guardian learns more from Severn Trent agricultural adviser, Mark Biddulph.

Future success in farming will need new people regardless of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, skills or the career pathway that they took

With udder cleft dermatitis affecting most of the UK dairy herd, Katie Fallon speaks to the team at LLM Farm Vets on cause, prevention and treatment of the skin condition

A partner in Mathison (Farmers) Leven, East Yorkshire, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 31 January, in relation to animal health and food safety offences