livestock

Meadow, First Milk, Dunbia and Frontier Agriculture have joined several supermarkets in showing their support for farmers over IHT proposals

The Prime Minister said the Government would not hesitate in taking action to stop the disease from entering the country for the first time in over 18 years

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at Cranswick's latest pig business acquisition with Yorkshire-based JSR Genetics, Elsewhere, the Government's progress towards improving the environment has slowed and it is 'still largely off track' in achieving its legal environmental commitments, according to the latest annual assessment by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP)

Yorkshire-based JSR Genetics moves to reassure clients after takeover deal

Dairy incomes for the period April 2023-March 2024 plummeted 59% as milk prices dropped, according to Welsh Government figures

Gordon and Buchan MP Harriet Cross said the UK needed screening and spot testing to be implemented in response to Germany's foot-and-mouth outbreak

Farmers will receive a combination of cost of production and market price plus incentives

As the first case has been confirmed in Germany, Defra has issued guidance for livestock farmers

No cases of the disease have been reported in the UK so far

While bale grazing beef cattle over winter can be challenging and must be carefully planned out, there are many potential benefits