The knock-on effects of last summer’s dry conditions on forage supply and silage quality, combined with warmer, damp periods broken by sudden cold snaps and snow, has created the perfect storm for ...
Cattle farmers are being urged to act before turnout as rising lungworm cases and growing resistance to commonly used wormers increase disease risk on pasture.
The scale and size of the US Beef feedlot system is not only impressive and a bit spellbinding, more importantly it’s efficient and works. It works for a number of reasons, but the two that stand out ...
The use of in-vitro fertilisation in cattle breeding is growing globally, driven by advances in genomics and an increasing ...
At 1800ft, Skelfhill Farm proves the power of hardy Galloway cattle, thriving on rough hill ground and boosting performance across the enterprise.
Among the legislation announced alongside the King’s Speech on Tuesday was a ban on the export of UK livestock for fattening and slaughter. The decision, if it gets through Parliament, will have a ...
It started innocuously, with some tweeted photos of livestock amid bucolic-looking Cumbrian countryside and an account of how many birds lived there. Within hours, a full-blown Twitter spat was ...