The Beckett family’s focus on producing as much high-quality grass as possible has been rewarded with success in the recent Ulster Grassland Society competition. Richard Halleron reports.
Free-range egg farmers were calling for supermarkets to look to the dairy sector for answers as the average producer loses 29p for every dozen eggs they sell.
Practical tips around feeding home-grown protein were up for discussion at a recent AHDB dairy roadshow at Court 51AVÊÓÆµin Gloucestershire.
A new grant to help farmers in England better manage slurry is being introduced next month, the Government has confirmed.
Dairy co-operative Arla has joined forces with charity Magic Breakfast to raise awareness about children’s hunger as a reported four million UK youngsters go without food each morning.
With limited improved pasture, silage ground at the James Hutton Institute’s hill farm in Aberdeenshire has to ‘punch above its weight’, as Ewan Pate found out.
The UK beef suckler herd is set to contract by 10 per cent because of rising input costs and a lack of clarity from all Governments about future policy direction, an industry leader has warned.
With limited improved pasture, silage ground at the James Hutton Institutes hill farm in Aberdeenshire has to punch above its weight, as Ewan Pate found out.
Major buyers have announced more increases, or at least holds, in November, but it might be a different story come the New Year
Crowds gathered to watch the Holstein champion, Whinchat Stanleycup Farrah, take the coveted SuperCow championship at AgriScot, as the event made a return to the show calendar for the first time since 2019.