Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths, came under fire for failing to produce promised funding to help the Welsh sheep sector tackle sheep scab.
Pasture monitoring and feed budgeting is central to the system for brothers Aled and Iwan Evans, as they aim to achieve optimum output per hectare while consistently reaching their desired profit margin. Hannah Park reports.
The third year of ADAS’s grass YEN competition highlighted the challenges a year of unpredictable weather has had on grass growth with quality down as well as yields across the UK. Hannah Noble reports.
The Great Bonanza Suffolk female sale held on-farm on behalf of Messrs Sufferin’s, Crewelands flock, Maghera, and Messrs Tait’s, Burnview flock, Gorton Glen, along with guest consignors peaked at 8,400gns.
As the UK heads into a second lockdown I felt very lucky, if a little guilty, to be heading for Iceland.
Trade Secretary Liz Truss has attempted to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about the prospect of a UK-New Zealand trade deal.
The struggle that has been 2020 has now reached November and I can only pray that it is not going to be as wet as October, which was the wettest October on record in our part of north east Scotland.
British Wool have appointed Andrew Hogley as acting chief executive officer after Joe Farren stepped down due to ’personal reasons’
Red Tractor has failed farmers. It’s time to take premium English products to the global marketplace in the same way as Scotch Beef and Welsh Lamb, says Norman Bagley, head of policy at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).