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WHEN Lance Charity took on the tenancy of a county council arable farm, he knew he would have to take every opportunity to maximise income from it.

Cell grazing and top sheep genetics are maximising production from grazed grass on a Welsh farm.

THE three days of Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association ‘C’ District ram sales at Kirkby Stephen topped at 60,000 for Mark Nelson from the Bull and Cave flock, Clapham.

Breed records were smashed at the Dalmally Blackface ram sale when a ram lamb from the Dalchirla flock at Muthill, Crieff, sold for 200,000 surpassing the previous top of 160,000, also set by Dalchirla, five years ago.

A collaboration between scientists in Scotland and The Netherlands has found that a lack of ‘social distancing’ between sheep is almost exclusively responsible for the spread of the virus that causes the chronic viral disease

But a drop in English lamb numbers has offset the increases

Jane King will leave her role no later than September 2021

Ease and accessibility of virtual livestock sales has seen auction marts invest in digital technology in response to fluctuating Covid-19 restrictions.

Defra’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme must stop the uplands from being destocked and wilded by stealth, says Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association.

Increased grassland reseeding with specialist leys and strategic use of different forage crops has led to a transformation in the performance of the Roberts family’s sheep and beef business.