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As the UK prepares to sign trade deals with several countries, including the USA, concerns have grown that the food service sector may move to take advantage of low standard imports in future. Abi Kay reports. Ìý

Health and welfare in a post-Brexit world will be largely defined by Defra’s Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, but what will this mean for farmers?Ìý

THE live sale of pedigree Charollais rams at Worcester saw a top price of 16,000gns for Foxhill Va Va Voom, a ram lamb from Mike and Melanie Alford, Devon.

THE Teiglum flock from Clark Farms, Carluke, led the trade at the Summer Sensation Texel online timed auction hosted by Harrison and Hetherington at £6,000.

Weather extremes hitting both sides of the spectrum so far this year has made for a challenging grass growing season to date. Hannah Park finds out more.

Small abattoirs are being failed by a lack of joined-up thinking from different Government bodies, Emily Miles, chief executive of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has said.

Farmers are being urged to be on the lookout for a spike in worm cases due to recent wetter weather.

There is growing evidence to suggest that Johne’s disease can spread between different livestock species.

A low-cost scheme which monitors for Maedi Visna (MV) has been designed and launched with commercial sheep flocks in mind.

British farmers must not bear the brunt of food price cuts as supermarkets look to win the custom of cash-strapped shoppers feeling the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the NFU has warned.