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MEMBERS of SRUC’s Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme (PSGHS) have been reassured that there will be continuity of the scheme in spite of the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on blood testing.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has announced changes to the way certain animal medicines can be safely prescribed and supplied during the coronavirus crisis.

A young shepherdess has paid her own personal tribute to the NHS and social care workers tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Winter-lambing Dorset sheep are the backbone of a new farming enterprise for brothers Matthew and Adam Care in Cornwall.

Following a mild and wet winter, farmers are being advised to tackle rats in spring to avoid potential infestations this autumn.

A 2019 study carried out by AHDB showed that 64 per cent of flocks tested were positive for Johne’s disease. So what do producers need to know about the disease?

An online service to connect shearing contractors, who are potentially missing whole teams from overseas, with skilled and proficient UK shearers is now live.

Farmers should be prepared to protect their stock from flies earlier this year with the mild weather expected to increase fly numbers and prolong the season, warns a leading biologist.

The lockdown of most of the nation’s population will hopefully have the desired effect of slowing down this hellish virus.

We certainly are living in strange and scary times. At the beginning of the month, I had a decent amount of bookings in the diary for the bed and breakfast.