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Farms prioritise hygiene ahead of Easter lambing events
Sheep

Farms prioritise hygiene ahead of Easter lambing events

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 06 March 2026 • 7 min read
Instability in the Middle East could impact food price inflation
Politics

Instability in the Middle East could impact food price inflation

Alex Black
Alex Black
clock 02 March 2026 • 2 min read
'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak
Animal Health

'Please don't bring back your food' - Farmers make plea to tourists in Cyprus following FMD outbreak

Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 27 February 2026 • 2 min read
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"
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UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Chris Brayford
Chris Brayford
clock 27 February 2026 • 4 min read
Livestock Features
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'You cannot beat a Beltex for carcase': Inside a Cumbrian farm's breeding strategy
Livestock

'You cannot beat a Beltex for carcase': Inside a Cumbrian farm's breeding strategy

Striving to continue to add value to their mixed livestock enterprise, Cumbrian farmers Will and Gillian Sedgley value the Beltex for prime lamb production

clock 06 March 2026 • 6 min read
Sheep embryo transfer: An industry perspective
Livestock

Sheep embryo transfer: An industry perspective

Embryo transfer (ET) has been in use since the early 2000s, but over the past decade its growing presence in the sheep industry is prompting fresh debate among pedigree and commercial producers alike. Ellie Layton hears views from across the industry

clock 06 March 2026 • 9 min read
Renowned shearer, Matt Smith: "We are seriously motivated to go the extra mile to win this time"
Livestock

Renowned shearer, Matt Smith: "We are seriously motivated to go the extra mile to win this time"

Sheep shearer and award-winning farmer Matt Smith is in New Zealand for the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships, which will take place in Masterton, New Zealand, from March 4-7 at the War Memorial Stadium. The event brings together top shearers and wool handlers from 28 countries and features machine shearing, blade shearing and wool handling.

clock 04 March 2026 • 4 min read
Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm
Livestock

Early maturity maize key to profitable net zero beef at Leicestershire farm

Maize silage is a critical part of the beef ration at Shoby Priory Agriculture in Leicestershire, where close to 1,000 cattle are finished annually

clock 02 March 2026 • 5 min read
UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"
51AVÊÓƵLife

UK foot-and-mouth disease - 25 years on: "It was a cruel and catastrophic loss still felt a generation on"

Farming communities demonstrated strength and resilience to overcome the foot-and-mouth crisis and its aftermath. But have lessons been learnt 25 years on?

clock 27 February 2026 • 4 min read
Integrated beef scheme drives expansion for Powys calf rearing farm
Livestock

Integrated beef scheme drives expansion for Powys calf rearing farm

For Prosser and Steph James, making better use of the resources they had on their Welsh farm without taking on big financial risk was key

clock 23 February 2026 • 5 min read
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