Author Posts: Sarah Kidby

A few months on from the official end to the transition period, livestock editor Sarah Kidby explores the key challenges and opportunities facing the sheep sector.

Canada’s leading wearing parts manufacturer, Bourgault Tillage Tools, has set up a subsidiary business, BTT UK Ltd, based in Peterborough.

As part of having a sustainable UK beef industry, it is critical that beef production maximises feed conversion efficiency (FCE), while enhancing fertility and health and using environmentally responsible and sustainable feeds, explains nutritional supplement manufacturer UFAC-UK. 

Thieves are targeting expensive tractor GPS kit as Covid-19 restrictions ease; prompting rural insurer NFU Mutual to issue a security alert.

The British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) and British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) have come together to raise awareness that egg size matters when it comes to hen welfare.

The Land-based Education and Training Committee (LE-TEC Ltd) has announced the winners of its Technicians For 2021 competition, designed to find and celebrate the UK’s best technicians in the land-based engineering sector.

More than two thirds of the UK’s sheep farmers who responded to a recent survey said they have experienced an increase in sheep worrying attacks by dogs during the past year.

A fortnightly podcast bringing farmers and their advisers the latest intelligence on topical issues and concerns in informative, light-hearted discussions with industry experts has been launched this spring by leading agronomy, technology and advice provider, Agrii.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited farmers Clare Wise and Stewart Chapman on their family farm, to hear first-hand how British farmers are delivering for the nation and the environment.

After more than 12 months of virtual events due to Covid-19, Cereals is set to go ahead as an in-the-flesh, face-to-face event this year.

Three-quarters of rural dog owners have put in place additional measures to protect dogs from theft over the past year, according to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

A new farming series will pit two teams of petrol heads and their ‘souped up’ tractors against each other for various imaginative challenges that put their driving skill and vehicle power to the test.