Livestock News

The crop is a valuable feed and ideal break crop for winter and spring cereals.

A Lincolnshire farm has been celebrating an unprecedented lambing season as it has just welcomed its 10th set of triplets. 

The event saw hundreds of exhibitors launch a range of new products, while visitors questioned key industry figures. Sarah Kidby reports.

Norfolk shepherdess Hannah Murrell is gearing up for her first lambing season. The 24-year-old shepherdess is expecting up to 300 rare and native breed lambs to be born in the next few weeks at Gawdy Hall Estate in Harleston.

A Devon farmer who was forced to cull 5,000 hens following a bird flu outbreak on his farm is “overwhelmed” after people from around the world fundraised £35,000 for his business in less than a week.

Hartpury University and Hartpury College’s Home Farm has installed a state-of-the-art DeLaval robotic milking system.

Farmers in England and Wales are being urged to consult their vet about vaccinating their herd or flock against Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) this spring as part of the new Battle Bluetongue campaign, which has been launched across the ruminant industry.

Welsh Ministers have agreed to licence three Bluetongue (BTV-3) vaccines for emergency use across Wales.

Suffolk-based Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm has recently raised a subject of open farms offering lamb cuddling activities.

Yorkshire farmer Tom Carlisle wanted to put a smile on other farmers’ faces with his parody lambing track, inspired by the theme song for Only Fools and Horses.

A series of record-breaking Aberdeen-Angus cattle sales has reached new heights, with Netherton Eclipse Z036 setting a breed record for a bull of £65,600.

A sheep that was shot on a Suffolk rare breeds farm has made a full recovery, having recently given birth to “gorgeous” twins.