Dairy & Beef News

A dairy cow from a Powys farm has given birth to an extremely rare quadruplet calves. 

Housing management of pre-weaned calves strongly impacts health, welfare, and profitability. Dr Tiffany Etherington, of Westpoint Farm Vets, shares advice.

The newly appointed agricultural supply chain adjudicator who enforces the Fair Dealings Obligations (Milk) Regulations has spoken about his mission to improve fairness and transparency in the supply chain. 

ADF Milking has received a King’s Award for Enterprise for its innovative InVent milking technology for dairy cows.

UK beef farming could be radically transformed thanks to new research that aims to tackle the industry’s critical environmental, social and economic challenges using artificial intelligence.  

Farmers in England will now be able to use any of the permitted BTV-3 vaccines without applying for a specific licence, Defra has announced.

The UK farming unions have written to food security minister Daniel Zeichner to raise concerns over possible changes to the new dairy contract legislation, which may act against the best interests of dairy farmers. 

HJ Lea Oakes has launched a pink bag for its cattle and sheep feed to raise money for Breast Cancer Now.

A photo of cows was the last thing a 29-year-old woman sent to her mother before she was trampled to death, an inquest has heard. 

A Duns farmer has been fined £600 after he failed to protect the water environment by cattle poaching, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) confirmed. 

Sheep and cattle in some areas of the UK may face an earlier risk of acute liver fluke this winter compared to previous years, with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) already reporting cases. 

Welsh scientists have been given nearly £1.2 m to develop a TB test that delivers a result in one hour.