Livestock News

Popular UK restaurants serve dishes made from imported meat, failing to support British farmers and not doing enough to prevent misuse of antibiotics, a new investigation by the Soil Association has revealed. 

The decision to close Smithfield meat market could make it more expensive and less efficient to supply meat to London SMEs.

Two new innovations will be unveiled at LAMMA 2025 by Kverneland – a new butterfly mower and an implement gateway to improve data exchange.

The Legge family moved away from dairy last year and responded to customer demand for 100% pasture-fed beef, which is sold in their farm shops.

AgroVision has announced that its cloud-based program, Dairy Analytics, is now available in the UK.

Sales of antibiotics for food-producing livestock remain at a 59% reduction since 2014, Defra has just announced. 

Neogen advises farmers that implementing a robust biosecurity programme is essential to help prevent avian influenza transmission and keep flocks safe. 

A new survey has shown how BTV-3 is impacting farm operations and cash flow, ability to sell animals and farmers’ mental health.

In 2023/24, average farm business income was lower for all farm types except for specialist pig farms and specialist poultry farms, Defra has just revealed. 

Five cattle have been involved in a traffic incident that happened on a busy road in Staffordshire. 

Rumenco has turned its signature feed bucket pink, in support of the Pink Ribbon Foundation. Sarah Kidby reports.

A Scottish company has been fined £80,000 after an agricultural engineer sustained a fractured skull at its site in Glasgow.