Livestock News

The owners of a Welsh country house hotel invested nearly £100K to start a flock of rare breed Valais Blacknose sheep.

Locatim boosts the protection of newborn calves by flooding the gut with high levels of protective antibodies.

A Derbyshire broiler unit capable of housing up to 84,000 birds has been put up for sale with a guide price of £1.1million. 

Cumbrian vet David Black has been a pioneer of cattle IVF and says farmers are part of the solution on sustainability.

Graham’s Family Dairy is celebrating after the family business was accredited with Great Taste 2024 Awards for a range of its products. 

New rules are coming into force on 1st October, to help protect the poultry sector from future avian flu outbreaks.

Research by the Royal Veterinary College has found the main cause of lamb attacks on Scottish farms – and the culprit was a surprise.

The key dairy event will return to Telford with the mix of seminars, exhibitors, demonstrations and cattle shows that visitors eagerly await.

After several confirmed cases of BTV-3 at premises across Norfolk and Suffolk, the UK’s chief vet has declared a bluetongue restricted zone across the region.

Defra has released plans for a new TB eradication strategy, moving away from the decade-long badger cull.

Defra has just confirmed that another three cases of bluetongue have been discovered on farms in Norfolk and Suffolk. 

Getting cattle housing right can improve both health and yields – Christopher Bailey, of Paragon Veterinary Group, provides a handy guide.