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Byline: Suzie Horne Most milk producers will see improved returns from the current milk year, but need to prepare for a significant drop in the year from April 2020, warns [...]

Byline: Isabel Davies It speaks volumes when the very first slide shown at a Welsh government presentation to farmers about the current bovine TB situation is an advert for a [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Store cattle prices are back on 2018 levels but not fully reflective of the depressed prime market, levy board data suggests. Average prices for continental store animals [...]

Byline: Suzie Horne Scottish meat wholesalers want farmers to be guaranteed a return of more than [pounds sterling]3.60/kg dw for all properly finished and marketed cattle, to stabilise production and [...]

Byline: Rhian Price Starlings can be a pest to livestock farmers, especially during autumn months, when wintering flocks arrive in the UK. The birds' consumption of maize in cattle feed [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley If you have been reading my articles, or really any ag trade publication from the US lately, you know that beef is entering crisis mode.* This was [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Analysts are suggesting cattle prices could lift through the autumn after a summer that beef producers will want to forget. Values often fall sharply in the first [...]

Byline: Lauren Harris A Pembrokeshire farmer has been jailed for six months and told to pay more than [pounds sterling]160,000 for breaching cattle identification and movement rules. Paul Vizza, 57, [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Commercial dairy cattle prices are more than [pounds sterling]200 dearer than this time last year, with a shortage of stock creating a buoyant market. Freshly calved commercial [...]

Byline: Lauren Harris A Staffordshire farmer has been sentenced to 27 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, for breaking TB rules and keeping inaccurate records. John Sadler, 53, of [...]

Byline: Johann Tasker Greater collaboration as well as government action are needed to help stem the decline of Scotland's beef sector, producers were told at a special Beef Summit held [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Beef producers are being asked to consider paying a higher red meat levy to help the industry promote its way out of the current beef price crisis. [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Measuring and recording grass growth and weighing livestock more frequently has opened up cost-saving opportunities on an upland grazing farm. David and Joyce Monkhouse of Low Houselop [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Welsh dairy farmers have laid bare the huge emotional and financial costs of dealing with an outbreak of bovine TB. According to Defra's latest bovine TB statistics, [...]

Byline: Philip Case Three men have been caught on camera trying to catch and butcher sheep on a farm in Lancashire. The incident happened at 1.25am on Monday (8 July) [...]

Byline: Andrew Meredith The average size of a dairy herd in the UK fell last year for the first time this century after farmers increased culling rates in response to [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Prime cattle prices remain challenged, although some positive news has come in the form of shorter abattoir waiting lists and tightening cattle numbers. However, farmers, auctioneers and [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Voluntary measures to mitigate climate change in rural areas are not working and a Labour government would consider more direct intervention, according to shadow minister for energy [...]

Byline: Lauren Harris More than 30% of the English cattle breeding herd has signed up to a scheme to tackle bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) in beef and dairy cows. BVD, [...]

Byline: Rhian Price The drive to create a dairy system that can cope with fluctuations in the milk price, improve profitability and provide a better work-life balance has seen a [...]

Byline: Philip Case Tributes have been paid to a well-known Cumbrian farmer and auctioneer who has been killed in a farm accident. David Thomlinson, 73, died on Saturday 8 June [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Cull cow prices came under pressure in May and June for the first time since the start of the year. Great British liveweight averages lifted 23p/kg between [...]

Byline: Philip Case An Oxfordshire farming couple may be forced to sell their farm because of the crippling impact of bovine TB. David and Samantha Hicks, who own Kingwood Farm [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley The much-needed recovery in deadweight beef prices has slowed this month following a supply spike that has led to processor cuts.* This comes as bad news for [...]

Byline: Jonathan Riley Cattle farmers embroiled in the registration crisis surrounding the Ballinloan herd have reacted with disbelief after 62 top-class Limousins had their passports withdrawn. The British Cattle Movement [...]

Byline: Hayley Parrott Consolidating cow numbers has helped one Hampshire herd shoot up 14 places in the NMR annual production report, to clinch fifth place. In what was a tough [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley A welcome upturn in beef prices and an early spring has seen some confidence return to store cattle rings, although forward stores still have ground to make [...]

Byline: Philip Case Two farmers have been airlifted to hospital after both were seriously injured in separate incidents involving cattle. The Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) kicks off the second part [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley A dire beef trade is plaguing cattle finishers, who have seen deadweight quotations continue to fall through March to leave deadweight prices 22p/kg back on the year. [...]

Byline: Rhian Price Hiring an entire milking herd has nearly doubled cow numbers at a Pembrokeshire dairy farm, but with expansion came winter housing challenges. For father and son Geraint [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Struggling finished beef prices have led to a mixed store cattle trade this spring, with short-keep stores hit the hardest. Prices for yearlings and grazing types remain [...]

Byline: Lauren Harris A 59-year-old Scottish farmer has been airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured by an animal. The man was found badly hurt in a field at Upper [...]

Byline: Philip Clarke Cattle farmers with fallen stock over 48 months of age are going to have to pay for the taking of samples for BSE testing from 1 April, [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Our annual bull sale is two weeks away and we have been extremely busy getting ready for it. All of the bulls have been semen-checked, individual videos [...]

Byline: Philip Case The head of Wales' biggest farming union is calling on the Welsh government to work together with farmers to battle the ongoing misery of bovine TB - [...]

Byline: Rhian Price Voluntary Waiting Periods - the interval postpartum when producers refrain from breeding cows - are typically 42 days on most UK dairy farms. But anecdotal data from [...]

Byline: Jack YatesThe knock-on effect of last year's extreme weather has driven the estimated Total Income from Farming (TIFF) figures for Scotland down by 8% in 2018.Last year's farm profitability [...]

Byline: Rhian PriceDairy consumers have different priorities when it comes to buying milk and grazing cows is not a preference for many, a survey has revealed.The survey of 2,054 consumers [...]

Byline: Rhian PriceMore must be done to market the benefits of milk to increase its value.That was the overriding message at the British Cattle Breeders Conference yesterday (23 January), where [...]

Byline: Rhian PriceThe AHDB have reignited calls to get farmers recording sire information on cattle passports by launching a new 'Shout about the sire' campaign.It is compulsory to record the [...]

Byline: Michael PriestleyAuction mart prime lamb and beef prices have lifted into December, strengthened slightly by the usual upturn in Christmas demand.Last week saw Great British prime lamb liveweight SQQs [...]

Byline: Philip CaseA dairy farmer's disappointing,*work-shy son who 'hated the herd' and 'made cows nervous' will be thrown out of his home after losing a High Court claim to inherit [...]

Byline: Michael PriestleyIt's Christmas - well nearly. Everything here is now focused on Christmas and the new year.Our turkeys are growing well and orders are coming in thick and fast [...]

Byline: Michael PriestleyDairy trade has been firm this month but processor cuts have made heifer bidding a touch more selective, while cow trade has remained firm.The adage 'milk in the [...]

Byline: Michael PriestleyNow then, another month has rolled by very quickly, the yards are full and there is a 'go slow' with all the processors I supply.There seems to be [...]

Byline: Oliver HillLike many young farmers, Henry Cooke was faced with a difficult decision when he came home from university - how could he make the home farm a viable [...]

Byline: Philip Case Cattle farmers in north-east Wales have been told to expect a big increase in the frequency of testing following a 75% spike in bovine TB outbreaks. The [...]

Byline: Philip Case Police are appealing for information following the theft of cattle from a farm in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Two Limousin and*12 Charolais were stolen from the farm [...]

Byline: Oliver Hill Ask an enterprising young farmer if they fancy farming an area roughly the size of the Isle of Wight and they would probably fall over in shock. [...]

Byline: Michael Priestley Now then, we have a long way to go and a short time to get there, but Operation Desert Storm has ceased for the time being. We [...]