Beef
Highland Show: 'Super stylish' Limousin heifer clinches Interbreed Championship
The Limousins swept up at this year’s Highland Show, clinching three of the top beef ring titles, including the Interbreed Championship....
Beef
Dairy
Think you can handle the heat? Here's the latest farm water shortages advice
With the mercury rising and dry weather set to continue and water shortages a possibility, here’s the latest official advice...
Government
England's largest ever BVD scheme launches today - but what's involved?
A £5.7million funding package to help farmers across England tackle the highly contagious disease Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) has been announced...
Beef
£20 million Scotbeef facility given the green light
An abattoir development described as “absolutely pivotal” for the future of livestock farmers in the north-east has been given the green...
Agri-Business
Union urges councillors to back £20 million Scotbeef plans
NFU Scotland has written to Aberdeenshire councillors asking them to back the Scotbeef planning proposals for development at Thainstone, Inverurie....
Beef
Report: Lim summer sale up by more than £400 on 2017
Following on from a strong sale period in early May, all eyes descended on Carlisle on Friday, June 15, for...
Beef
£2 million Brexit support deal for Welsh red meat sector
A multi-million-pound package of support to help the Welsh agri-food industry prepare for Brexit has been confirmed by First Minister...
Beef
Livestock farmers could be costing themselves by missing correct injection sites
Farmers may be losing money by incorrectly injecting livestock and damaging carcase value, a survey carried out by AHDB Beef...
Beef
Fermanagh sucklers make a splash with annual island swim
Cattle at a National Trust wildlife haven have completed their unconventional annual pilgrimage – by swimming 100m across a lake...
Beef
Angus challenge begins as kids meet calves at Balmoral
By Rachel Hessin Most visitors to Balmoral Show settle for a hat or a few pens as a memento –...
Rural Life
Results and pictures: All the action from the beef rings on Balmoral Day 1
As the first day of the Balmoral Show gets underway, judges have been busy inspecting the beef cattle categories, with...
Beef
'Majestic' Derry bull fetches 35,000gns at Carlisle
An impressive 16 bulls – including sale-topper Derry bull Ampertaine Majestic – fetched five-figure sums at Carlisle’s British Limousin sale...
Beef
Judge manages a 'cracker' with Carmorn Nutcracker
Female prices were up more than £500 (€571) on last year at the 2018 British Limousin Cattle Society’s May Day Show...
Beef
Mart trade: 80 entered for Limousin spring sale
A total of 80 animals – including 64 bulls and 16 females – have been entered for next week’s Limousin...
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: Illegal TB tag swapping suspected in the North
Some “selfish” owners of TB reactor cattle have been suspected of swapping ear tags in a bid to get rid...
N.Ireland
Why meat's packaging could be about to change
Meat packaging could see big changes over the next seven years as meat processing giant ABP has vowed to cut...
N.Ireland
First case of bovine Schmallenberg confirmed in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first case of bovine foetal deformity due to Schmallenberg virus in 2018 has been confirmed in a stillborn calf...
N.Ireland
Under review: UK's live export ban comes one step closer
A consultation has been launched on the effects of a potential ban on the live export of animals for slaughter...
