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Access to veterinary services and treatments will still be available during the national lockdowns in England and Scotland, the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has confirmed.

A UK-based start-up, the Zero Emissions Livestock Project (ZELP), has developed a tool to ‘capture and oxidise’ cattle methane emissions.

As we look back on the landmark year that is 2020, Hannah Park takes stock of the impact it has had on the country’s agricultural shows forced to close their gates this season and livestock exhibitors who usually visit.

Climate change has posed some very real challenges for Phillip Muller, who farms beneath the Outeniqua mountains, near George, on South Africa’s famous Garden Route. Clemmie Gleeson reports.

UK agriculture is providing part of the solution to climate change, but farmers also need to get to grips with their own carbon footprint figures, an audience in a recent AHDB-organised webinar heard.

Providing foster care in the farming community is a rewarding experience, but more people are needed to fulfil this vital service. Hannah Park speaks to foster carers about their journey and what it entails.

In an increasingly competitive environment for research funding, directors at the Moredun Research Institute raised concerns around future access to Scottish Government funding in a recent press briefing.

Versatile and hardy, the Border Leicester is proving itself as the primary commercial sire for one growing flock in Peeblesshire. Hannah Park finds out more.

With fertility management which delivers a regular calving pattern one of the fundamentals of dairy farm profitability, a milk sample-based pregnancy test could become an increasingly valuable tool in the armoury. Hannah Park