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Meticulous attention to detail has allowed the Ashley family to more than double their milk yield over the last eight years. Hannah Noble reports.

TAKING place over four days for the first time in its history, the Great Yorkshire Show welcomed just half of its normal visitor numbers but there was twice the excitement around the judging rings.

By switching to native breeds of beef cattle and grazing them throughout the summer, James Hawkins and his family can focus on the busy periods of their extensive range of other enterprises. Hannah Noble reports.

THE Ayrshire breed is seeing a surge in popularity and provides the perfect balance between production and longevity in the Jamara herd. Hannah Noble reports.

Recent research found found supplementing sows with oregano essential oil (OEO) has the potential to increase margin over feed value by 59 per sow per year, and increase the number of piglets weaned.

Although a relatively uncommon disease on-farm, malignant catarrhal fever must not be mistaken for other more complex diseases. Hannah Noble reports.

Potters Poultry is making an impact globally with its innovative aviary rearing system for laying birds and high welfare poultry house equipment. Hannah Noble finds out more.

An animal welfare workshop at this year’s online ICAR conference covered topics such as tail damage and identifying reliable biomarkers for stress. Hannah Noble reports.

The kelpie is native to Australia and first arrived in the UK in the 1980s, however it is thought they may be linked to the Scotch collie which was exported from Scotland to Australia in the 1800s.

Research by Robert Wilkinson, principal lecturer in ruminant nutrition at Harper Adams University, found adding prebiotics, namely mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS), to the diet of pregnant ewes improved the quality of colostrum.