With the average case of lameness costing £300 and every missed service costing over £100, it is crucial to minimise these financial losses through close monitoring of livestock.
Last season’s heatwave provided some big lessons for making grass silage. So what can we learn from 2022?
Colostrum is key to overall calf health and performance, but good management is paramount for high concentration and efficient absorption of antibodies.
King Charles support of UK sheep farmers and his love of British lamb will be celebrated over the coronation weekend.
The provision and quality of water is paramount to overall cow health and performance, but these are areas of management which are often overlooked.
Seeing the devastating impact of bovine TB week in, week out, is driving farm vets out of the profession.
A farmer banned from keeping livestock for five years has had almost 100 animals seized after a second raid on premises in Lamphey, Wales.
On this weeks Over the Farm Gate podcast livestock reporter, Katie Fallon talks to the UKs Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, after housing measures for bird keepers in England were lifted this week.
The housing order for poultry and captive birds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been lifted today
A new industry report details pathways for how the UK’s poultry industry could live with bird flu and mitigate virus risk going forward.