Unseasonal wet weather is not only increasing the risk of liver fluke but it is also pre-disposing cattle to black disease. That was the stark warning from Dr Kat Baxter-Smith, veterinary adviser with ...
Attracting young people into farming let alone breeding cattle is far from easy when there are so many other, easier ways to bring in additional cash, but for the Adam brothers, there has only been ...
Ken Fletcher, The Scottish Farmer’s ambassador, will judge the prestigious Champion of Champions at this year’s Balmoral Show.
Despite the extra paperwork for exports, sales of red meat to Europe and beyond are boosting UK farm-gate prices for beef, lamb, and pork.
Close to 230 pedigree beef cattle from six breeds are slated for United Auctions’ Stirling Bull Sales on Monday, May 6th.
The effort to expand British dairy exports in the United States received a boost with the appointment of a new in-market specialist.
There was a fantastic response to RSABI's inaugural Health Hut at United Auctions Lochboisdale mart on Uist on Monday, April 22nd.
Planning for the future is sometimes an issue that people in the agricultural industry put on the backburner. However, as farmers get older, planning for later years crops up. The Farm Advisory ...
The farm gate production of potatoes in Scotland – including seed and ware potatoes – had a value of around £245m between 2018-2020. This represented 6% of Scottish agricultural output and 22% of UK ...
Reports of exhausted farmers facing rigorous on-farm inspections have circulated within the community this week.
Hopefully, most farmers will have made some progress in planting this year's crop, utilising every opportunity during rare, and late, periods ...
It isn’t just the live ring where Steven’s cattle make their mark. He has also triumphed at Scotland’s Premier Meat Exhibition with a home-bred Limousin cross heifer carcase. “I mainly breed Limousins ...