Neogen is the only company offering genomic testing for dairy-cross beef calves. For the dairy farmer, this provides an additional layer to genomic testing. Once dairy replacements have been selected ...

Lamb prices soar with UA Stirling reporting top averages of 310p/kg, driving strong market interest across the board.

Charolais cross bullocks led the proceedings at United Auctions' store cattle sale, having sold to 353.10p per kg for a 328.50kg entry from Newbigging of Craighall, and to £2100 for a 695kg animal ...

The traditional view held by geneticists remains that inbreeding levels are preferable at a 6% or below threshold. It is at 6% and above when geneticists raise concerns that inbreeding has a ...

A project to protect a rare bird has inspired a farming family to help give them a fighting chance. Wyn and Lisa Morton, who run a farm in the Rhydtalog area near Llandegla, have joined a group of ...

A FARMER from Dorset has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 after slurry polluted a stream. Mark Pearson, of Hanford Farm in Hanford near Blandford Forum, appeared before Taunton Magistrates on ...

A farmer has said she will take further action after a school suspended her two daughters for taking part in a welly boot protest, writes Local Democracy Reporter Lee Trewhela. Alice Hatt and her ...

Promising results have been achieved from a trial that applied basalt rock dust to spring oats, and the product is being offered free of charge to farmers in selected parts of the region. It is part ...

Simplified crofting laws and expanded grazing use win strong support in a major consultation, signalling potential big shifts in crofting practices.

ADHB has pledged to transfer £1.8m worth of residual potato levy reserves to GB Potatoes, as part of an arrangement to finance seven new projects after AHDB Potatoes’ demise. These new initiatives ...

On Thursday December 5, the Roxburghshire Monitor Farm panel is hosting a discussion evening at the Buccleuch Arms, St Boswells, to tackle the question ‘Regen farming: Hope or hype?’. Open to all ...

A: It’s a great privilege to be chairman in the club’s 80th year. It’s been fantastic to take a trip down memory lane, meeting past members through special anniversary events held this year, leading ...