The National Pig Association has been approached by Animal Rising with a warning they will be ‘rescuing animals from farms and abattoirs', and possibly staging on-farm protests
Íæż½ã½ã who make hay for horses are being warned of the dangers of cutting grass from pastures contaminated with sycamore seedlings and saplings.
Colostrum is key to overall calf health and performance, but good management is paramount for high concentration and efficient absorption of antibodies.
The provision and quality of water is paramount to overall cow health and performance, but these are areas of management which are often overlooked.
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.
NFU president Minette Batters has issued a warning to farmers after a social media post showing a cow ramming and kicking a farm worker was posted online.
A new industry report details pathways for how the UK’s poultry industry could live with bird flu and mitigate virus risk going forward.
With lamb performance heavily reliant on the ewe’s milk supply, ensuring ewes are in the best condition pre-and post-lambing is key to achieving high lamb growth rates.
A farm at the centre of an undercover animal cruelty video has been targeted by protesters who laid flowers in memory of its ‘victims’.
Ensuring heifers have a long and productive life is crucial to maintaining a profitable dairy enterprise, and achieving optimal growth rates pre-weaning can help realise this.