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Dan and Catherine Mercer, who run a suckler herd on the Salisbury Plains, have had great success with implementing an adaptive multi-paddock grazing system

Good quality maize silage is key to the beef finishing business ran by Edward Liversidge

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

That was the message from new livestock board chair and Gloucestershire beef suckler farmer David Barton, who added the ‘unpredictability' of this strain of bluetongue was worrying

Deadweight beef prices began 2024 very strongly, although they have slipped over the past few weeks. However, the buoyant liveweight trade suggests that beef's bull run is not over just yet

Ms Hallos said she was excited about the future of British agriculture, but added: "Let's not kid anybody, it is going to be a rough road, and there is going to be winners and losers like there is in everything in life"

Growers will need to pin down costings and consider benefits before committing to either of the maize under-sowing/winter cover options within the English Sustainable Farming Incentive

As an upland tenant farmer the NFU’s new vice-president Rachel Hallos will be a powerful voice as the union navigates unprecedented change

Ensuring medicines are administered at the right time and at the right dosage could help reduce medicine costs on-farm

In his latest article, New Zealand vet Rory Dean, discusses how his client's herds are performing in terms of fertility, looks at some of the disease risks he is faced with, and also discusses his practices current recruitment drive