Livestock environment specialist Galebreaker and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have released insights from their two-year research project, CEVEC (Cost Effective Ventilated Environment for Calves). 

Industry representatives expressed “serious concerns” about DEFRA’s proposals to end the use of cages for laying hens and to minimise pain during lamb castration and tail docking. 

New regulations mandating classification and price reporting for sheep carcasses in England have come into force this week, helping to ensure farmers are paid more fairly for their livestock at slaughter.