Dairy & Beef News

Farmers have been urged to use the latest round of grant funding to offset the costs of mandatory EID following DEFRA’s recent announcement of new mandatory requirements.

A bull that had been roaming Birmingham streets at the end of last week has found a new home in Norfolk. 

Defra has announced a “major step forward” in disease control and trade across the farming sector. The move will see the cattle identification and traceability in England being changed over the next two years.

The British meat industry has welcomed the announcement that the UK’s risk rating status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been downgraded to negligible. 

High feed prices leads to Duncan and Claire Morrison trialling finishing bulls at grass.

A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Essex, APHA said.

New research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has revealed that 90% of Scottish red meat consumers surveyed say they would prefer to buy Scottish beef, lamb, and pork, even if meat imported from elsewhere was 30% cheaper. 

The farming industry has been urged to reassess their approach to managing neonatal calf diarrhoea, following new evidence showing an alarming rise in resistance to paromomycin, a commonly used antibiotic for treating E.coli K99 infections. 

There are concerns that two agricultural sectors have been singled out to shoulder the burden of the removal of tariffs for other industries in the economy.

EnviroSystems has been shortlisted for a string of national and regional business awards, recognising innovation and sustainability.

Farming couple David and Sarah Green decided to start rearing calves for integrated beef supply chain, Gamechanger, to provide an additional revenue stream.

Farming an unusual landscape, Wiltshire farmer James Waight decided to try Nofence to overcome a number of challenges.