Ensuring medicines are administered at the right time and at the right dosage could help reduce medicine costs on-farm
With sheep worrying a common issue for many farms across the UK, it is important to know legally where farmers stand, and the measures which can be taken to protect their flocks
Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees
Helen Morgan, MP for North Shropshire, shows her support for the #FGTaketheLead campaign
Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) show their support for the #FGTaketheLead campaign
Katie Jones, Dairy Farmer editor and Ãļ§Ö±²¥ livestock editor, shows her support for the #FGTaketheLead campaign
When rodent numbers swelled rapidly at a mixed family farm in Cambridgeshire, new tactics including an integrated pest management approach and new rodenticides were needed to protect its grain stores
A new share farming agreement on a Carmarthenshire heritage pig farm has provided an exciting business opportunity for a first-generation farmer and a succession strategy for the current owners