Liver Fluke Alert: Threat The Highest Ever - Don't Forget To Treat Your Stock
SAC vets fear the numbers of cattle and sheep infected with liver fluke this year could be at the highest level ever and are urging farmers to remember to protect their stock from the parasite this autumn.
Read more | Comments (0) | October 02 2009
Lancashire monitor farms open for discussion
TWO Lancashire farming families are inviting local dairy, beef and sheep producers to hear the areas of performance they plan to improve on over the next three-years through participation in the Northwest Livestock Programme.
Read more | Comments (0) | October 01 2009
What the textbooks don’t tell you about…Creep feeding
IF you look up the indexes of those pig textbooks published over the past 15 years, you will find that the authors are in favour of the practice and are helpful in describing how to creep feed effectively.
Read more | Comments (0) | October 01 2009
RSPCA relaxes rules to cater for free-range egg demand
THE RSPCA is relaxing its rules on stocking densities for free range hens because soaring demand by consumers means farmers are running out of space.
Read more | Comments (0) | October 01 2009
Conference to offer levy payers valuable advice on improving returns
REDUCING the impact on the environment while getting better returns from on-farm investment will be on the agenda for beef and lamb producers at the EBLEX Annual Conference.
Read more | Comments (0) | October 01 2009
Review drenching strategies or face the rise of the super-worm
FARMERS and vets will need to change their attitudes towards anthelmintic wormers or face the prospect of an army of drug-resistant worms on UK farms, leading veterinary experts have warned.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 30 2009
Deputy President to rally farming troops at ploughing match
FARMERS who attend the 86th Cheshire Ploughing and Hedgecutting Match tomorrow (Wednesday) will be urged to set up meetings with their MPs, read the NFU’s new manifesto and show why farming matters in the next election.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 29 2009
Milk production gap still growing!
ANALYSIS of milk production data for the year 2008/9 shows that the larger British farmers have increased their share of the nation’s milk supply to just under sixty percent, although the number of larger farms has fallen by 384 since 2007/8.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 28 2009
NFU to host sheep EID meeting for farmers
THE NFU is urging sheep farmers in Cumbria and North Lancashire to attend a meeting where the effects of implementing individual recording and electronic identification of sheep will be discussed.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 28 2009
Get ready for new CTS Online! - the easy way to report your cattle information
THE new improved CTS Online website goes live on the 6th October.
Read more | Comments (0) | September 28 2009