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Fashion retailer Boohoo has revised its decision to ban using wool in its clothing…
The UK Government must compensate farmers in the event of a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has said. Ewing explained…
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could cost Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep industry as much as £230 million a year, industry-commissioned research has found. The…
A Northern Ireland sheep scab event will explore whether demand exists for a programme to combat the disease following anecdotal reports of increased…
Beef and sheep farmers in the north of Scotland are invited to attend two free ‘Meat the Market’ meetings to help improve their…
Red meat industry leaders are warning that the industry sits in a “perilous position” as the threat of a no-deal Brexit continues to…
Officers in Aberdeenshire are appealing for information after a recent sheep worrying incident at a field at Philorth Estate, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. A total of…
With only 23% of sires currently registered on passports, AHDB Beef & Lamb is urging farmers to start recording to improve profitability and…
Just one in five sheep producers rearing surplus lambs artificially are feeding them enough colostrum in the first 24 hours of life, the…
Despite a slight dip in prime sheep prices since the start of 2019, values remain 5% higher than a year ago, according to…
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be ‘out of business’…
The Scottish Government has announced plans to test the viability of mobile abattoirs in remote parts of the country. The commitment to look…
NFU Cymru has organised a special livestock summit examining the challenges facing the Welsh red meat sector post-Brexit. The event boasts a line-up…
The search is on for the country’s best rams as pedigree breeders are invited to put forward the rams they feel have been…
A dog owner whose puppy attacked a flock of sheep, killing four lambs, has been ordered to pay more than £800 in compensation…
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has said it is ready to fight back against the “misguided and misleading” ‘Veganuary’ campaign. The month-long social…
Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has today announced a new £5 million programme to help eradicate sheep scab. Sheep scab is one of the…
A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address to the Oxford…
