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THE Dark Diamonds sale of pedigree Suffolk females at Carlisle topped at 13,000gns for a shearling gimmer from Jack and Alfie Moses’s Blackstown flock, Crumlin, Co Antrim.
Laryngeal chrondritis is an obstructive disease of the upper respiratory tract in sheep caused by abscesses on the larynx which, along with swelling and inflammation of the throat, restrict the windpipe.
Crowds gathered on what was Royal Welsh Winter Fairs 30th anniversary to see the Limousin sired heifer champion, Rizzo, take the overall championship in the cattle judging.
Ewe feeding in mid-pregnancy is often seen as less important than feeding immediately pre-and post-lambing, however, feeding in months two and three of pregnancy can have a huge bearing on lamb numbers and vitality.
The boys swept the board when the steer champion and reserve took the overall beef honours at this year’s LiveScot held in Lanark. Hannah Noble reports.
Hampshire Police said the events took place over five days, sometime between November 16 and 20, and that it was investigating if the ‘unusual incidents’ were linked.
The UK’s livestock industry would be a ‘casualty’ of Labour’s plan to introduce a net zero emissions target by 2030, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister Andrew RT Davies has said.
The University of Cambridge has been blasted for its 17,545 flights since 2016, about the same time it decided to ban beef and lamb to ‘dramatically reduce food-related carbon emissions’.
Changes made to the Red Tractor assurance scheme standards for cattle and sheep last summer are driving further significant reductions in use of highest-priority critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) across the UK.