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One of the biggest frustrations for those working in the livestock industry is the relentless attempts by the media and single issue groups to portray the sector as the villain of the piece when it comes to environmental matters writes Jo Biggs from...
Efficient farming or factory farming? In the last 12 months, several proposals to create ‘super dairies’ or ‘super piggeries’ have hit the headlines. It’s creating a stir in both the farming community and the general pub...
I am currently on a study tour in New Zealand looking at how they are dealing with the issues of greenhouse gas (GHG) production from beef and sheep systems.Like many visitors, my first impression of New Zealand is just how green it is, even in their...
Travelling to Middlesmoor in the heart of the Nidderdale Area of National Beauty (AONB) to look at Stephen Ramsden’s wind turbine really shouldn’t have filled me with that much excitement. I had seen it all before some three years ago an...
In the last couple of weeks there has been talk of uncertainty about investment in AD, innovative responses to the impacts of the dry spell, spiced up sheep and super cows...
Are we getting left behind on AD?Despite encouraging noises from Governmen...
Since Robert Bakewell’s work in the 18th Century, selective breeding has become commonplace in agriculture, and new breeds of sheep have consistently emerged as a result. I’m involved with a group of farmers who are designing a better ewe...