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Opinion and blogs

OPINION: "Thankfully testing confirmed it was not foot-and-mouth disease"

OPINION: "Thankfully testing confirmed it was not foot-and-mouth disease"

Íæż½ã½ã livestock editor Katie Jones reflects on the reaction to the suspected case of foot-and-mouth at Exeter Livestcock Centre

Livestock
Katie Jones
clock 07 March 2025 • 1 min read
Politics

From the editor: Hopes Chancellor will flip her decision after Pancake Day rally

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
Young Íæż½ã½ã and Careers

Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: "We can't afford to leave it too late"

clock 06 March 2025 • 3 min read
Animal Health

Nigel Bennet: "The best way to fight foot-and-mouth disease is to stop it before it reaches your farm"

clock 06 March 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Letters: "The key to why we are still in milk is succession planning"

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

Letters: "Many flock numbers are so small that the whole commons system is breaking down"

clock 05 March 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Rachel Burke: "YFC provides an essential link between urban and rural life"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Rachel Burke: "YFC provides an essential link between urban and rural life"

Rachel Burke, 21, is a sheep farmer from Alyth in Scotland, whose family also runs Pentland Livestock in Kirriemuir. She writes about the importance of YFC, studying at Harper Adams University, and her hopes for the future

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Rupert Lowe: "We need to overhaul the entire approach to British farming"

Politics

Rupert Lowe: "We need to overhaul the entire approach to British farming"

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe, who is also a farmer, writes on abolishing Inheritance Tax, the need for change in British agriculture, and supporting British farmers

clock 04 March 2025 • 2 min read
Hayley Campbell-Gibbons: "RABDF is a sleeping giant, and I'm here to wake it up"

Dairy

Hayley Campbell-Gibbons: "RABDF is a sleeping giant, and I'm here to wake it up"

The new chief executive of RABDF, Hayley Campbell-Gibbons, outlines her ambitions for the organisation's future

clock 04 March 2025 • 5 min read