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A funding package of more than £168m to boost farming productivity has been unveiled by the Government.

Following the launch of Defra’s Annual Health and Welfare Review last week, Katie Fallon looks at how farmers can get involved.

With unvaccinated livestock at risk of clostridial diseases, farmers are being urged to plan ahead for vaccine supply issues.

The Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA) has announced that field trials for cattle vaccine and new skin test for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) are moving onto the next phase, in the fight to eradicate the disease.

With lambing time on the horizon, vets offer a reminder of best practice with a focus on low antibiotic use, colostrum quality and ewe nutrition.

The Welsh Government must move quickly to legislate on national BVD measures to ensure recent gains are not lost, the Íæż½ã½ã Union of Wales has insisted.

Mineral supplementation can be key to achieving optimum animal health and productivity. But what are the main minerals livestock farmers should be focusing on to avoid a shortfall? 

Advice on how to prevent naval ill pre- and post-calving was offered by vet Ben Strugnell in a recent AHDB webinar.

Calls for the Government to work more closely with the poultry sector are growing following further outbreaks of avian influenza across both England and Scotland.

More than 25 pregnant sheep have been killed in Kent in what local officers are calling ‘the worst livestock attack’ the force has ever seen.