Scottish breeders dominated the Carlisle spring show, with elite heifers leading soaring sale prices and topping the event with a £15,000 sale.

Markets across Scotland and northern England report strong cattle and sheep prices, with standout highs for Beltex, Texel and Limousin stock.

It is raining when I arrive at Knepp Estate in West Sussex. The thick mud underfoot on this former 300-year-old farm is as sticky as glue, but the scenery resembles a Henri Rousseau painting by way ...

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics ...

What is the future for Britain’s sheep? Farmers are choosing to keep fewer animals.

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has projected that UK beef production could be on course for an 8% decline by 2030, if the ...

A farmer has launched a campaign to bring a herd of bison to Worcestershire to prevent them from being slaughtered. Mark Craythorne, of Balepack, Inkberrow, spotted the bovine breed – rare in the UK – ...

A University of Queensland analysis of genetic data from northern Australian cattle has identified key regions of the genome that influence traits like fertility, growth and body condition, sometimes ...

Farmers are warning they will have to pivot away from sheep farming as the number of breeding ewes in the UK has hit the ...

Northern Ireland Simmental genetics were once again to the fore at the recent British Simmental Cattle Society sales in ...

But, Neil says, over the past 20 years there has been "a complete turnaround" and he has shifted away from sheep farming to ...

A MAN and woman from Newmarket, Suffolk have won the Royal Kennel Club Breeders’ Competition final at Crufts, the world’s greatest dog show, ...