Livestock Farmer Focus FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Relief at inheritance tax 'adjustment'I hope everyone managed to enjoy some time off over the festive period and has begun 2026 happy, healthy and full of optimism. I’ve got the year right, so it’s… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Open gate causes Christmas morning mayhemPeople who know me will know I’d be the first person to extol the virtues of outwintering cattle in a well-managed system. I take a kind of pride in laying… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Time to tell politicians our side of the storyBlwyddyn Newydd Dda (Happy new year). I’m sure by now everyone has had enough of turkey curry and may be entertaining the idea of a dry January. The new year… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Slurry channel snarl-up tests patienceI enter 2026, like many of you I'm sure, with a mix of enthusiasm and trepidation. The milk markets are still a complete disaster zone, government policy seems completely against… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Direct sales up but family loss took tollFirst, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year, and we hope 2026 is a good one for you all. I’m not quite sure where the past… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Tax change could help smart young farmersThe Christmas period is fast approaching, and with that comes the yearly rush of trying to get as many jobs tied up in the weeks leading up to 25 December… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Easy-calving heifers biggest success of yearIt is hard to believe that we are fast approaching the end of yet another year. Last year was quite a challenging one for us as a family. However, 2025,… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Cows dry and culls gone for a good priceAnnual shut down is here. The herd was all dried off this week – though we had already dried off 150 over the previous month. They all get a teat… FARMER FOCUSFarmer focus: Pig educational unit will help industry careersAt this festive time, we look back on the year that’s been, writing with triumph on the many achievements while also reflecting on the inevitable, but occasional, low points. I’m… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Slurry storage gap filled by friend’s lagoonI think the less said about the Budget, the better. But surely Leeds West and Pudsey had a better candidate for MP at the last election than Rachel Reeves. She… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Milk solids holding up nicely to meet demandIt seems no time since the clocks went back, and now we’re thinking about Christmas. I retreated to the office to write this and left my wife, Kathryn, tangled up… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Beef and lamb prices must be viewed with cautionWe processed our Charolais cross Wagyu heifer this month. My friend Ben has the patent on the name and he has always been very enthusiastic of the quality. It hasn't… More articles
