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Scots farm leaders blast ‘barbaric’ sheep butchering >More in © FLPA/John Eveson/Shutterstock Scottish farm leaders have been left sickened by the “barbaric” professional butchering of a young sheep in a field in Ayrshire. A farmer was left horrified after a one-year-old Texel ewe was killed in a field in Stewarton sometime between 8am on Saturday 6 February and 1pm on Tuesday 9 February. Police believe the sheep, which weighed around 70kg and was valued at £250, was professionally butchered for its meat. They have appealed t...

NMR genomics service to launch from UK laboratory >More in © FLPA/John Eveson/Shutterstock Dairy breeders eyeing the benefits of genomic herd testing when selecting herd replacements will be able to choose a new UK-based genomics provider in March. National Milk Records (NMR) has confirmed it will test dairy females at its laboratory at Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, this spring after an initial £400,000 investment in the site. Richard Miller, NMR genomics manager, said the approximate cost of the service – called GeneEze – would be ...

A government decision to allow dedicated TB-restricted marts to run in high TB areas in Wales for at least 12 months has been welcomed by cattle farmers