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A NEW level five apprenticeship for Vet Techs has been launched, approved by the government Agricultural and Environment apprentice board.

Credit: Dr Paul Rose Captive pelicans that are free to choose their own friendships are more likely to breed successfully on repeated occasions, new research suggests. Social network analysis on captive great white pelicans, led by the University of Exeter, found that providing social choice within the flock and allowing partnerships to form naturally led to improved breeding success. The study revealed that the pelicans chose their specific social relationships, and that there was a social structure across the flock, in which sub-adults (the equivalent of teenagers) spent more time with each...

Lockdown boosts farmer's egg business he started at age 13 27 April 2021 | 26-year-old Sam Hall now owns approximately 3,200 birds, with Covid restrictions significantly boosting business Staffordshire based producer Sam Hall began his free range venture aged just thirteen, and now runs a thriving local egg business. Sam, 26, manages his egg business, Sam’s Hens, alongside working with his father on their mixed family farm. The flock has steadily grown as Sam has got older, but he still sells all of the eggs either at the farmgate or directly to local retailers and hospitality. The increa...

David Gunn and Emma Wilkes, of Darwin's Pet Supplies Calling all dog lovers! Sign up to our TeamDogs newsletter for your weekly dose of dog news, pictures and storiesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A North Staffordshire couple who met through their love of animals have opened their own pet shop in the Moorlands. Emma Wilkes an...

March 12, 2021 2:00 pm To love something, it doesn’t mean you have to be born into it – and that is certainly true for Alice Hodges. The 25-year-old, who you may know from social media as ‘The Calf Girl’, will be taking over the AgriLand Instagram account tomorrow (Saturday, March 12). She hails from Cheshire, in the northwest of England, has lived and worked in New Zealand, and is now based in Co. Kildare, working as a contract calf rearer during the busy spring season and as a relief milker for two to three farmers for the rest of the year. “I didn’t grow up in a farming fami...