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The costly condition of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) can cause irreversible damage to a calves lungs, so producers should think about how to prevent it and know how to rapidly identify and treat it, says vet Tim Potter.

Australia’s farmers continue to reel from the devastating power of Mother Nature as New South Wales (NSW) was deluged by the most destructive floods in more than 40 years. Bruce Jobson reports.

With Leaf’s Open Farm Sunday event set to go ahead face-to-face when lockdown eases, as well as online, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian caught up with one farming family gearing up to welcome members of the public again this year.

Having now retired from his rugby refereeing career, Nigel Owens is busy developing his own farm in west Wales, with pedigree Hereford cattle at the core of his operation. Laura Bowyer finds out more.

Improving grassland management is helping a family team increase stocking rate, cut fertiliser use and produce more milk from forage through robots. Ann Hardy reports

Grant Stephen, 23, from Dallas, Moray, is a general farm worker with a herd of 140 pedigree Simmentals. He has a small herd of pedigree Beef Shorthorns and comes from a farming family with 80 suckler cows and 500 breeding ewes.

A move to rotational grazing a decade ago is paying dividends for Scottish milk producer, Jim Baird. It has permitted a 25 per cent rise in cow numbers on the same acreage, while yields have increased by 30 per cent over th

With feed prices increasing, making the most from spring grazing will be crucial to maintain margins, according to Mark Oliver from Gallagher.

Sclerotinia infection in oilseed rape is predominantly driven by inoculum levels and weather events at earlyto mid-flowering, but a notable decline in incidences of the disease has been seen in recent years.

Serious about making more milk from forage? If you still have last season’s silage analysis reports, they offer a goldmine of tips for making better silage.