To continue to build on its role of providing practical advice for sheep farmers, vets, prescribers and advisors, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS)…
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The National Sheep Association (NSA) said it is excited to begin work alongside industry partners to help deliver a new project designed to breed low methane…
Independent sheep vet Fiona Lovatt said that farmers must be on high alert for worms in their lambs, after a break in the weather is expected…
The Register of Sheep Advisers (RoSA) said the increasing pace of change to farm support systems has highlighted the need for many sheep farmers to seek…
Sheep farmers can make the most of funding from the Defra Animal Health & Welfare Pathway with a little planning to optimise the timing of the…
SCOPS has warned that much of England, Wales and lower lying ground in Scotland and Northern Ireland is at a high risk of nematodirus. Nematodirus is…
The findings of a Welsh Government-funded project have been published, with SCOPS highlighting the report as useful additional information for current understanding of the peri-parturient rise…
The UK sheep sector is at risk of being permanently forced to live with the devastating consequences of dog attacks. That is the concerning belief of…
The National Sheep Association (NSA) said it is exasperated by comments made by former Defra board member Ben Goldsmith attacking UK sheep farming, demonstrating what NSA…
Wide fluctuations in temperatures in recent weeks and predictions of a very cold spell this month mean sheep farmers will have to be even more aware…
