These figures have enraged the NSA as the UK sheep industry faces financial meltdown as a result of a backlog of lambs due to movement and export restrictions introduced after the foot-and mouth-outbreak. The MLC analysis of retail and farmgate price changes since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth on August 3 reveal that back on August 4 the average retail price of lamb was 9.88 per kilo while the average price paid to farmers was 2. Prices for prime lambs are now regularly below 70p per kilo...

Gregg Valley News Staff Writer Concord -- Later this month, Meriden farmer Steve Taylor will hand in the keys to his state-issued pickup truck, a 2002 Chevy Silverado with 145,000 miles on it, and retire from his post as New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture. Gregg Valley News Staff Writer Concord -- Later this month, Meriden farmer Steve Taylor will hand in the keys to his state-issued pickup truck, a 2002 Chevy Silverado with 145,000 miles on it, and retire from his post as New...

Despite some difficulty in sourcing heavy export lambs, exports to the US increased 34pc on October 2006 to 5384t the highest monthly total on record. Almost all the 16pc year-on-year rise in lamb production in September appears to have been exported, with a predominance of lighter carcases helping to explain rises to PNG and China. Adding to the strong demand for lamb from the Middle East has been an increased supply of suitable lighter Merino lambs, brought on by the deterioration in...

Nine-year-old David Mullen was amazed when he learned that one of the main reasons llamas spit at each other is to defend themselves. Gannon, who is a weaver and a spinner, owns 22 adult llamas and two baby llamas, she said. The open barn day is an event that Gannon is contemplating having twice a year. One of the main activities Gannon likes to do with her llamas is to dress them up and walk them in parades, she said. Llamas are much easier to raise than sheep and goats. Her goal for the...

Wilson has certainly had a highly successful year taking the top prices at both the Edinburgh and national sales with prices of 48,000gns and 10,000gns respectively. It is a tool all serious breeders should be using because, through optimising figures, the cutting edge of commercial lamb producers are carving themselves greater profit. This flock of 80 ewes has for the fourth time been adjudged as the best in the breed. You only have to watch the bulls at the Perth sales to see that it's...

The real purpose of this interview, though, is to dig into NAIS and what it might mean to the animal agriculture industry. The result is records or data about an animal that cannot be linked collectively to the correct animal across multiple databases maintained by the states, industry and USDA. It is interesting to think that an animal may be identified multiple times but not be fully traceable because separate programs use different herd and flock identification practices. NAIS is a...