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Ellie Layton

Ellie Layton

Articles by Ellie Layton

Grassland and genetics at heart of a Welsh family farm

Farm Life

Grassland and genetics at heart of a Welsh family farm

Three brothers farm together across three sites in the Brecon Beacons, using quality genetics to make the most of their land

clock 04 June 2026 • 5 min read
Shropshire sheep flock set for Royal Three Counties show

Livestock

Shropshire sheep flock set for Royal Three Counties show

Ahead of the Royal Three Counties Show, one Herefordshire farming enterprise with a fondness for Shropshire sheep shares why they are the breed of choice both inside and outside the showring. Ellie Layton reports.

clock 04 June 2026 • 5 min read
Jeff and Katie Aiken: Stockmanship, success and starting again | For Flock's Sake Ep3

Podcasts

Jeff and Katie Aiken: Stockmanship, success and starting again | For Flock's Sake Ep3

Jeff and Katie Aiken join Farmers Guardian’s Ellie Layton and Tom Ryder for the latest episode of For Flock’s Sake, discussing pedigree sheep, stockmanship, family and rebuilding after the dispersal of the Procters flock

clock 03 June 2026 • 1 min read
Opinion: Farming is who you know not what you know

Shows & Sales

Opinion: Farming is who you know not what you know

Farmers Guardian livestock specialist Ellie Layton on the importance of connections within agriculture and how in one trip to a show a farmer can do six months' worth of business

clock 01 June 2026 • 2 min read
South Devon cattle bred for the future on the edge of Dartmoor

Beef

South Devon cattle bred for the future on the edge of Dartmoor

The Colcharton herd of South Devon cattle are the pride and joy of Colin, Lowenna and Nick Edwards who won the South Devon Herd Book Society’s national herd competition award in 2025

clock 01 June 2026 • 8 min read
Scotland to reinstate stricter bluetongue controls from June 1

Sheep

Scotland to reinstate stricter bluetongue controls from June 1

Scottish livestock keepers and traders are being urged to prepare for tighter bluetongue movement restrictions from June 1, as seasonal disease controls come back into force

clock 28 May 2026 • 3 min read
Charollais takes the top spot in the sheep rings

Shows & Sales

Charollais takes the top spot in the sheep rings

Increased entries across the board led to hot competition in the sunshine at the Devon Show. Ellie Layton reports.

clock 27 May 2026 • 9 min read
Opinion: "It's hot. It could be too hot"

Livestock

Opinion: "It's hot. It could be too hot"

FG livestock specialist Ellie Layton on kicking off the agricultural show season in a heatwave at Devon County

clock 26 May 2026 • 2 min read
Breeding show cattle is a shared passion for Breconshire beef and sheep farming family

Beef

Breeding show cattle is a shared passion for Breconshire beef and sheep farming family

Ahead of the National Beef Association's Beef Expo on May 30, we go behind the farm gate with commercial cattle judge Tracey Jones and her family

clock 25 May 2026 • 6 min read
OPINION: "There is nothing like a YFC rally to get the farming community together"

Livestock

OPINION: "There is nothing like a YFC rally to get the farming community together"

FG livestock specialist Ellie Layton on how the YFC movement has a ripple effect through the generations in rural life

clock 18 May 2026 • 3 min read
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