Christopher Price, Rare Breeds Survival Trust chief executive, discusses Chris Packham's comments that sheep are destroying precious British habitats, including large parts of Dartmoor

At a busy Border Union show the inter-breed sheep winner was a Suffolk shearling ram from Norman Stuart and his daughter Mhairi, Penicuik. Lynsey Clark reports

UK beef and dairy farmers are encouraged to stay vigilant against signs of lumpy skin disease, with cases confirmed in France and Italy

Breeders are looking to reintroduce a cow that is as synonymous with Somerset as Cheddar and cider. Aly Balsom reports

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution

Achieving a sustainable easily managed system is the aim of the Dilks family on their Peak District farm

Alastair Sneddon on years of experience - Alastair is a consultant at Bagshaws LLP. Call 01629 812 777, or email [email protected]

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

Regenerative farmers turn to direct sales to profit from their environmental credentials