Sheep

Vet Emma Greaves of Stapeley Veterinary Practice, shares her top tips on managing coccidiosis outbreaks in young lambs

One Herefordshire-based flock with a pedigree focus has commercial traits at the forefront. Ellie Layton reports.

How lambs are managed in the first few hours of life and through to weaning is key to long term health and performance

Undervaluing the importance of navel health at lambing time can provide repercussions in the thrift and development in young lambs. Ellie Layton looks at why it is paramount.

Lambing events are some of the most popular and rewarding events on-farm, but failing to protect public health could be costly both financially and reputationally

Striving to continue to add value to their mixed livestock enterprise, Cumbrian farmers Will and Gillian Sedgley value the Beltex for prime lamb production

Embryo transfer (ET) has been in use since the early 2000s, but over the past decade its growing presence in the sheep industry is prompting fresh debate among pedigree and commercial producers alike. Ellie Layton hears views from across the industry

January and February sheep prices have not repeated the record highs of early 2025, but they remain higher than in previous years.

Sheep were the reason Valentina Busin came to Scotland and the reason she stayed. From on farm experience to virus surveillance, she shares why farmer–vet collaboration matter more than ever.

75 highly skilled sheep shearers have been stopped from entering the UK which would have helped prevent heat stroke and disease during the warm months, says MP