Sheep

With livestock attacks once again in the news, it is important for farmers to know where they stand legally and the measures which they can take to protect their flocks.

A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN from Northamptonshire has been convicted of theft after he stole a sheep, shot it dead and fed it to a pack of hounds.

With the only licensed oral spectinomycin for watery mouth in new-born lambs now withdrawn from the market, vet Gina Barnhurst, Cross Counties Farm Vets, offers advice as to how to avoid the problem.

One of the biggest challenges for a dairy sheep farming newcomer is securing a consistent outlet for their milk. Ellie Layton looks into how a Warwickshire couple have succeeded.

A young farmer has focused on a preventative and proactive health management path to enhance the flock’s future. Ellie Layton finds out more.

While Europe continues to import the lion’s share of UK sheep meat, global export markets are growing with AHDB identifying the US as a priority market for 2023.

A focus on ewe nutrition during the last six to eight weeks of pregnancy can help produce healthy lambs and maintain ewe health, says Bryn Hughes, of Wynnstay

British Wool is offering young farmers an opportunity to attend a beginner shearing course, enabling YFC members to work towards a Blue Seal award.  

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Morgan has accused a Government minister of ‘insulting’ British farmers, after he championed the benefits of buying New Zealand lamb.

More than 25 pregnant sheep have been killed in Kent in what local officers are calling ‘the worst livestock attack’ the force has ever seen.