Sheep

The British Grassland Society's summer meeting included visits to livestock farmers in the South of England making low input grassland work for their systems

Farmers are considering data more closely when it comes to selling through the marts

One upland farmer is growing income from lamb sales by performance recording his closed flock of Welsh Mountain ewes

Some 5.4 million prime lambs were processed in the first six months of the year, 9% down year-on-year and 6% below 2022 levels

The Trumper family have been involved in the Jacob breed for almost 40 years, but over the last 10 years they have increased flock size and have enjoyed success at shows and sales. Ellie Layton finds out more.

Maedi visna poses a significant threat to sheep health and productivity in the UK and throughout most of the world

NSA president Phil Stocker said: "We want to start that stability with continuity with the shadow team that has engaged so far with industry. A change of personnel into these roles will not be welcomed"

Will Evans reckons the ‘perfect’ Kerry Hill has yet to be born and he is making it his mission to breed that animal. Debbie James reports

The last two years at the Royal Highland will be hard to beat for Ben Radley, having won the Charollais championship and the inter-breed sheep award in 2022, followed by the breed, reserve inter-breed and overall pairs titles in 2023. Lynsey Clark reports