Auction marts

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

20-year-old Joe Conley's passion for agriculture has helped him establish a budding career as an auctioneer at C&D Longtown Auction Mart, in Cumbria

Cattle prices are ‘riding higher than we have seen the like before’, says IAAS president

Alastair Sneddon, senior partner and managing partner for Bagshaws at Bakewell, reflects on recent strong sales prices

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

Farmers Guardian's head of livestock sales and markets Angela Calvert reflects on the sustained upward trend in beef prices

The Simmental trade made history and achieved a new European breed record with a bid of 56,000gns, smashing the previous record of 46,000gns

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has backed proposals for a new state-of-the-art abattoir in Orkney

A round-up of this week's livestock sales, including Lanark, Bentham, Lancaster and Market Drayton marts

Zanna Dennis looks ahead to 2025