lambing

Farmers Guardian's livestock specialist Katie Fallon highlights the hard work and dedication required in lambing time and the importance of championing the next generation of farmers

New figures released by rural insurer NFU Mutual have revealed more than two-thirds of farm shops have faced rural crime over past 12 months with 50% saying they had been a victim of crime on more than three occasions within that same period

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'. Roger, 81, farms with his sons Dave and Robert and says he has no plans to retire just yet

This blog highlights farmers' thoughts and experiences during lambing 2025. In this video blog, teacher and farmer Shane Auckland reflects on lambing time

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

Isla Hare, seven, is from Tong in West Yorkshire. She writes about her love of farming and sheep, showing sheep at shows, and reading Farmers Guardian with her grandad

With lambing season 2025 over for some farmers but still on the horizon for others, we take a look at this special time of year in pictures

Giving every lamb the best start in life is the focus for sheep farmers at lambing time, however, they have been reminded not to waste the potential of cade lambs.

In this children's lambing special, Jacob Barton, 9, tells Farmers Guardian what he loves about lambing time

Storm Eowyn caused havoc - has it impacted the start of Emma Gray's lambing season?