Rare breeds

Farmers Guardian reader Sam Sykes, from Sheffield, responds to Christopher Price's recent Farming Matters column on funding to preserve rare breeds

Rare Breeds Survival Trust chief executive Christopher Price on the latest additions to the most urgent priority watchlist category and what needs to be done to improve the outlook for rare breeds

Mike Greenwood-Wilkins captured the nation’s hearts on Great British Bake Off, and as the first farmer to appear on the popular TV show, he was able to showcase just how important this industry is. Emily Ashworth visits him to find out more

Residents raise concern about Natural England's approach to uplands after Gov change to grazing rules on Dartmoor

While there has been 'a significant reduction in people keeping all pigs', some farmers and smallholders are producing high-welfare, delicious pork meat with a very appealing narrative

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has added the Ancient Cattle of Wales to its RBST Watchlist

Rebecca McLellan keeps rare Castlemilk Moorit sheep at her farm near Rockcliffe, a breed that originated at the Castlemilk Estate in Dumfriesshire in the early 1900s

Norfolk shepherdess Hannah Murrell is gearing up for a very busy lambing season at Gawdy Hall Estate, in Harleston

The collection and storage of genetic material from rare native livestock breeds is an important part of the Rare Breeds survival Trust's rare breeds conservation strategy

Tauros cattle have been bred from ancient domestic cattle breeds to be as similar as possible to the extinct aurochs