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Nicola is a third-generation farmer from Aberdeenshire. Alongside her dad, George, she farms 560 hectares (1,400 acres) with 240 Simmental cross suckler cows and 1,000 Scotch Mule ewes and a small acreage of spring barley, forage rape and neeps to feed the livestock. She is also known as @livestock_farmher on social media where she gives her view of farming life

A stalwart of livestock farming, John Hall looks back on his life, from national fatstock championships to foot-and-mouth, and his family who have kept him going throughout

On Monday (January 12) three gimmer lambs were reported missing from Lane end Farm in Bradford

UFU said the move will help ease the strain on farmers ‘unfairly caught up in the Temporary Control Zone’

Farmers are advised to test forage planned for in-lamb ewes to ensure correct supplementary feeding and optimal nutrition

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

From bringing home 10 Kerry Hill gimmers in 2020 to winning the breed championship at the Royal Highland Show, Sophie McCarlie has quickly established the Hassockrigg flock as one to watch

Farming in the hills of Mid Wales, one family are working hard to secure the future of their farming system

The Moredun Research Institute has secured investment to support the UK livestock industry’s resilience to infectious diseases, as well as gaining Defra funding for louping ill vaccine commercialisation