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Bluetongue restrictions resulted in a somewhat sticky trade at the Premier Sale of Charollais sheep at Worcester but still resulted in a top call of 10,000gns

Huw Jones, a 27-year-old Welsh shearer from Abergynolwyn, set a new 8-hour solo ewe British record shearing 663 ewes

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

A ram lamb, Edstaston Dakota from Robert Gregory, Shropshire, topped the Supreme Charollais sale at Carlisle at 14,000gns

To coincide with this week's Regenerative Farming Special in Farmers Guardian, we spoke with one farmer who has transitioned to a regenerative system and discuss some of the benefits he has seen to the farm business

What is regenerative farming? Do consumers understand what this means? The bigger question is, are people willing to pay more for food produced in this way? A brand-new Farmers Guardian survey showcases what farmers and consumers are really thinking

Restrictive zones will see huge economic losses for farmers, markets and rural community say MPs

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the RABI.

This year's NSA Sheep Northern Ireland event is kindly hosted by the McFarlane family near Dungiven on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Producers have warned reduced livestock numbers has had serious ramifications on the social, cultural and economic value of rural and farming communities