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sheep farming

British Farming Award winner embraces paddock grazing for healthier, more productive sheep, alongside a flourishing ecosystem

British Farming Awards

British Farming Award winner embraces paddock grazing for healthier, more productive sheep, alongside a flourishing ecosystem

Oliver Harrison, BFA Sheep Farmer of the Year 2024, is setting a benchmark for progressive and sustainable upland sheep farming at Aimshaugh, in the Cumbrian hills

clock 18 April 2025 • 2 min read
Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Young Farmers and Careers

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

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

clock 30 March 2025 • 3 min read
PICTURE GALLERY: Lambing 2025

Livestock

PICTURE GALLERY: Lambing 2025

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

clock 27 March 2025 • 1 min read
Principal mastitis-causing bugs in sheep identified in Farming Connect study

Livestock

Principal mastitis-causing bugs in sheep identified in Farming Connect study

A Farming Connect-funded Welsh study has identified two bacterial pathogens as the principal causes of mastitis in commercial sheep flocks

clock 25 March 2025 • 4 min read
NI's Sustainable Agriculture Programme 'neglects' sheep farmers

Livestock

NI's Sustainable Agriculture Programme 'neglects' sheep farmers

NI National Sheep Association said with the new SAP, sheep-only farmers are projected to ‘lose a substantial 17% of their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support’

clock 21 March 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "Many flock numbers are so small that the whole commons system is breaking down"

Blogs

Letters: "Many flock numbers are so small that the whole commons system is breaking down"

Suzanne Greenhill, from Gloucestershire, provides her perspective on farming common land

clock 05 March 2025 • 1 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Rachel Burke: "YFC provides an essential link between urban and rural life"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Rachel Burke: "YFC provides an essential link between urban and rural life"

Rachel Burke, 21, is a sheep farmer from Alyth in Scotland, whose family also runs Pentland Livestock in Kirriemuir. She writes about the importance of YFC, studying at Harper Adams University, and her hopes for the future

clock 05 March 2025 • 2 min read
Sheep special: New data released on anthelmintic resistance on Welsh farms

Animal Health

Sheep special: New data released on anthelmintic resistance on Welsh farms

In an aim to update research on anthelmintic resistance, the Welsh Anthelmintic Resistance Status Project has provided the most up-to-date figures in 10 years

clock 02 March 2025 • 4 min read
From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

Sheep

From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

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

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
'Ignorant' dog owners keep livestock worrying costs high for farmers

Sheep worrying

'Ignorant' dog owners keep livestock worrying costs high for farmers

A new report has revealed that farmers across Britain are continuing to experience the emotional and financial impact of livestock worrying attacks on-farm

clock 20 February 2025 • 10 min read
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