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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
Barry Keoghan brings sheep farming to Hollywood in chilling psychological thriller

Entertainment

Barry Keoghan brings sheep farming to Hollywood in chilling psychological thriller

Rural life is never far away from cinemas and television, and the Saltburn, Calm with Horses, and Dunkirk star brings farming to life in a new film

clock 16 February 2025 • 1 min read
Sheepmeat production forecast to increase in 2025

Livestock

Sheepmeat production forecast to increase in 2025

UK sheepmeat production is forecast to grow by 2% in 2025, largely supported by a ‘higher carryover of lambs from 2024', according to AHDB analysis

clock 14 February 2025 • 3 min read
Lleyn ticks all the boxes for Wiltshire sheep enterprise

Livestock

Lleyn ticks all the boxes for Wiltshire sheep enterprise

A stringent selection policy has brought steady improvement to the quality of Reuben Saunders' Wiltshire-based 420-ewe pedigree Lleyn flock

clock 10 January 2025 • 7 min read
"If Defra and Government continue on this trajectory, we will be back to square one", says National Sheep Association

Politics

"If Defra and Government continue on this trajectory, we will be back to square one", says National Sheep Association

NSA chief executive Phil Stocker said there are sheep farmers who have 'wholeheartedly thrown themselves into the SFI pilot', whose agreements have now ended with no certainty over continuation into SFI and fears over budget cutbacks

clock 05 December 2024 • 3 min read
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