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Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has called for action to address the amount of productive sheep and beef farmland being lost to forestry, particularly for carbon farming

Ian Atkinson on this year's strong sales

Police said most of the sheep suffered significant bite marks to their throats, with two having drowned in a nearby canal

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

Vladut Boberschi was handed a 12-month community order with conditions to work 150 hours unpaid while receiving a £150 fine

The Government said there also been a long-term trend in the decline of cattle numbers

"It's a living hell. People just think the countryside is a theme park"

National Sheep Association policy manager Emma Owen said it was important to have ‘some standardisation across the carcase classification process and reporting, bringing the sector in line with the licencing requirements of beef'

Emily Ashworth catches up with farming friends Rebecca Wilson and Charlotte Ashley, who have built up thousands of followers on social media through telling farming's story

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top dog trialler Emma Gray discusses drama at the International sheepdog trials