sheep

A centre and joint breed record of £28,000 was set at the sale of North Country Cheviot Hill rams at Lockerbie

FSA charges are currently discounted according to the number of hours involved so that smaller abattoir businesses, which require fewer hours regulation, receive a greater discount

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top dog trialler Emma Gray talks organic lamb and the drama at the Scottish National sheepdog trials

With sheep scab reaching worrying levels in Scotland, Caledonian Marts at Stirling is trialling a sheep dipping service at its store and breeding sheep sales

WOOL prices have reached their highest level for four years, although prices still need ‘to rise further', according to British Wool

There were 4.98 million head of cattle and calves in England at June 1

Charlotte Harris, 21, is a shepherdess from Strathaven in South Lanarkshire. She now runs her own equine and shepherdess business in Scotland

"It is getting dangerous when people think they can joyride and kill livestock like this"

Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. Kate is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

Farmers in Suffolk have said they are dealing with 'severe economic losses' due to current restrictions on the movement of livestock