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Texels dominated the top prices and set a new record of 65,000 at what was a very different Kelso ram sale.

As Cumbria enjoyed a two-day heatwave, record numbers of sheep competed at the Westmorland County Show and the cattle rings were graced with the presence of Princess Anne and Sophie Countess of Wessex.

Early indicators are that dairy diets will need careful balancing this winter if grass silages are to be effectively utilised.

A new step-by-step guide to quarantine testing and treatments has been created by the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group.

Hedgerows, for some people, can be very emotive things. Part of the patchwork quilt that forms much of the UK landscape, they provoke a range of feelings from the farming and non-farming fraternity.

Mhairi Strang, 26, is from Eaglesham, Glasgow. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a business and management degree and milks 350 dairy cows, all year round calving, selling 150 stores each year.

Gun owners who bought weapons via the Guntrader website are being warned that their personal details have been posted online following a data breach.

Red Tractor (RT) has been accused of ‘double standards’ over domestic and imported grain entering UK feed mills.