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A Suffolk with takes the overall Sheep championship while a Limousin reigns supreme in the beef section. Chloe Palmer reports

Poignant moments for Scott Donaldson at H&H

A new breed record of 30,000gns was set at the Blacknose Beauties national show and sale of Valais Blacknose sheep at Carlisle

Warwickshire Police's Rural Crime Team said 69 lambs and 19 ewes were stolen from a farm earlier this month

Police said nine ewes and two lambs had died during the incident

With glorious weather and record entries across all the livestock sections, the Edenbridge and Oxted Show remains the biggest livestock show in the South East

The project, led by APHA, will collect and analyse samples from a range of bird and mammal populations to better understand how the virus behaves

Amends to existing legislation means free-range eggs can continue to be labelled as such during mandatory housing measures, a move Defra said would cut ‘unnecessary red tape and costs for British producers'

"This detection is a clear reminder of the threat of the disease"

From robots boosting profits on the last remaining prison farm in Britain to the removal of Winter Fuel Payments and the impact it could have on rural pensioners - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG