Weather

Rising flood water in Northern Ireland leaves 100 sheep stranded in field

Neil MacLeod said a woman who had lived on the Southesk Estate for more than 50 years had to be rescued after her home had flooded

Llyr Jones said his 10-year-old sheepdog Patsy rescued three sheep from a flooded field in North Wales

The Scottish First Minister met NFUS president Martin Kennedy, chief executive John Davidson, director of policy Jonnie Hall and political affairs manager Beatrice Morrice at the Scottish Parliament to discuss Storm Babet, food production, biodiversity and climate change

Ms Coffey said damage from Storm Babet was harder to predict because the rain came from the east

A Lincolnshire farm said it would not let Storm Babet dampen its spirits after heavy rainfall had caused delays to harvest

There is a worrying decline in African yields

The Environment Agency has said flooding warnings would remain in place until Wednesday

RSABI has paid tribute to Wendy Taylor who said she had many friends in the Scottish farming community

Production costs and droughts were the biggest issues facing the Spanish farming industry, but the sector remains competitive despite the challenges it faced