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Young Farmers and Careers

Little Lambers: "I asked mum and dad if I could get my own sheep for my birthday"

Isla Hare, seven, is from Tong in West Yorkshire. She writes about her love of farming and sheep, showing sheep at shows, and reading Farmers Guardian with her grandad

30 March 2025 • 3 min read

Livestock

PICTURE GALLERY: Lambing 2025

With lambing season 2025 over for some farmers but still on the horizon for others, we take a look at this special time of year in pictures

27 March 2025 • 1 min read

Sheep

Getting the most from cade lambs

Giving every lamb the best start in life is the focus for sheep farmers at lambing time, however, they have been reminded not to waste the potential of cade lambs.

13 March 2025 • 6 min read

Young Farmers and Careers

Little lambers: "The best bit was going out to do the night checks with mum, with just the radio on"

In this children's lambing special, Jacob Barton, 9, tells Farmers Guardian what he loves about lambing time

06 March 2025 • 2 min read

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans"

Storm Eowyn caused havoc - has it impacted the start of Emma Gray's lambing season?

26 February 2025 • 2 min read

Livestock

Sheep special: Scottish study finds 80% of supplementary colostrum fails bacterial tests

A recent study carried out by the University of Glasgow has found that 80% of supplementary colostrum from a typical commercial flock fails bacterial count tests

26 February 2025 • 3 min read