sheep

A ringside round-up from the livestock competitions at Border Union Show

Having grown on up her family's beef and sheep farm, Meinir Howells, from Pentrecwrt, took her inspiration from her mother, Doris, who worked full time on the farm

The British Grassland Society's summer meeting included visits to livestock farmers in the South of England making low input grassland work for their systems

Farmers are considering data more closely when it comes to selling through the marts

One upland farmer is growing income from lamb sales by performance recording his closed flock of Welsh Mountain ewes

Sheep farmer, Liz Griffiths, looks ahead to the event's seminar sessions, where she will be joined by a panel of speakers to discuss coping with business change and maintaining a positive outlook.

Sheep farmers are gearing up for the return of the NSA's flagship event, as the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire prepares to open its gates for NSA Sheep 2024

Some 5.4 million prime lambs were processed in the first six months of the year, 9% down year-on-year and 6% below 2022 levels

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

Red Tractor interim chair, Alistair Mackintosh provoked frustration from farmers and auctioneers after comments he was achieving better prices due to Red Tractor assurance than he would have done at the auction mart