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Lambing 2025: Everything you need to know for a successful lambing season

Livestock

Lambing 2025: Everything you need to know for a successful lambing season

Advice, insights and stories straight from UK farms – this is your lambing guide for 2025

clock 18 February 2025 • 1 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

clock 16 February 2025 • 3 min read
Sheepmeat production forecast to increase in 2025

Livestock

Sheepmeat production forecast to increase in 2025

UK sheepmeat production is forecast to grow by 2% in 2025, largely supported by a ‘higher carryover of lambs from 2024', according to AHDB analysis

clock 14 February 2025 • 3 min read
Wool prices improve but still 'not at the level we would like them to be', says British Wool

Sheep

Wool prices improve but still 'not at the level we would like them to be', says British Wool

Farmers with wool still on-farm have been urged to send it, with strong demand seen at British Wool auctions

clock 13 February 2025 • 2 min read
Scottish family on This Farming Life aim to showcase the good, the bad and the ugly

Farm Life

Scottish family on This Farming Life aim to showcase the good, the bad and the ugly

One of TV’s most well-loved farming shows, This Farming Life, has returned to our screens, and the Thomson family are hoping it will demonstrate the realities of agriculture

clock 31 January 2025 • 4 min read
Sheep dip land disposal permits to be phased out in Wales

Livestock

Sheep dip land disposal permits to be phased out in Wales

Natural Resources Wales said it would stop issuing new permits for farmers to dispose of sheep dip on land

clock 29 January 2025 • 2 min read
OPINION: "Talk of foot-and-mouth will have sent shivers down the spine"

Blogs

OPINION: "Talk of foot-and-mouth will have sent shivers down the spine"

Farmers Guardian livestock editor Katie Jones discusses the importance of thorough border controls to ensure disease is not imported into the UK

clock 17 January 2025 • 1 min read
Foot-and-mouth disease: Know the signs and symptoms

Animal Health

Foot-and-mouth disease: Know the signs and symptoms

As the first case has been confirmed in Germany, Defra has issued guidance for livestock farmers

clock 16 January 2025 • 3 min read
Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "A farm sale can make for mixed feelings"

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about the generational pull of farming

clock 15 January 2025 • 3 min read
Understanding causes of mastitis in ewes

Livestock

Understanding causes of mastitis in ewes

Interim results from a project to investigate ewe mastitis, which is estimated to cost the UK sheep industry £120m per year, were revealed at a Farming Connect webinar

clock 11 January 2025 • 4 min read