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A 130-mile egg and spoon relay has raised more than £6,000 for the mental health charity You Are Not Alone (YANA).

Sheep meat production increased by 22 per cent in April, totalling 24,300 tonnes, new Defra figures reveal.

Destocking in the uplands has left fuel stocks to accumulate, risking ’catastrophic’ wildfires in the Peak District, a new report has found.

Traditional nursery rhymes such as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Little Miss Muffet have been re-written by animal rights group PETA to remove ‘insensitive’ language and be more ‘animal-friendly’.

More than 1,900 farmers and land managers participated in the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Big Farmland Bird Count, spotting 130 species.

Shelf life for Welsh lamb has significantly improved, increasing export opportunities to new and developing global markets, Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) industry development and relations manager John Richards has said.Ìý

There is ’strong appetite’ among farmers to tap into the organics sector, with government funding offering incentives for land conversion, industry chiefs have said.

A man has been charged with three counts of arson following fires which caused more than £680,000 of damage and killed 50 pigs.

Tougher bovine tuberculosis (bTB) controls including diagnostic testing, cattle movements and isolation requirements have been proposed by the Scottish Government in a new consultation.

Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has warned further delays to the introduction of EU import checks, which were due to begin in July, are a risk to biosecurity and could disadvantage Welsh farmers.