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Increased grassland reseeding with specialist leys and strategic use of different forage crops has led to a transformation in the performance of the Roberts family’s sheep and beef business.

The industry has reacted with disappointment after an amendment to the Agriculture Bill which would have banned low-standard food imports was rejected

Women make up just 36 per cent of the meat industry’s workforce

Ministers have been urged to take action on the threats to the sugar and sheep industries as the end of the Brexit transition period approaches.

A new breed record of 18,000gns was set for a Herdwick ram at the Keswick show and sale on behalf of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association at Cockermouth.

Emma Watson had been upset by an anonymous complaint to the RSPCA. An inspector confirmed there were no issues with the flock’s welfare

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has warned it is ‘dangerous’ for the UK sheep sector to be so heavily reliant on the EU market for lamb exports.

The extent to which drones could be helpful as a monitoring aid when checking sheep is being investigated as part of a trial in Australia.Ìý

Farming economics, it is sometimes argued, work in a countercyclical fashion to the wider economy. And if there was one year to seemingly prove that it would be 2020.