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Making small, but significant tweaks to lambing management procedures can dramatically improve lamb survival

For some, lambing has already started. Here are some classic pictures of families and farmers lambing over the year

With spring around the corner many farms will be planning lambing events on-farm

Farmers are advised to test forage planned for in-lamb ewes to ensure correct supplementary feeding and optimal nutrition

Fiona made the headlines in 2023 after being dubbed the UK's loneliest sheep. Two years after she was rescued by farmers, which included the Sheep Game's Cammy Wilson, Fiona is now expecting twins

Roger Nicholson farms with his family at the heavily diversified Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which has sparked various Channel 5 series including 'Springtime on the Farm'

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope 51AVÊÓƵon the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

In a blog for Farmers Guardian, shepherdess and top sheepdog triallist Emma Gray talks about how rewilding could put the country at risk of wildfires, and reflects on a better lambing than last year

Farmers Guardian's livestock specialist Katie Fallon highlights the hard work and dedication required in lambing time and the importance of championing the next generation of farmers