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With major changes ahead in the red meat industry in Scotland, Ewan Pate spoke to Sarah Millar as she begins her new role as chief executive at Quality Meat Scotland

For mixed farmer Tom James, sustainability falls between social, economic and environmental pillars with the environmental aspect, he says, gaining the most momentum in the industry since the late 1990s because of its emotive credentials.

Fears are growing that the Shanghai Covid lockdown could be set to hit UK agricultural supply chains.

Easter and the Islamic festivals have provided a boost to both prime lamb and cull sheep prices across the UK.

Children from five primary schools in Sussex and Surrey have taken part in a new local scheme designed to encourage greater understanding of farming.

Vets and farmers are being encouraged to make use of a new flock health planning tool which promotes proactive vet/farmer engagement and a move towards a preventative, rather than reactive, approach to flock health management

The Association of Responsible Dog Owners has called for the Welsh Government’s ban on e-collars to be lifted, following the publication of data which laid bare the extent of sheep worrying in Wales.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have until noon on March 31 to sign up to have their say in AHDB’s Shape Your Future campaign

Margins being squeezed due to increasing costs of production, coupled with sharply eroding support payments, means sheep farmers need to do everything possible to optimise efficiency and flock performance.

Bizza Walters, 24, is from a mixed family farm in Studley, Warwickshire. After studying at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, she works around the UK and abroad as a shepherdess, and is also an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.