Sheep News

Thousands of agricultural workers as well as farming-related businesses attended NSA Welsh Sheep 2025 to get to know news from the industry and learn about the latest technology.

A number of larger-than-normal lambs have been delivered at Norfolk’s Gawdy Hall Estate this month.

Minimising disease risks posed to your sheep and by your sheep at shearing is critical in maintaining flock health on farm and across the wider industry, sheep industry leaders said.

Sheep farmers in South Wales have been warned of the risk of blowfly strike as the local Blowfly Watch risk alert has been raised to red.

Devon & Cornwall Police Rural Affairs Team has recently issued a plea for help to find a therapy sheep Bertha that was stolen from the North Devon area. 

A report warning parliamentarians of the disparity between UK animal welfare and that of nations locked in free trade negotiations should be reassuring for sheep farmers fearing substandard imports, the National Sheep Association said. 

Sheep farmers in the South of England and East Anglia have been warned of the risk of blowfly strike as the local Blowfly Watch risk alert has been raised to red. 

Farmers Guide talks to Rebecca Wilson, recently listed in The Times Young Power List, about her family farm, government policy and what it’s like to be a woman in agriculture.

A savage attack on a pedigree ewe worth £3,000 is the latest of a series of dog attacks on a Derbyshire couple’s farm in one of the Peak District’s most popular tourist spots. 

NFU Mutual has warned farmers that lambs are at high risk of dog attacks as Easter falls late this year. 

Sheep farmers in the South West of England have been warned of the risk of blowfly strike as the local Blowfly Watch risk alert was raised to amber.

A man from Cornwall has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after his pets killed 22 sheep and caused near-misses on the roads while roaming free. It is also claimed that the dogs killed cats and pet rabbits.