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Auctioneer at Hawes Auction Mart, Ian Atkinson discusses this year's autumn sheep sales

The first confirmed cases of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) in the 2025–2026 vector season have been reported in England, according to the latest Government update

On Saturday (July 12), two Welsh farmers achieved a new 8-hour two-stand British ewe shearing record and both individually beat the 8-Hour Solo British Record

NFU Cymru said the introduction of approved red markets was a ‘step forward’ in supporting farmers affected by bluetongue

A new exhibition is helping to showcase the vital part women play on farms in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. Emily Ashworth finds out more

Bluetongue restrictions resulted in a somewhat sticky trade at the Premier Sale of Charollais sheep at Worcester but still resulted in a top call of 10,000gns

Huw Jones, a 27-year-old Welsh shearer from Abergynolwyn, set a new 8-hour solo ewe British record shearing 663 ewes

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

A ram lamb, Edstaston Dakota from Robert Gregory, Shropshire, topped the Supreme Charollais sale at Carlisle at 14,000gns

To coincide with this week's Regenerative Farming Special in Íæż½ã½ã, we spoke with one farmer who has transitioned to a regenerative system and discuss some of the benefits he has seen to the farm business