Have we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK?

Farmers have sounded the alarm over falling demand for British sheep meat amid cost rises and competition from abroad.

Sheep are vanishing from the UK's hills — and dinner plates. NJ Convery, a journalist at the BBC, has been hearing from farmers who say that changing tastes mean sheep farming i ...

Britain’s sheep sector is under mounting pressure as breeding ewe numbers fall to the lowest level in living memory, raising fresh questions.

A lifelong farmer whose fields contained rotting carcasses and ill-treated animals has been banned from working with sheep for five years.

Natural England began switching to cattle grazing at its Ingleborough site in the Dales in 2004.

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) and the National Sheep Association (NSA) have teamed up to create Cynefin—a Welsh ...

NSA and RoSA urge farmers to use qualified sheep advisers this spring to improve flock health, manage parasites and strengthen farm resilience.

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A British mattress manufacturer is betting that full traceability and fairer pricing can restore value to UK wool.