Sheep

Daisy the sheepdog made her own headlines.

Watch: Border collie tries to herd 25ft sheep at light festival

Whitefaced Woodland sheep have served the people, landscapes and environment of Yorkshire and the commoners of the Yorkshire Dales for centuries

Meet the sheep breed with more rights to be on Yorkshire land than humans

Sheep graze in a field near Aysgarth in the Yorkshire Dales. The National Sheep Association has called upon the public and the government to Back British as, after a complex summer, farmers struggle with costs amid issues of more and more food being imported.
Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe

UK is global exporter say agriculture bodies ahead of trade mission to Kuwait

Great Yorkshire Show 2023, GYS-Day2. Pictured
Large crowds attending the show. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 12th July 2023.

How the Great Yorkshire Show is like a perfect orchestra playing in time

Alison and husband John North, a chief sheep steward and sheep farmer who won at the Great Yorkshire Show, with their children, John, 8 and Isobel, 13. (Pic credit: Bruce Rollinson)

Great Yorkshire Show 2023 lineup: Schedule for popular Yorkshire farming event

The activists, named as Rosa, Sarah and Rose and all in their 20s and 30s, then travelled to Berkshire and posed for photographs in front of Windsor Castle.

Activists who stole lambs from Sandringham estate hand themselves in

Finding a sheep on it’s back can have deadlier consequences than you might think

What to do if you a see a sheep on its back

Residents claim the sheep are invading their properties

Gang of ‘free-roaming hooligan sheep’ causing chaos on estate

Julian Norton, The Yorkshire Vet, on this week's after hours emergency.

Yorkshire Vet literally rolling up his sleeves to help with lambing birth

Oldest dog ever: Bobi the Rafeiro do Alentejo farm dog from Portugal breaks Guinness World Record

Bobi the farm dog breaks record as oldest in recorded history

John Carlisle is retiring as chief cattle steward of Kilnsey Show this year

Meet the the Dales farming family who have helped run Kilnsey Show since 1897

A view from the top of Malham Cove. (Pic credit: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Malham Show 2022: Timetable of events for the returning Yorkshire show

The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen at the Great Yorkshire Show. (Pic credit: Gary Longbottom)

Tenbury Countryside Show 2022: Yorkshire’s Amanda Owen to appear at the event

The Owens at home at Christmas in 2016

Christmas at Ravenseat Farm: How the Yorkshire Shepherdess celebrates

The wet conditions mean restricted turnout for Jill's ponies.

"Olympic standard" mud proves too much for some well used waterproofs

The sheep stuck in the hole (Credit: Thomas Beresford)

Sheep rescued from hole in the ground after being spotted by passing walker

Jill remembers a bad experience with a Blue-Grey

Pregnancy testing on the cows shows good results at the farm on the M62

It was a trip to A&E for John William this week

John William learns the highs and lows of farming at the farm on the M62

Julian had a busy day with new arrivals and a date night

The Yorkshire Vet has a busy day bringing new life into the world

The farmer on the M62

Major delays on M62 as farmer shepherds two sheep off carriageway

Sheep prove a mystery at Stott Hall Farm for Jill Thorp

Jill Thorp finds sheep one of life's "perplexing and disappointing mysteries"
Mother Nature has thrown just about everything she can at us in the last week or so. Sweltering temperatures, torrential downpours and thunder-storms.

Richard Findlay farms at Quarry Farm in Westerdale as well as being an NFU representative heading up the national livestock board.

Hill farmer's hopes for a 'new dawn' in farming with introduction of the Agricul...

Sheep are judged at the 122nd Kilnsey Show. Picture by Simon Hulme.

Sheep surge sees 122nd Kilnsey Show firmly connect with Dales farming traditions

Ottringham. Picture: Google.

Sheep '˜mutilated' and killed after being stolen from farm near Hull

Tom Farrar, 17, with some of his Beltex tup lambs at Wighill Lane Farm, Healaugh near Tadcaster.

Quality pays off in a double triumph for the Farrars of Healaugh

Masham Sheep Fair - sheep racing at the event last year.

Masham Sheep Fair organisers respond to petition calling for ban on sheep racing

Samantha Francis with a successful petition in July this year. Now, the campaign group is calling for sheep racing to be stopped at the Masham Sheep Fair.

Animal rights activists call for sheep racing to be banned at Masham Sheep Fair

Tom Davis, manager of Mudchute farm, with sheep in Green Park, London, which are there for a conservation trial that sees The Royal Parks Mission: Invertebrate team up with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and Mudchute Farm. John Stillwell/PA Wire

Thank yew maaaaam! Sheep graze next to Buckingham Palace

Skipton Sheep Day attracted thousands of visitors. Pictures by Simon Hulme.

Sheep invade Skipton town centre for a day of celebration

Neil Heseltine and his Belted Galloway cattle on the hills above Malham. Pictures by Bruce Rollinson.

Farm of the Week: How the return of cattle to the hills paid dividends

Mac the sheep managed to find a new way to test Shaun McKenna on his farm this week.

Living the Dream: Mac gets thoroughly stuck but keeps his appetite

David Shepherdson has found that having Highland cattle is a perfect balance for the rest of the farming operation. Picture: Simon Hulme

Farm of the Week: Sheep to beef feeds arable dreams on Wykeham Estate
Highland cattle graze serenely in the sleepy hamlet of Ruston on the Wykeham Estate where David Shepherdson farms 700 predominantly arable acres. They provide not just a tranquil, picture postcard vista to the countryside but also the balance to David's farming operation that allows him to concentrate his efforts on cereal crops far more than when the farm was home to a flock of 350 Suffolk X ewes.

Arthington House

Downton style splendour and rural bliss close to the city

Farmers identified 116 sheep in a police line-up, Teesside Crown Court was told.

Police stage ID parade with SHEEP after farm thefts

Dogs must be kept on leads around sheep, the National Sheep Association said.

More sheep dead in fresh dog attacks on farmland

Animal Aid of a screen grab taken from spy-cam footage of a halal slaughterhouse, where sheep have their throats cut without being stunned, which has led to action by the Food Standards Agency

Thirsk halal abattoir bosses’ “regret” over cruelty claims

Scrapie is a brain disease affecting sheep.

Livestock thefts spiral at summer’s end

Young farmers Emma Tingle and Ian Close watched by Show Director Bill Cowling.

Sheep set for races at show

Sheep on runway cause plane crash

Horns of dilemma as sex appeal means shorter life

Lambs

Weather not the only factor as lamb crop set to tumble

A brief encounter with Jacko

Anti-ageing treatment that stars queue up for goes on sale in UK

A big day out at the cutting edge of nostalgia

Care call to drivers as more sheep die on roads

Sheep becoming too risky to bother with, says NSA

Group champions the cause of hill farming

Walls under attack from all angles by destructive forces

Enjoy it on video: Nidderdale Show

Anniversary cycle ride to be held on popular Peak trail

Pedigree sheep sale live on the internet

Sue Woodcock: A packed week, with high notes and hidden depths

Sue Woodcock: It’s a dog’s life as four-footed companions test my patience

Sheep leads flocks to this year’s show

Sue Woodcock: Spinning yarns the old way and making new February friends

The Year Round: Badgers are keeping themselves busy rooting up pasture

Back in business with ring of confidence

Destocking takes hold despite better prices

Sheep delivers sextuplets surprise for shepherdess

Sue Woodcock: Best laid plans fall foul of four-legged friends