New Shearing Checklist for Shearers and Farmers during Covid-19
21st April 2020
It will not be business as usual this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and everyone must be extra vigilant to keep safe, whilst ensuring that animal welfare is protected.
Match-making service launches for shearers and contractors
1st April 2020
Industry groups are working together to ensure that shearing can go ahead this season, as Covid-19 makes it unlikely that the usual influx of overseas shearers will be able to make it to the UK.
Viral tweet from farmer at breaking point is met with global support
20th February 2020
Unaware that her post would soon create a media storm, 20-year-old Ffion Hooson of Denbighshire, Wales, wrote a heart-felt plea on Twitter regarding her on-going struggles with farming.
Jeremy Clarkson tries to use barking drone to herd sheep
12th December 2019
New farmer Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he doesn’t have a sheepdog and instead tried to herd his sheep using a drone with a speaker attached to the top.
