Farmer Liz Tallis says the industry has become more gender balanced since the turn of the millennium.

A farmer is believed to have confirmed that the sheep was pregnant and that her lambs had died too.

Shaun Saunders is prosecuted after the animal died from flystrike on his farm.

Seven sheep have been injured in three separate incidents in the same Dorset village.

A national park has reminded people to keep dogs on a lead after two sheep were killed.

Police warn pet owners that farmers can legally shoot dogs to prevent livestock worrying.

A union encourages farmers to display signs highlighting the Countryside Code during lambing season.

"The agricultural industry needs the young people," says the 24-year-old shepherdess, Hannah Murrell.