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

The UK government announced that it will be extending its concession to allow entry for overseas workers to shear sheep for ...

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

The Home Office has granted a one-year extension allowing overseas sheep shearers to work in the UK after warnings that millions of sheep could go unshor.

What is the future for Britain’s sheep? Farmers are choosing to keep fewer animals.

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

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 ...

Taking the plunge to move from a career in business in the UK to farming full-time in Ashford, Co Wicklow was a big step for Tom Stewart and his wife Katy.

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