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A tale of hope and joy was revealed this week, as a foal stolen from Cornwall at just two months old has finally been reunited with her mother and owner.

Found! Stolen foal Lucy returns to her mother

The team representing England

The team representing England

Sheepdog Trials

Katy Cropper chosen as only woman in sheepdog trial team

USDA confirms no New World Screwworm detected in US livestock (Getty Images)

USDA confirms no New World Screwworm detected in US livestock (Getty Images)

United States of America

No New World Screwworm detected in the US after Central America case

After 25 years of dedication, Ernie Crighton is honoured with a Long Service Award at the Cortachy Highland Games.

After 25 years of dedication, Ernie Crighton is honoured with a Long Service Award at the Cortachy Highland Games.

25 Years Honoured

Ernie Crighton wins long service award

Seized meat was recovered from unlicensed premises as part of a major food crime investigation (Image FSA)

Seized meat was recovered from unlicensed premises as part of a major food crime investigation (Image FSA)

Unsafe Meat Plot

Four sentenced for diverting unsafe meat into food chain

Mental health challenges, including anxiety, are affecting more farmers each year (Image Getty)

Mental health challenges, including anxiety, are affecting more farmers each year (Image Getty)

Weathering the storm

UK farmers struggle as extreme weather drives mental health crisis

BSAS Equine Conference returns to Birmingham, 21–22 November 2025 (Getty Images)

BSAS Equine Conference returns to Birmingham, 21–22 November 2025 (Getty Images)

Science in the saddle

BSAS Equine Conference 2025 brings science and horse care together

Champion of champions, Hufflepuff of Park View from A Blackburn, Roisbheinn Highland Pony stud

Champion of champions, Hufflepuff of Park View from A Blackburn, Roisbheinn Highland Pony stud

Hufflepuff the Highland pony gelding has the horsepower at Lochaber Show

Cattle and champion of champions went to a calf from Helen and Bob Simpson, Mains of Creuchies

Cattle and champion of champions went to a calf from Helen and Bob Simpson, Mains of Creuchies

Strathardle Show delivers cattle glory for Creuchies again

Overall champion of champions was the suckler cow and calf winner from Malcolm Coubrough

Overall champion of champions was the suckler cow and calf winner from Malcolm Coubrough

Malcolm's suckler cow and calf take supreme championship at Abington Show

Water restrictions in eastern Scotland will limit abstraction from rivers and reservoirs (Image Getty)

Water restrictions in eastern Scotland will limit abstraction from rivers and reservoirs (Image Getty)

Farmers hit as east Scotland faces severe water crisis

President Derek Redpath

President Derek Redpath

Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association in battle to tackle genetic challenge

One of the UK's most northerly combines at Bigton Farm on Shetland. Driver of the Fiatagri Laverda 3650 Aimee Budge with her harvest helpers Callum and Chloe O'Driscoll.

One of the UK's most northerly combines at Bigton Farm on Shetland. Driver of the Fiatagri Laverda 3650 Aimee Budge with her harvest helpers Callum and Chloe O'Driscoll.

Northern Harvest

One of Shetland’s most northern combines in action at Bigton farm

Jeremy Clarkson at Diddly Squat Farm, whose hit series continues to inspire surges in applications to agricultural courses across the UK (Image Prime Video)

Jeremy Clarkson at Diddly Squat Farm, whose hit series continues to inspire surges in applications to agricultural courses across the UK (Image Prime Video)

Clarkson's Farm

Clarkson’s Farm boosts applications to agricultural courses again

Fraser, Neil Murray, Will and Keith Lyall together in a pea field at Bruce Farms, celebrating three generations of the family working side by side

Fraser, Neil Murray, Will and Keith Lyall together in a pea field at Bruce Farms, celebrating three generations of the family working side by side

Generations Unite

Lyall family marks milestone with three generations harvesting peas

The Houstoun family

The Houstoun family

School meals’ reliance on processed foods is ‘letting down children’

Hools Je t’aime celebrating success at Scone Palace

Hools Je t’aime celebrating success at Scone Palace

Shetland star’s winning streak shines at Scone Palace

‘I Don’t Know How They Expect Me to Put in a Round Bale,’ Flaws, Orkney

‘I Don’t Know How They Expect Me to Put in a Round Bale,’ Flaws, Orkney

Farmer’s frustration captured in hilariously timed Orkney shot

Rothiemurchus Estate and their John Deere harvester finished earlier this season ahead of schedule

Rothiemurchus Estate and their John Deere harvester finished earlier this season ahead of schedule

Early finish for Rothiemurchus harvester’s busy season

Simon Ritchie of Woodland Trust Scotland; Jared Child of Arkaig Community Forest; Jim Fairlie; Sarah Madden of WTS; Liam Wright of WTS; Angela Mercer of ACF; Georgie Pelly of WTS

Simon Ritchie of Woodland Trust Scotland; Jared Child of Arkaig Community Forest; Jim Fairlie; Sarah Madden of WTS; Liam Wright of WTS; Angela Mercer of ACF; Georgie Pelly of WTS

Scottish Minister visits forest to explore deer management issues

Four in five farmers worry their businesses won't survive a decade Ref:RH250320049 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Four in five farmers worry their businesses won't survive a decade Ref:RH250320049 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Inheritance Tax

Four in five farmers fear their businesses could fail within 10 years

87% of fresh pork in UK supermarkets is British (Getty Images)

87% of fresh pork in UK supermarkets is British (Getty Images)

British pork dominates supermarket shelves despite patchy retailer support

NFU president Tom Bradshaw (NFU / National Farmers' Union)

NFU president Tom Bradshaw (NFU / National Farmers' Union)

Britain’s heavy reliance on food imports branded ‘criminal’ risk

Peatland work supported by £20m funding from NatureScot's Peatland ACTION programme (Getty Images)

Peatland work supported by £20m funding from NatureScot's Peatland ACTION programme (Getty Images)

Peatlands Funding

Scotland’s peatlands get record £20m boost for restoration and recovery

Trust in local media increases to 80 per cent, new survey shows

Trust in local media increases to 80 per cent, new survey shows

Trust in local media increases to 80 per cent, new survey shows

Euan Emslie: Shaping Scotland’s sheep event legacy

Euan Emslie: Shaping Scotland’s sheep event legacy

Remembering Euan

National Sheep Association (NSA)

Obituary: From farm to flagship: How Euan Emslie transformed Scotland’s sheep events

Farmers from across Yorkshire have been praised after rushing to the scene at Langdale Moor as a

Farmers from across Yorkshire have been praised after rushing to the scene at Langdale Moor as a

Farmers aid firefighting effort as moorland blaze spreads

The Cheeky Girls keep a watchful eye on the camera at Kirvennie Farm

The Cheeky Girls keep a watchful eye on the camera at Kirvennie Farm

Cows get curious as 'The Cheeky Girls' are captured at Wigtownshire farm

‘Right to the Top’ captures Achahoish from its highest point

‘Right to the Top’ captures Achahoish from its highest point

Breathtaking View

Right to the top: a breathtaking view from Argyll and Bute’s highest point

How will the changes to APR affect the farming community?

How will the changes to APR affect the farming community?

Inheritance Tax

Navigating the impact of changes to tax reliefs for farmer owners

Great Scone Palace Challenge RSABI

Great Scone Palace Challenge RSABI

Palace showdown

Less than one month to go until RSABI’s Great Scone Palace Challenge

GEA CEO Stefan Klebert and Ali Al-Ali, chairman of Baladna Algeria, at the contract signing ceremony for the world's biggest integrated dairy facility (Photography: Baladna/GEA)

GEA CEO Stefan Klebert and Ali Al-Ali, chairman of Baladna Algeria, at the contract signing ceremony for the world's biggest integrated dairy facility (Photography: Baladna/GEA)

Dairy Revolution

Algeria launches world’s largest dairy farm and milk powder facility

Police say poaching offences often spike as game bird shooting season begins (Image Getty)

Police say poaching offences often spike as game bird shooting season begins (Image Getty)

Police warn rural crime surge as shooting season starts

Despite strong wheat quality, volatile yields and weak markets dominate harvest 2025 (Image Getty)

Despite strong wheat quality, volatile yields and weak markets dominate harvest 2025 (Image Getty)

Harvest squeeze

Volatile harvest and falling prices squeeze UK arable farmers

Peatland restoration at Beinn Dhuand Mid Hill at Luss Estates, Loch Lomond National Park.

Peatland restoration at Beinn Dhuand Mid Hill at Luss Estates, Loch Lomond National Park.

Peatland revival

Scottish peatland restoration boosted by 'biggest ever' £20m funding

Grant Cameron drives the combine as Daniel Crabb hauls the grain, Bennachie in the distance

Grant Cameron drives the combine as Daniel Crabb hauls the grain, Bennachie in the distance

Harvest in motion: Grant and Daniel work against Bennachie’s backdrop

Kaleb Cooper has won two international awards for his cider.

Kaleb Cooper has won two international awards for his cider.

Clarkson's Farm

Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper wins two international awards

Kids share a playful moment in the back of a pickup at Hestigarth, Shetland.

Kids share a playful moment in the back of a pickup at Hestigarth, Shetland.

Humour and chaos in a pickup full of laughs in Shetland

Kaleb Cooper, Jeremy Clarkson and Harriet Cowan on Clarkson's Farm.

Kaleb Cooper, Jeremy Clarkson and Harriet Cowan on Clarkson's Farm.

Big career move

Clarkson's Farm

Clarkson's Farm star announces new YouTube series

Belted Galloways making their way to Ben Lomond at Blairvockie Farm

Belted Galloways making their way to Ben Lomond at Blairvockie Farm

Farming Life at Ben Lomond’s Blairvockie farm

Harvested potatoes from the trial plots at Potatoes in Practice, showing differences in variety performance and disease resistance

Harvested potatoes from the trial plots at Potatoes in Practice, showing differences in variety performance and disease resistance

Potatoes in Practice explores blight, PCN and soil health

Experts unite in Cirencester to share biodynamic farming research

Experts unite in Cirencester to share biodynamic farming research

Royal Agricultural University to host international conference on biodynamic research

DUP agriculture, environment and rural affairs spokesperson Carla Lockhart MP

DUP agriculture, environment and rural affairs spokesperson Carla Lockhart MP

Northern Ireland

Farmers urged to ‘have their say’ on Climate Change Action Plan

Heather McDougall, remembered with love by the farming community through a fundraising climb marking what would have been her 40th birthday

Heather McDougall, remembered with love by the farming community through a fundraising climb marking what would have been her 40th birthday

In Heather’s Name

Farmers complete Ben Nevis climb honouring late friend

The Juvenile corncrake was spotted on Islay

The Juvenile corncrake was spotted on Islay

Scottish island camera traps catch sight of rare endangered bird

The Victorian wool carder machine, now restored, is bringing hope for Scotland's wool production sector

The Victorian wool carder machine, now restored, is bringing hope for Scotland's wool production sector

The Victorian workhorse helping to stitch Scotland’s yarn story back together

Ukrainian farmers tend crops amid the ongoing conflict

Ukrainian farmers tend crops amid the ongoing conflict

Watching drones machine gunned out of the sky and into the potato park

Neil Armstrong harvesting wheat at Thornton Mains near Berwick on Tweed

Neil Armstrong harvesting wheat at Thornton Mains near Berwick on Tweed

Harvest is happening with mixed yields reported across the country

Ths year's event is being held at Lelystad in the Netherlands

Ths year's event is being held at Lelystad in the Netherlands

Europe’s biggest potato event set for September

Ernie Crighton receives his Long Service Award at Cortachy Highland Games in recognition of 25 years of dedication to Carse Gray Estate

Ernie Crighton receives his Long Service Award at Cortachy Highland Games in recognition of 25 years of dedication to Carse Gray Estate

25 Years Honoured

Carse Gray Estate overseer recognised for long service

Ensus's bioethanol plant at Teesside faces uncertainty amid trade fallout (Image Getty)

Ensus's bioethanol plant at Teesside faces uncertainty amid trade fallout (Image Getty)

Ensus seeks government support to save production

Record-breaking heat fuels a bumper harvest for fruit and veg

Farmers face costly solar decommissioning without proper lease terms

Farmers face costly solar decommissioning without proper lease terms

Renewable energy

Farmers could face unexpected costs running into tens of thousands of pounds

Scott Walker ceo of GB Potatoes

Scott Walker ceo of GB Potatoes

GB Potatoes ramps up action on water, seed, and people as drought bites