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There's some cheeky alpacas, a surprise new lamb and an update on our smashing Shire Orchid and her foal on this morning's live broadcast.

You can watch the #replay now.

At 5am this morning, Farmer Robert was doing his morning rounds when he spotted a ewe who had already had two lambs - but appeared to be struggling with the third.

Quickly spotting something wrong, he leapt into action.He captured the whole thing on his phone - here's what's going on right now at Cannon Hall Farm.

Our amazing Shire horse Orchid has safely delivered her foal on March 19, 2020.

Join Farmer Robert as he introduces you to him for the first time.

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It's a broadcast we hoped we'd never have to make - but Farmer Robert is here to fill you in on the closure announcement we just made.

Please be assured this is TEMPORARY and our farm shop is open as usual with lots of new things to come from our redeployed staff teams.

Our full update is on our website and we are here to help.

Our farmers had an epic road trip to go and collect Grizzly Bear - our new Swiss Valais tup - from Scotland this week.

Watch the fly-on-the-wall documentary we filmed as we went to collect him and welcome him to the Cannon Hall Farm family.

Farmer David is shearing the swiss valais - but their horns make it a tricky affair.

Farmer Robert catches up with one of our friendliest goats, and our newest arrival Grizzly Bear makes his presence known.

The ever wet ground has been a real challenge recently and our Shetland Ponies were overdue a run. We decided to move them in to the spare sand paddock next to our Shires.The tiny but mighty ponies were desperate to show Ruby who is boss...but she was having none of it.

Farmer Robert brings us news of newborn Quads and dramatic footage of a live birth at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, February 26, 2020.

Our roundhouse is unique because we have a viewing platform which allows the day's visitors to watch as our farmer's go about their day. 

Watch what happens when a ewe got in distress in front of the day's guests - Farmer Ruth was called into action to save ...read more

This ewe has really tested our skills - she delivered one lamb and the after birth early yesterday morning.

Our farmers inspected her and found no other signs of another lamb - but hours later we noticed she was in trouble and Farmer Ruth had to spring into ...read more

During lambing time, you truly never know what to expect. The aftermath of Storm Dennis left our river swollen and the brambles trecherous.

Farmer Roger had to call in reinforcements when he found a lamb trapped in the brambles.

Did our farmers manage to save it?

Our Lambing Festival at Cannon Hall Farm sees our farmers work hard for the busiest time of year, welcoming scores of new lambs to the farm under the watchful eyes of the day's visitors.

But there's so much preparation that goes in to getting the ...read more