Top agricultural photographers have donated images to farming charity the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) to help it raise funds for farming people in financial hardship.
The images from 12 photographers feature in a 2018 Farming in Focus calendar, which will be sold at shows and fundraising events throughout the summer. It is supported by the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust.
The cover image features a Swaledale ewe among the heather on a Derbyshire hill farm. It was taken by Ruth Downing, who said she spent three years waiting for the right moment.
RABI chairman Malcolm Thomas said: “There is a lot of hardship and many difficulties in our rural areas. Calls to the charity are running at the same level as 2016, despite the fact that we’ve not had the flooding problems we had last year in the north. That, to me, shows the work of RABI is growing.”
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