Tipping point for British farming

The market has collapsed and the price he receives for his lambs has plummeted by 30%.

He has also watched friends of his unable to bring their lambs down from the hills because of movement restrictions.

Some of them are now struggling to find the money to feed animals they never expected to still own.

"It might have been as bad for our fathers back in the 1930s, but this is definitely as bad as I've ever known it," Mr Armstrong says.

"I feel this must be a tipping point.

"Farming has become totally unsustainable and something has to be done. The government has to decide whether it really wants a farming industry in Britain or is just prepared to let it die."