Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) continues to be an absolute pain for Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) in Emmerdale this coming week, as he arrives at Butler’s Farm with some bad news.
After Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) sold her shares in the farm to Kim Tate (Claire King), Joe took pleasure in stirring the pot by telling the Dingles that Robert had become the new tenant farmer.
Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) assumed that Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) would tell Robert where to go and stick by his family, but he refused to budge.
Aaron knew Robert was deeply passionate about continuing his family’s farming legacy, and chose to stick by him. This has, of course, caused a lot of tension within the Dingle clan, as they feel Aaron and Robert have betrayed them.
As Robert adjusts to his new life as head farmer of Butler’s, the last thing he needs is more drama. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what he’s going to get, as this new video shows the moment Joe rocks up and tells Robert that he’s selling the herd of cows.
It’s a classic Joe move.
Or should that be moooove?
In the scenes that follow after this, Cain learns that Joe wants to sell the cows and is furious, especially when Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) reasons that they can’t afford to keep the cows themselves on the new Dingle Farm.
The nail in the coffin for Cain comes when Sam Dingle (James Hooton) reveals he missed a meeting about the farm machinery, and Cain jumps straight to catastrophising that everything is over.
But there’s hope for Cain in the form of a hooded figure who wants to do their bit to save the family.
Robert and Aaron are shocked when a panicked Matty arrives to reveal that their herd has disappeared in the night. Joe furiously points the finger at Robert, who denies any involvement. Joe knows who to confront and grabs his wingman Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) to challenge the Dingles.
The Dingles are smug in responding that they had nothing to do with the theft, not realising that one of them did.
The culprit is seen out on a country road rustling the cows, and it’s none other than Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper), who fancies herself as a bit of a cow rustler.
She’s played a blinder in saving the herd, but being a novice, she’s forgotten one major detail – Cain rings her to warn that the bull she’s nicked has been fitted with a tracker.
