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Carving a career path in farming has not been without its challenges for Liz Tree, 23, who grew up Croydon, South London. In fact, she is sure plenty of her teachers thought she was mad.

The Jersey Cattle Society of the UK is holding its national show at this year’s Dairy Show which will be judged this year by Duncan Hunter, owner of Hunter Dairy Consulting.

Attracting diversity in farming is a passion for Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, who has recently teamed up with Writtle University College (WUC) to launch a ‘New Faces For Farming’ campaign.

Dairy, beef and sheep farmers are being encouraged to record their on-farm antibiotic use via Medicine Hub, either via their vet or individually.

It was the South Country Cheviot champion from David Douglas and family’s Catslackburn flock, Yarrow, which took the supreme sheep championship at Border Union Show, Kelso, as the event returned to the calendar for the first

Selling sheep meat ’with a story’ could be crucial to tapping into the US market.

As cooler temperatures arrived at the showground in Llanelwedd on day three, judge Andrew Cope, of the Huddlesford herd, Staffordshire, tapped out the Holstein champion, Erie W Brook Lustre, in the supreme dairy cow champions

British Blonde cow, Brownhill Netta, lifted the supreme individual championship in the beef section on what is sure to be one of the hottest Royal Welsh Shows on record.

Planning, co-ordination and organisation are just some of the key attributes needed to pull off an event to the scale of, the Royal Welsh Show – particularly the livestock section, with its own set of specific requirements.

Zowie Bell was born within a stone’s throw of the tract of East Yorkshire common land, which she has managed for the past four years as its designated pasture warden. Wendy Short reports.