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For the first time the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club spring dairy bull sale at Carlisle was staged completely online with trade topping at 4,600gns to average almost £2,600.

MEMBERS of SRUC’s Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme (PSGHS) have been reassured that there will be continuity of the scheme in spite of the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on blood testing.

Auctioneer Paul Gentry has announced he will be joining Darlington ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Auction Mart as head of primestock sales.

Using traditional breeds alongside the latest technology is a successful combination for Bruce Kenworthy’s sheep enterprise in West Yorkshire. Angela Calvert reports.

A new record of 1,700 for a Dalesbred female was set at the Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association show and sale held at Bentham for a two-shear ewe, shown by Colin and Alan Price, Longlands.

Heifers led the way at Leyburn’s spring spectacular with Garrowby Farms, Bugthorpe, taking home the championship, under judge Elizabeth Vance, Newton Stewart, with a Limousin heifer.

Blackface females were in demand at the breed’s ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian-supported show and sale of in-lamb ewes and gimmers at Lanark.

It was a day of double celebrations for Richard and Sammy Lloyd, who trade as David John Lloyd and Co, at Ruthin’s sale of show potential calves.

Developing environmentally sustainable farming systems was the theme running through the Maize Growers Association conference held near Derby.

The world record price for a working sheep dog at an official sale was smashed today at Skipton when Emma Gray, hit 18,000gns with her black and white bitch, Megan.