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A pedigree British Blonde herd lies at the heart of County Durham-based breeder James Weightman’s farm enterprise

A ringside round up from the livestock sections at Turriff Show

A ringside round up from the livestock competitions at Dumfries Show

Elgan Thomas, 26, is a dairy farmer from Llanelli in Carmarthenshire

A ringside round-up from the livestock competitions at Border Union Show

Having grown on up her family's beef and sheep farm, Meinir Howells, from Pentrecwrt, took her inspiration from her mother, Doris, who worked full time on the farm

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Scottish prime cattle numbers have shown short-term resilience despite the decrease in Scotland's overall beef herd over the past year

The aim for beef and arable farmer, Jimi Collis and his herd manager Matt House is to find the ‘business sweet spot' by balancing output and profit with increasing biodiversity

A switch from commercial to pedigree has given a family on the Welsh borders fresh enthusiasm to progress their beef system. Ellie Layton finds out more