Topping the Solway and Tyne Texel Club sale at Carlisle at 80,000gns was Hilltop Jewel, a ram lamb from Kenny Pratt, Aberdeenshire

Continental cattle dominated the beef inter-breed, while a Suffolk took the supreme sheep at Hope Show

With perfect weather for showing apart from the odd shower, there were record entries across all the livestock sections at this year’s two-day Edenbridge and Oxted Show

Investment in automation has earned an innovation award for an Aberdeenshire business which exports potatoes directly to Egypt, alongside running a 200-cow pedigree Aberdeen-Angus suckler herd

Vistors and exhibitors escaped the worst of the weather at Bucks County Show

Catch up with sheep reports from recent livestock markets including Ballymena, Worcester, Carlisle and Skipton

Catch up with cattle and sheep dog reports from recent livestock markets including Ballymena, Market Drayton and Carlisle

The Scottish National Texel sale at Lanark topped at 68,000gns with a 78% clearance and an average of £4,377.74

Opinions vary on the value of creeping feeding, but vet, Stuart Gough, offers some advice