The Brown Swiss breed has been instrumental in one couple’s journey to run a growing 240 cow profitable pedigree dairy herd. Sarah Liddle reports.

A new North Country Cheviot Sheep Society sale and the growing appreciation of the commercial qualities of the breed is fuelling a surge in its popularity in Northern Ireland. Farmers Guardian reports.

Wiltshire Horn sheep have key characteristics needed for conservation grazing as the Essex Wildlife Trust has found out.

Finding a breed which suited their end market, as well as the farm, were key factors for Tony and Emily Bambridge when they chose Lincoln Reds when establishing a pedigree herd.

THE North East Limousin Breeders Club show and sale at Darlington had a clearance rate of 77 per cent topping at 6,500gns.

A new centre record of 8,000gns was set at Hexham’s sale of pedigree bulls for the pre-sale show champion.

Once again, Dewi Jenkins, Talybont, topped the sale of working sheep dogs at Skipton, when selling his three-year-old black and white bitch, Llwynsarn Non for 14,000gns.

Stonehills Rockstar from the Riby family’s East Yorkshire-based herd took the top call of 12,000gns at the Beef Shorthorn Society’s sale at Carlisle.