Watery mouth is one of the most common diseases affecting young lambs. Veterinary surgeon, Will Barker, Castle Vets, Barnard Castle, offers some advice on its prevention.

Bulls and females both sold to a high of 10,000gns at the British Blue Cattle Society sale at Carlisle.

The British Charolais Cattle Society’s White Gold sale of females at Carlisle topped at 18,000gns, a centre record, with an 80 per cent clearance rate.

PAUL TIPPETTS and Christine Williams, Shifnal, dispersed the Blue Texel, Beltex, Texel and Badger Face Texels pedigree females from their Wilodge and Hackney flocks at Carlisle, setting three new breed reocords.

THE Farmers Guardian supported Welsh Black Cattle Society sale at Dolgellau topped at 15,500gns.

The Marts The Heart Standing the Test of Time series supported by the LAA and Shearwell data highlights some of the many occasions where farmers, with the help of auction marts, have raised enormous sums of money for charity.

LEADING the trade at the Christmas Stars sale of Texel females at Carlisle were to Boden and Davies, Stockport, who sold shearling gimmers from their Mellor Vale and Sportsmans flocks at 38,000gns and 30,000gns.

Selling home-produced meat of the highest quality direct to the consumer has always been at the heart of Tori and Ben Stanley’s farming business, and continues to be the case as their enterprise goes from strength to strength

MORE than 500 Holsteins went under the hammer when the Woodmarsh herd was dispersed on-farm at Bomere Heath near Shrewsbury on behalf of the Gould family grossing more than 1.3 million and peaking at 19,000gns.

Handling livestock, particularly cattle, always involves the risk of injury, but putting certain measures in place and always adhering to strict protocols can reduce that risk to yourself, your employees and visitors.