British Wool is offering young farmers an opportunity to attend a beginner shearing course, enabling YFC members to work towards a Blue Seal award.  

AT the Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of Welsh Black cattle at Dolgellau the top price was 10,000gns.

A new breed record of 35,000gns for a Texel ewe lamb was set at Carlisle when the Plasucha flock was dispersed on behalf of Robert Bennett, Meiford, Powys.

In the latest Marts The Heart Standing the Test of Time series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data we highlight some of the auctioneers who have shown outstanding service to their profession

Farmers Guardian looks back at some of the highlights of the year from sale rings across the UK.

A Charolais cross heifer from Wilson Peters, Monzie, stood overall champion at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic at Thainstone.

It was the female and reserve overall champion which sold for the day’s top price of 4.79/kg (3,011) at Skipton’s Farmers Guardian supported Christmas show and sale.

THE timed online sale of sheep dogs hosted by Farmers Marts (R.G. Jones), Dolgellau, topped at 10,300.

Putting research into practice, meeting net zero targets and the future of the industry were high on the agenda at the Sheep Breeders Round Table, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Castle Donington.

IT was the pre-sale show champion, a shearling gimmer from Lilia Hutchinson’s Howgillfoot flock, Kirkby Stephen, which led the trade at 18,000gns at the Three Nations sale of Suffolk females at Carlisle.