Livestock

Texels dominated the top prices and set a new record of 65,000 at what was a very different Kelso ram sale.

As Cumbria enjoyed a two-day heatwave, record numbers of sheep competed at the Westmorland County Show and the cattle rings were graced with the presence of Princess Anne and Sophie Countess of Wessex.

Early indicators are that dairy diets will need careful balancing this winter if grass silages are to be effectively utilised.

A new step-by-step guide to quarantine testing and treatments has been created by the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group.

An innovative mobile milking parlour is helping a 400-cow dairy herd restore soil fertility on a large organic arable estate. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

For Craig Bentley the desire to modernise his family’s dairy farm was driven by a focus on the next generation and improved staff retention. A move to robotic milking has seen yields increase by substantially. Wendy Short r

It was a day to remember for the Owens family’s Woodhouse flock, Presteigne, at the Kerry Hill sale at Ludlow.

THE Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle topped at 70,000gns for the second prize ram lamb and reserve overall champion, Bradleys Eubank.

John and Henny Goffin have successfully developed a deer breeding and finishing enterprise since taking on Mauldslie Farm in 2013, where latterly the focus has been implementing a ground improvement and reseeding strategy to

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.