Livestock

The Great Bonanza Suffolk female sale held on-farm on behalf of Messrs Sufferin’s, Crewelands flock, Maghera, and Messrs Tait’s, Burnview flock, Gorton Glen, along with guest consignors peaked at 8,400gns.

In the latest of feature of our series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, we look at the importance of the Scottish island’s auction marts.

As the UK heads into a second lockdown I felt very lucky, if a little guilty, to be heading for Iceland.

Trade Secretary Liz Truss has attempted to reassure Welsh sheep farmers about the prospect of a UK-New Zealand trade deal.

The struggle that has been 2020 has now reached November and I can only pray that it is not going to be as wet as October, which was the wettest October on record in our part of north east Scotland.

Between the Beltex Sheep Society and its members, 1,700 has been donated to charities supporting the rural community.

Salers from Patrick Boyd’s Drumaglea herd, Isle of Tiree, led both the male and female trade at the Farmers Guardian supported breed society sale at Castle Douglas.

The chairman of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), Tim Smith, has said he expects around 80 per cent of the body’s recommendations to Government to be backed by all of its members.

British Wool have appointed Andrew Hogley as acting chief executive officer after Joe Farren stepped down due to ’personal reasons’

The National Beef Association (NBA) has dismissed ‘lip-service’ from food wholesaler Booker on its support for the UK industry after finding product repeatedly ’over-labelled’ with a later best before date.