Shows & Sales

Reports and photos from pedigree sheep sales at Worcester

The opening sale of store lambs at Skipton saw an average of £102.97 for the 2,700 head on offer, which was £13.69 up on the previous year

There was an increased entry of more than 6000 breeding ewes and lambs at the Farmers Guardian supported Great July Fair at Exeter which is renowned for Suffolk cross Mules fit for early lambing

Tom Greenow on sheep and cattle trade

The Great Yorkshire Show is one of the most treasured agricultural events, and last week it celebrated its 165th show. Emily Ashworth takes a look at its history and what it is that people love about it most

There were more than 15 breeds of pigs competing at the Great Yorkshire Show

It was fitting that in the breed’s 125th anniversary year a Kerry Hill claimed the supreme sheep inter-breed title for the first time at the Great Yorkshire Show.

It was a clean sweep across the beef championships for the Limousin breed which claimed supreme in the inter-breed beef, junior inter-breed beef and inter-breed senior teams competitions

As host to the World Ayrshire Federation Conference, it was a fitting result for the Ayrshire breed which claimed supreme in both the dairy inter-breed and junior inter-breed championships at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show

Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell, Argyll, continued their winning form when an aged ewe from their Cowal flock took the championship at the Texel Sheep Society's Farmers Guardian supported 50th anniversary Textravaganza National Show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle