Shows & Sales

It was a successful first-time appearance at the Suffolk Sheep Society’s national show and sale at Shrewsbury for Michael Ludgate of the Rempstone flock, Thorne, Oxfordshire, who topped the sale at 30,000gns

Leading what was a strong entry of sheep forward at this year’s Border Union Show, Kelso, was a Suffolk gimmer from Alistair Warden, Hawick

Claiming the pig inter-breed title was a Duroc, from Oliver Giles, West Sussex

It was the Jersey champion which was the choice of judge, Mark Logan, Northern Ireland to take the supreme dairy title

The Scottish area branch of the Suffolk Sheep Society show and sale at Lanark topped at 52,000gns for a ram lamb from Stewart Craft Farming’s Lakeview flock, Glenrothes.

Exhibitors spirits remained high at a wash out third day of the Royal Lancashire Show

THE online sale of working sheepdogs hosted by Farmers Marts (R.G. Jones), Dolgellau, had an entry of 130 and a clearance rate of 75 per cent.