Shows & Sales

Following a two-year break, the Royal Welsh Show returns with major changes at the helm. Barry Alston reports.

Planning, co-ordination and organisation are just some of the key attributes needed to pull off an event to the scale of, the Royal Welsh Show – particularly the livestock section, with its own set of specific requirements.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

There are a number of changes and additions to the Great Yorkshire Show which will once again be held over four days.

The supreme sheep inter-breed award at the Devon County Show went to a four-year-old Beltex ewe from Aled Groucott, Gwent, South Wales.

Topping the on-farm sale held on behalf of Paul Dawes, Hereford, and setting a new female record of 24,000gns was Dinmore Zoe Katrina

James Amphlett on beef and sheep trade.

Last week, regenerative agriculture conference Groundswell took place at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire. Cedric Porter and Jez Fredenburgh report on the highlights.

It was the Charolais champion, Maerdy Morwr, from David Stubbs of AJR Farms, Aberdeenshire, which was tapped out as this year’s Royal Highland Show inter-breed champion. Hannah Park and Katie Fallon report.