Shows & Sales

IT was the Holstein champion, Enchanted Beemer Abbiene which was awarded the dairy inter-breed supreme award.

Auctioneer Ted Ogden on his trade predictions.

IN the sheep rings the inter-breed judge, Bruce Goldie, Mouswald, had an impressive line-up of 46 breeds to chose from.

Pedigree cattle breeder Anne MacPherson of the Blackford Simmental herd is set to tackle the task of judging two inter-breed beef competitions at this year’s Royal Welsh Show. Katrina Macarthur reports.

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.