ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW: Preparing a huge show team for the Royal Highland Show is no easy task

Allan Jackson’s Royal Highland Show preparation probably begins earlier than most exhibitors – this year he has 28 cattle heading to Ingliston, between his own entries and those of his clients. Lynsey Clark finds out more

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Allan Jackson.

The Royal Highland Show is just one event of many in the busy calendar Allan Jackson has built up as a freelance stockman, which includes a cattle livery service at Woodyett Farm, near Lanark, where he...

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