Beltex Sheep Society

Ayrshire claims dairy supreme, Beltex takes top sheep honours and Welsh sow is inter-breed champion at South of England Show, Ardingly

The sun shone and both exhibitors and visitors were out in force at Nottinghamshire County, one of the first major shows of the season

Beltex sold to £3,000 and Blue Texels to £1,900 in the sale from Stuart Wood's Woodies flock, Skene

The Leach family, Hebden Bridge, successfully retained the supreme prime lamb championship for the third year running at Skipton's Farmers Guardian supported Christmas showcase

Wilson Peters, Monzie, claimed the overall prime cattle championship at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic at Thainstone for the second year running

The centre record for a Beltex ram lamb was broken at Lanark when the pre-sale show champion, Faughhill Kealey, from Grant and Katie Maxwell, Melrose, sold for 21,000gns

For south-west Scotland farmers Neale and Janet McQuistin, the lockdown of spring 2020 provided an unexpected kick-start for their venture into the tourism market, which had always been a long-term goal. Lynsey Clark finds out more

The Farmers Guardian-supported Beltex Sheep Society’s premier show and sale at Carlisle saw a top price of 60,000gns for a shearling ram

A familiar name at the top of most Beltex sale reports is Matt Burleigh, a young farmer who has paved his way in the breed after starting from scratch. Ellie Layton reports.

The dispersal of the Procters and Tatham Hall flocks of Texels and Beltex at Carlisle on behalf of Procters Farm, Wennington, topped at 9,000gns