Mart's the heart

Nominations for the Mart's The Heart awards supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data are now open

Farmers Guardian livestock editor Angela Calvert highlights the importance of livestock markets ahead of the launch of this year’s Mart’s The Heart Awards

There was a big crowd at Barnard Castle for the Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of show potential cattle where the majority of entries were seven to 12 months of age

This latest instalment of the Mart’s The Heart Standing the Test of Time series supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, reflects on the 25th anniversary of the UK’s worst foot and mouth disease outbreak which coincided with Simon Draper’s arrival at Thame Market.

The determination of local farmers, more than 20 years ago, to ensure a mart remained in Penrith is the success story behind Penrith and District Farmers Mart, winner of this year’s Mart’s The Heart Auction Mart of the Year

A crowded ringside saw 400 steers, heifers and young bulls under the hammer in the Farmers Guardian supported store cattle show and sale at Gisburn

Chris Norton, of dairy auctioneers Norton and Brooksbank, celebrated 50 years as an auctioneer by selling at the Whitecarr sale for the Cowell family, Preston

Limousin heifer claims store cattle championship at Mart's the Heart sale

In this latest of the Mart’s The Heart Standing the Test of Time series, supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data, Katie Fallon, visits Leyburn Auction Mart

With a focus on the future, yet with one foot firmly rooted in the historic connections to the communities it serves, Sedgemoor Auction Centre has been named Auction Mart of the Year in the 2023 Mart’s the Heart Awards