Royal Highland Show

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The Simmental breed takes home both inter-breed and junior inter-breed titles at this year's Royal Highland Show

An impressive line up of 27 breeds were in the inter-breed championship in front of judge, Jimmy Warnock

Crowds returned to the dairy rings at this year's Royal Highland Show, where the Holstein was crowned supreme champion

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The First Minister spoke of taking a partnership approach with the supply chain and Government

The last two years at the Royal Highland will be hard to beat for Ben Radley, having won the Charollais championship and the inter-breed sheep award in 2022, followed by the breed, reserve inter-breed and overall pairs titles in 2023. Lynsey Clark reports