THE sun shone over another busy Shropshire County Show and the Limousin champion took the beef inter-breed honours. Hannah Noble reports.
The Suffolk breed record in Northern Ireland was smashed three times and equalled twice at the Suffolk Sheep Society Northern Ireland Branch premier export show and sale at Ballymena, where 157 averaged 1,976.
RG and RB Williams have purchased the remaining shares from Coles Knapp and Kennedy
IT was the Charolais bull, Maerdy Morwr, which claimed the beef inter-breed title at the Great Yorkshire Show under judge, George Young, Market Rasen.
Pit your skills against a professional livestock judge and be in with the chance of winning £250 plus a £250 ram voucher.
THE online timed auction of sheep dogs hosted by Farmers Marts (R.G. Jones), Dolgellau, topped at 10,600 plus buyer’s premium, for the three-month-old bitch pup, Newbold Caz, setting a new world record for a pup.
The supreme pig championship at the Great Yorkshire Show went to the modern champion
Non-MV accredited sheep took to the rings for the second two days of the Great Yorkshire Show and there was a line up of 25 breeds in front of judge, Dan Bull, Annan, for the inter-breed title.
TAKING place over four days for the first time in its history, the Great Yorkshire Show welcomed just half of its normal visitor numbers but there was twice the excitement around the judging rings.
NEW at this year’s Borderway Agri-Expo to be held on October 29 at Carlisle is the David Thomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award which aims to recognise commitment, success and accomplishment within livestock farming industry.