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SIMMENTALS met a top call of 18,000gns with the 57 bulls averaging 5,961, up 372 on the year for five more sold and with a clearance rate of 58 per cent.

Images were widely shared on social media of Australian beef which had been mislabelled as Welsh PGI

Farmers had been concerned about the impact of birds on livestock in the area

A growing number of female auctioneers were helping to drive trade through a successful career behind the rostrum. Farmers Guardian reports.

With the Government’s vision to quadruple the number of ’green’ jobs by 2030, Olivia Midgley looks at new research by e-railer Bower Collective which shows environmental-related job roles are on the rise.

With the uptick in students looking to study agricultural related subjects since the Covid-19 pandemic, a land-based college in Warwickshire has seen more than double the enrolments it expected for its agriculture course.

It has a while since I last wrote an article and there has been a lot going on, having taken on another farm and unfortunately suffering from Covid-19 along the way.

Lowther females led the bidding in the Beef Shorthorn female section for Charles Lowther, Askham, Cumbria, with 11,000gns and 10,000gns bids for two maiden heifers.

Blelack genetics took the high bids in the Aberdeen-Angus section at this year’s October Stirling event for Neil and Graeme Massie, Aboyne, peaking at 24,000gns for overall male champion, Blelack Prince Cartier W035.

An entry of six Beef Shorthorn bulls sold to a 7,200gns high, to average 4,830 (up 420 on the year for one less sold) with a clearance rate of 43 per cent.