15+ hour, 36+ min ago   (607+ words) New season lambs (1756) averaged 298.2p and sold to 343p for a Beltex from Mosshead, Whitehouse and £186 for Texels from Uppermill Farm, Tarves. SQQ up to 45.5kg (667) averaged 303.6p. Feeding ewes and rams (1138) averaged £127.11 and topped at £289.50 for Texels from Newton of Greeness, Turriff. New…...

19+ hour, 36+ min ago   (632+ words) AVERAGES were up on the year at United Auctions’ sale of 10,838 ewe lambs at Stirling, where Scotch Mules levelled at £200.44, up £10.09, and Blackfaces cashed in at £154.01 which represents a rise of £18.93 on 2025. Three pens of Scotch Mules sold for the…...

17+ hour, 36+ min ago   (307+ words) Dairy bull breeders selling at the Border and Lakeland Autumn sale at Carlisle, met a disappointing trade with overall averages down more than £1500 on the year and for fewer sold. British Friesian champion and reserve overall - Winnoch Rodeo from the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (302+ words) The vibrations beef experiences during transport could actually help improve meat quality, according to new research from Kylie Krueger and colleagues at South Dakota State University. The study examined beef sirloins transported either 240km or 640km and compared conventional pallets with specialist…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (311+ words) Two entries shared the top price of £3600 at Gisburn Auctions’ dairy sale, led by a pedigree heifer from Jennings Farmers. The Peak Altaflashback daughter was giving 32 litres, had a PLI of £328 and sold to the Blezard family. Also making £3600 was…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (846+ words) Time scarcity combined with the quest to make cost savings and improve output to the family farm’s traditional sheep enterprise led Aberdeenshire based Ross Adam to question, ‘can I have it all’? Aberfield cross Cheviot replacement ewe lambs (Image: Mairi…...

1+ week, 36+ min ago   (271+ words) A Beef Shorthorn heifer from the Cherryvalley herd has set a new Northern Irish female record after selling for £17,200 at an online herd production sale. The sale from Northern Ireland breeder Dr Peter Fitzgerald was topped by the April 2024-born…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (239+ words) People working in farming and the wider food and rural sector are being invited to apply for a place on the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Inspire Programme. The programme gives people aged 30 to 45 who have not previously attended the OFC…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (531+ words) DUTCH Spotted breeders enjoyed a generally stronger trade at the breed society’s Premier show and sale at Carlisle, where averages in the main improved on the year. Tom and Lisa Nash's ewe lamb, Merryboro Just Look at My Eyes, led…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (150+ words) A gimmer from Martin Allan’s Greenhow flock from Appleby, led the Crossing Crackers online sale of Bluefaced Leicester females, selling at £3000. Another from Mr Allan, Greenhow W29, the first ewe lamb offered for sale by Howgate S9, a C2 Shafthill son, out of…...