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6 days ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
The competition held at NSA’s Highland Sheep event at Midfearn Farm, Ardgay saw six finalists aged 26 and under take part in tasks including: prime lamb selection, shearing two sheep, ATV handling, sheepdog handling, demonstrating correct foot care techniques and a questionnaire on flock management and health.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
Some 330 head of store cattle sold by Harrison and Hetherington saw a Limousin cross heifer from Messrs Grice, Newtown, top the trade at £2500. Bullocks reached £2420 for a Charolais from Cockley Bank. Calves reached £1040 for a three-month-old Charolais bull from CM Kirkpatrick, Nether Place whilst weaned cattle reached £2490 for a Limousin bull from A Vance, Bridgehouse, Newton Stewart.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
The champions and top price from Ballindalloch Home Farm (credit Ron Stephen) NSA Highland Sheep saw a joint top of £320 per head at their busy ewe hogg sale at the event hosted by kind permission of the Brooke Family at Midfearn Farm, Ardgay. Conducted by Dingwall and Highland Marts, auctioneer Luke Holmes oversaw the bidding which reached £320 for both a pair of Beltex hoggs from James Farquharson and the champion lot a pair of Texel crosses from Ballindalloch Home Farm.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
The sale at Welshpool follows 43 years of dedicated breeding by the Vance family, and was led by stock bulls, securing two of the lead three prices at 14,000gns and 10,000gns. Sale leader was the nine-year-old French bull, Mammouth bred by Earl Champeval J Pierre. Sired by the Objat son, Celestin, and out of the Ultrabeau daughter Estonie, this double F94L bull was knocked down to High Ash Estates, Spurstow, Tarporley, Cheshire.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
Leading the first seminar Amanda MacLennan, senior agricultural officer, rural payments and inspections division gave a detailed overview of the inspection process. Ms MacLennan explained: “There are two parts to sheep inspections, the paperwork records such as holding register, movement pad and invoices and a physical inspection of your flock. We can do part of the inspection one day and part of it another if you are for example a hill farm and need time to gather the ewes off the hill.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
David Bradley and herd manager Stephen Hindle A dairy farmer has significantly reduced calf scours, mortality, and antibiotic use by vaccinating cows in late pregnancy against Cryptosporidium parvum, after identifying the parasite as the cause of scour in his youngstock four years ago. Fifth generation dairy farmer David Bradley, of Derby Hill Farm, Weeton, Preston, believes this pathogen may have entered his herd after purchasing second-hand calf hutches. C.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
Sale leader at £6000 was the ewe lamb Vicky's Little Lady from John Ferguson A Beltex ewe lamb topped the Summer Sizzlers online sale of various continental pedigree sheep breeds when selling at £6000. The sale included Beltex, Texels, Dutch Texels, Blue Texels, Badgerface Texels and Dutch Spotted and was conducted by Harrison and Hetherington as a timed online auction via MartEye.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
Despite starting out as a rainy dreich morning by the time NSA Highland Sheep got into full swing, Midfearn Farm was shining in glorious sunshine. The event held by the National Sheep Association’s Scottish region saw a record number of visitors descend on the Ardgay beef and sheep farm overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Hosted by the Brooke family with farm manager Neil Shaw, his wife Carol and stockman Edgar Wylie, the day showcased some of the best the Scottish sheep industry had to offer.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
The engine will be a centrepiece of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Show Society’s Presidential Solutions Hub highlighting modern solutions being developed to help meet Net Zero climate targets. A team of 150 engineers have been working on the £100m JCB hydrogen engine project for nearly four years, and has produced a power unit that matches the performance characteristics of the company’s DieselMAX engine used in JCB’s iconic backhoe loaders, Loadall telehandlers and other JCB equipment.
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1 week ago | 
thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Susan Myles
The presentation took place during the opening ceremony of NSA’s Highland Sheep event held at Midfearn Farm, Ardgay. The National Sheep Association Scotland’s Silver Salver is an award presented annually to an individual or organisation for outstanding contribution to the sheep industry. Ms McFadzean, Woodhead of Mailer, Bridge of Earn is current promotions manager, breed secretary and treasurer for the Blackface Sheep Breeders.
