• Good news for Scottish farmers

    Forget the doom and gloom surrounding many agricultural businesses following the horrendous wet and cold weather not to mention the deep snow drifts and resultant huge finanical losses, the future remains bright for Scottish farming.

  • Homebyres tops at female sale

    A cracking line-up of Limousin females from John Logan and son John's Homebyres herd from Humebyres, Kelso, provided many of the highlights including the combined sale leader at 9800gns, at la society sale of pedigree females which followed the bull sale at Carlisle.

  • Spittalton leads bulls at 10,500gns

    Stirling-based Limousin breeder, Andrew Burnett, Upper Spittalton, Blair Drummond, came up trumps to sell the lead priced bull at 10,500gns at the summer society sale of bulls at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Highlander sells for five-figure sum

    A two-year-old Highland bull from HM the Queen's Balmoral fold has been sold privately for an undisclosed five-figure sum.

  • Bentham dogs reach 3100gns

    AN ENTRY of 27 sold to a top of 3100gns at the annual sale of working sheep dogs and pups at Bentham, last week.

  • Herdwick breed steps up to the mark

    FOLLOWING A decade of investigation, trials and tribulations, the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association (HSBA) has attained Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), for its sheep, enabling breeders to target new markets.

  • Harbro a YF hit at Tore Mill

    MORE THAN 70 Young Farmers from several clubs attended the Harbro 'Feed Your Knowledge' event at Tore Mill, Inverness, last weekend.

  • Aiming for more compact calving periods

    ACHIEVING A compact calving period of 12 weeks can have a significant impact on beef producers' margins, according to the latest advice from Eblex which claims that extending this period can cost producers in the region of £3.35 per day in feed costs for the empty cow and lost income from calf growth.

  • Wool buyer says BWMB got it wrong

    SCOTLAND'S 'OTHER' major buyer of the annual wool clip reckons he will be paying between 85 and 100p per kg for wool when his season starts and says the British Wool Marketing Board got its sums and marketing all wrong last year, writes Ken Fletcher.

  • Plan now for liver fluke

    SCOTLAND MAY have enjoyed two relatively dry weeks, but the risk of liver fluke remains ever present on many units with the result that livestock farmers are being urged to consider a plan of attack now, should this year's summer be as wet and cold as that of 2012.