• SCOTTISH FARMERS will be able to travel free of charge to the Livestock Event, staged at The NEC, Birmingham, on both Wednesday 3 and Thursday July 4.

  • DAIRY FARMERS in the South of Scotland, as well as vets, will have two opportunities to hear Jud Heinrichs, the Professor of Dairy Science at Pennsylvania State University, talk on the best way to rear heifers.

  • THE LIVESTOCK Event, held on Wednesday, July 3, is to be the home of the Charolais Breed Society's first ever event with entries exclusive to Charolais Breedplan recording members.

  • BENCHMARKING PHYSICAL performance and costings in order to optimise flock output will be the focus of a series of in-depth workshops being delivered by Eblex in April and May.

  • WELSHPOOL LIVESTOCK Sales together with Harrisona and Hetherington have announced two new pedigree Limousin sales to be held this year in May and November at the Welshpool centre.

  • A NEW online service has been launched by the British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS), this week, to herald a new era in the breed's on-going commitment to genetic improvement.

  • A NEW country show will open its gates to visitors this summer at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.

  • A NEW poultry specialist for BOCM Pauls has been announced – and Iain Campbell comes with considerable practical experience of the job.

  • AT THIS year's NSA North Sheep, the National Sheep Association will be looking for the best young shepherd or shepherdess in the North.

  • KELVIN CAVE has appointed a new Scotland area sales manager in the shape of Guy Hodgson.