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Young calves at Sorn Mains Farm, Sorn TSF

Features

Aiming bigger and better

Buying in the best of bloodlines certainly doesn’t guarantee success in pedigree breeding, but building up a strong female flock is an ideal way to start, and gives a solid base on which to work from.

Concentrating on commercial ability

The Brown family’s association with the Border Leicester goes back to the 1920s – but while the breed has experienced a major decline in numbers since then, Pete Brown remains confident that there’s still a place in today’s sheep sector for the right type of Border.

Dairy

Milnes’ milk monitor mob

THE SURGE of interest among Scotland’s farmers in the business efficiency opportunities offered by monitor farms was none more so evident than at the first meeting of the Central Scotland dairy monitor farm last week.

Beef

Looking forward to a fresh start

Britain’s beef farmers can look forward to a fresh start and renewed opportunities on how to take the industry forward under the new Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition government.

Sheep

The Falkland Islands – where sheep still reign supreme

HAVING JUST had the good fortune to visit the Falkland Isles where sheep still reign supreme, I thought it might be appropriate to indulge in a bit of nostalgia of a sheep world which some of us ‘old timers’ might just remember.

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