• Horse champion leads at wet Fife

    Despite some relatively dry weather for the early morning judging, the heavens opened by lunch-time for the overall champion of champions at Fife Show where the top accolade was presented to the horse leader – a three-year-old Appaloosa gelding from Carolyn Fletcher, Thornlea, Bo'ness.

  • Miss Moneypenny is top at Dalry

    IT WAS during a rainy Dalry show last weekend that a commercial heifer took champion of champions.

  • Holstein Friesian to the fore at Stonehouse

    IT WAS the Holstein Friesian champion that took the supreme accolade at a very wet and muddy Stonehouse Show, last weekend, where stock and crowd attendance figures were down on the year due to the heavy rainfall in the week leading up to the show.

  • Top two Limousins sell to Morrisons

    AT THEIR annual Limousin show and sale, last week, Caledonian Marts had 43 cattle forward for judging by Philip Goodwin, general manager of sponsors, Wishaw Abattoir Ltd.

  • Drymen Show postponed

    THE ORGANISERS of Drymen Show have made the difficult decision to postpone this year's show – scheduled for Saturday, May 25 – due to inclement weather and unsuitable ground conditions.

  • Weather takes its toll on Kilmacolm

    WITH A cold wind blowing a spattering of rain across the showfield, the weather hit both livestock entries and people to watch them at Kilmacolm last weekend.

  • Limousin heifer stands supreme at Ayr Show

    TAKING THE top honour of the Rotherwood supreme champion of champions trophy at last weekend's Ayr Show was a stylish red Limousin heifer from Kevin Watret, Maulscastle.

  • All systems go for Drymen Show

    Drymen Show will be held this year on Saturday, May 25, in the Showfield at Drymen Bridge, Drymen.

  • Local breeder takes first championship

    The celebrations ran well into the night following the first outdoor show of the season of 2013, at Kilmaurs, when local Holstein breeder, Stuart Mitchell, Grougar Mains, Kilmarnock, won his first championship with a home-bred cow.

  • Planning for North Sheep 2013

    NORTH SHEEP 2013, the National Sheep Association's northern biennial event, has attracted an 'enormous' level on sponsorship, underlining its growing importance as a platform for the industry.