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Event Chairman Willy Millar Ref:RH030522155 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Looking forward to NSA Scotsheep 2022
Scotland's national sheep event, NSA Scotsheep 2022, is being held in Angus for the first time in 30 years.

The fantastic shepherd's crook made by John Fotheringham that will be auctioned for charity

Scotsheep What to do at Scotsheep

The new 9m mounted Claydon Straw Harrow

Machinery Claydon to exhibit new machinery at Cereals 2022

Michael Rutherwford with his Bunning muck spreader, with a Claas at the front

Feature Northumberland farm takes spreading work back in-house with a Bunning machine

Kilmaurs YFC placed first in the senior handicrafts

Ayr Show SAYFC welcome back handicrafts competition

Abbey's latest trailing shoe set up working behind one of its tankers

Feature LAMMA launch pad for slurry tech from Abbey, Mastek and KME

The Mergento from Pottinger is a versatile machine that can reduce contaminents in forage crops being harvested

Feature Pöttinger launches belt type rake – the Mergento can gather across up to 9.2m

Innovative ruminant formulation is required as feed costs soar

Feature Innovative ruminant diet formulation needed

Ali Jackson's one crop British Rouge ewe, Knighton Wagomama, stood inter-breed sheep

Ayr Show Ali Jackson comes out on top at Ayr

Worms can cause problems in young lambs from six weeks of age onwards

Feature Take action on your farm’s parasite threat to manage worms

TOP TIPS optimising grassland productivity needs a focussed approach

Five top tips for successful grassland management from Jim Clark of Hutchinsons

LOOKING OVER one of the new baler/wrappers

ScotGrass Look back to the first ScotGrass in 2007 ...

Aberdeen Angus champion, Duncanziemere Jody W404 from Alistair Clark and Sons

Ayr Show Sexy Spice wins the big one at Ayr Show for Stewart and Lynsey Bett

Archie John MacLean

Feature Isle of Tiree star, Archie John MacLean takes to Stockmen of our time

Feeding time for our pet lambs

Video of the Day Feeding time at Pitcalnie in Ross-shire for the pet lambs

Supreme Beltex was the senior ram from Andy Ireland which went on to lift the overall sheep and reserve overall champion of champions

Gallery Andy Ireland makes history to win supreme overall and reserve honours at Catrine

Hoses under general anaesthesia can be a worry but if the proper precautions are taken, the risk factors remain low

Equestrian Clyde Vet Group: Steps to take and risks for horses under general anaesthesia

James Nisbet with the Overall cattle champion trophy Ref:RH300422029 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Gallery Spectacular return for the Dundonald Farmers Society’s annual show

Young couple Tom and Izzi O'Hare have come up with a hassle-free way to allow camping on your ground

Starting a camping diversification project – but without full-time hassle!

This Texel ewe lamb stood overall sheep champion for Ann Wright

Kilmacolm Show Texel and Highlander shine at Kilmacolm

Extase winter wheat expressed low levels of visible Septoria on leaves five and six. The variety is not widely grown in Scotland due to sterility issues but it does have high Septoria resistance rating of 7.8.

Feature Crop Doctor North: Timing of sprays will be critical to keeping disease at bay

Wee Betty from Whitehills farm

Video of the Day Wee Betty Won't Be Outfoxed

Sowing sprin g wheat in Ukraine recently, but the war threatens sowing in many other areas of the country

Opinion Dr Keith Dawson: Farming heroes for a world in crisis, as war threatens food supplies

Alicja Blaszczyk is 12 months into her modern apprenticeship on a mixed farm

Feature A modern apprenticeship is not just for school leavers says to Alicja Blaszczyk

The high cost of not reseeding grassland is lower productivity and wasted fertiliser

Feature Cope Seeds' Duncan Hendry highlights the high cost of not reseeding grassland

Alan Kerr believes that applying slurry little and often is best for plant and ground absorption

Feature How to get the most from slurry for making silage at Low Dallars farm in Ayrshire

Does your horse need expensive feed, or can good quality hay suffice?

Equestrian Harbro's Dr Vicki Glasgow: Feeding horses economically – pitfalls and opportunities

Audrey judging the Hereford's at the Royal Welsh Show, in 2018 Ref: John Eveson

PREMIUM Audrey Anderson steps into the spotlight as this week's Breeder of our Time

Poppy Frater, senior specialist at SRUC

How best to manage grazing quality for sheep throughout the season

Soft, subtle pink shades from the shrub border, ornamental quince

Lifestyle Spring gardening tips from Scotplants' Douglas Boatman

Rosemary's daughter Jessica checking on her flock of Hebs, with an obvious infiltrator

Lifestyle Springtime for wildlife ... and the annual sheep chase!

Sheerer Ian Armstrong has a record of 432 sheep in one day

Livestock Aberdeenshire's Ian Armstrong goes from zero to 14,000 sheep in five years

A new round of shearing classes have been announced, post Covid restrictions

Livestock British Wool's shearing training courses go live for 2022

This bar chart shows the distribution of the calving interval for this herd following the synch protocol

Livestock Clyde Vets prove that using AI in beef herds can be economically viable?

Shoppers should be buying their potatoes loose

Feature The 'war on waste': Retailers told to sell potatoes loose

Silage bale wrap is the biggest source of farm plastic in Scotland.

Technical Collectors set to walk away from irrelevant plastic levy

Herdvision system measures BCS and lameness

Technical 3D vision improves herd productivity – worth £11,000 in reduced lameness

Feeding dairy heifers a ration high in DUP could help achieve a 24-month calving

Technical CIEL-funded trial shows feeding increased DUP boosts dairy heifer growth

Some 80% of dairy farmers surveyed use teat sealants in drying off cows

Technical Breakthrough in the way farmers tackle mastitis

Stephen Sutherland and his brother, Kenneth, with two of this year's lambs

PREMIUM Successful lambing for the Sutherlands in Caithness

A new survey has found an increasing number of dairy farmers are looking to rely more on forages, with extended grazing and less fertiliser

Feature KW survey points to milk producers aiming to extend their grazing period

Blyth Farms team

Feature Lairds open Blyth Farm gates for Scottish Holstein Club Open Day

It’s a long walk to the other side of the field for Betty ‘honestly john’

Video of the Day It's a long walk for Wee Betty down on the farm

Bert Taylor taking to the judging ring

Feature Bert Taylor shares his lifelong stockmen career

From left, Giovanni Capuzzello, Glasgow Vet School, Stuart Cameron and Caitlin Palmer, Harbro, Lorenzo Viora, Glasgow Vet School, and James Stephen, Inch of Arnhall

Feature Low carbon dairy feed has no effect on milk yields at Inch of Arnhall

Feature Vaccination can help pig producers manage post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) without zinc oxide

Harbro beef and sheep specialist, Murray Smith

Feature Scottish Borders mineral survey – copper, cobalt, zinc and iodine low

Pig and poultry farmers are being encouraged to consider the external environment just as much as they would the internal environment on a growing bird or animal to increase productivity

Feature Inoculating beneficial bacteria helps reduce build up of harmful microbes

David Newton says FYM and slurry should analysed before application

Feature Fertiliser key to increased grass growth

Derek with one of his late dogs, Lyn

Breeder of our time Breeder of our time: Sheepdog breeder and trialler, Derek Scrimgeour

Making the best quality silage possible can reduce feed costs

Feature Quality silage over quantity will help offset rising feed costs

Making the most of any applied nutrient will be key to crop profitability this year when fertiliser prices have soared to record levels

Feature How to manage spring fertiliser for maximum return

Charles McCombie with son Charlies and Ashleigh Stewart Ref:RH250422051 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Feature Big Auchincrieve Aberdeen-Angus team heading to Carlisle

(Back Row) Lindsey, Mark and Ben (Front) Campbell (9), Issy (11), and Murdo (7) and Geronimo the dog Ref:RH140422027 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Feature Wester Middleton to be part of the World Charolais Congress this July