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Scotsheep

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

What to do at Scotsheep
There is plenty to see and do at this year's Scotsheep event to take place on Wednesday June 1, 2022.

Andrew Hogley CEO British Wool

PREMIUM Demand for British Wool soars with prices up 135% and new markets in China

Envriomentalist George Monbiot calls for livestock farming to stop in his new book

Monbiot calls for livestock farming to be abolished

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

Ayr Show Ali Jackson comes out on top at Ayr

Blackface hoggs from Auldhouseburn topped the sale at £1400

Auldhouseburn Blackface ewe hoggs hit £1400 at UA

Feeding time for our pet lambs

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

This Limousin steer stood champion for E and K Bland before making £1620

Gaisgill Limousins take all at Hawes

A goat farm has been ordered to pay £200,000 in fines and compensation after a worker died on site

Yorkshire goat farm ordered to pay £200,000 for failings which lead to worker's death

John Scott of Fearn Farm:

Opinion We can’t rely on others to tell our farming story

Bertie Cuthbertson with his prize winning Blackface ewe at the local Glenkens Show in 1980. Craigenbay won 12 trophies that day, with the ewe behind half of them

Obituary Galloway cattle and Blackface sheep breeder Bertie Cuthbertson

Somerset Charrington revisiting the spot where the sea eagle took the live lamb

PREMIUM Sea eagle attacks on live lambs leave west coast farmers despondent

Champion Mules came from Callum Hunt, Braithwaite Shields, pictured with the judge, Thomas Hird

Kirtlevale come out on top at Carlisle

Overall champion of champions, Stewart and Lynsey Bett's commercial champion, Sexy Spice

Sexy Spice lands supreme overall at highly successful Ayr Show

Poppy Frater, senior specialist at SRUC

How best to manage grazing quality for sheep throughout the season

Sale topper at 9000gns was this Spotted Dutch outfit from Emma Allen

Record breaking sale for Dutch Spotted ewe and lamb in NI

Malta Gin sold for a new world record price for a working sheepdog of £29,600

PREMIUM New world sheepdog record at £29,600 for Ricky Hutchinson's Malta Gin

Roderick Runciman with a cracking big Bluefaced Leicester lamb

All is well at Allanshaws as lambing season ends

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

John Elliot (Pic: Rob Haining)

Opinion John Elliot's Farmer's View: Making sheep faulds that allow you to go with the flow

SOME OF Ruth MacDonald's missing mules

Police now 'actively investigating' Lewis sheep disappearance

A FANTASTIC team effort from Caledonian Marts, the Stirling based livestock and specialist auction company, saw a hugely successful charity auction in support of the people of Ukraine recently raise more than £70,000. Held live and online, with

To Ukraine with love - great fundraising effort from the Cally

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

PREMIUM Successful lambing for the Sutherlands in Caithness

The NSA Sheep Event is happening on July 27 in Worcestershire

Competitors ready for top UK sheep event

Thorburn Group has taken over Premier Livestock for an undisclosed sum. Pictured on left is Euan Thorburn with George Clark

Thorburn Group Limited join Premier Livestock for an undisclosed sum

Animal welfare: Australia versus the UK (Pic: RSPCA)

UK sheep sector's Australia concerns 'exaggerated'

Comet was the most celebrated sire at the start of the Coates Herd Book and was the first bull ever recorded to make 1000gns

Livestock Shorthorn breed celebrates being the foundation of modern pedigree animals

The missing mules

Ruth MacDonald’s Laxay Croft loses 32 in-lamb sheep

Harbro beef and sheep specialist, Murray Smith

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

Nigel Miller, chair of Ruminant Health & Welfare

Livestock Tackle livestock diseases to cut 10% of emissions

Heather Pritchard has joined Pedigree Livestock Services as general manager

Livestock Pedigree Livestock Services takes on Heather Pritchard as general manager

Derek with one of his late dogs, Lyn

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

The Scottish Government is paying millions of pounds to land under 'alternative production' which requires no livestock or crops to be grown.

Slipper farming is alive and well - ScotGov to pay £15m to 'non active' farms

Blackface wool often goes to waste these days - but the new project wants to change that

New push to increase the use of Blackface wool

Biosecurity and disease management are 'essential drivers' of economic sheep farming

Countdown to Sheep Veterinary Society conference

Andrew Throup, left, with his Easter ewes and lambs class winners, joined by co-judges Richard and Hayley Wood, at Skipton

Weather conditions continue to help sheep trade

Turnover from all livestock species smashed through the £2bn mark south of the Border last year

A record breaking year for livestock sales

Ewes were mated on swards containing red clover

Farmer-led research disproves red clover hits sheep fertility

Prime LAmbs Stirling Ref:RH030119055 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

A round-up of this week's prime sales

Aiming to take this calf to being able to produce its own calf at two years old can pay off for the environment and farmers' pockets

Earlier calving leads to a 'greener' dairy herd

Special Sales Round up of special sales

CattleEye identifies cattle that are in the early stages of lameness and could be a useful tool in reducing the problem, especially in dairy herds

Lameness detection tool scoops innovation title

Scotch Mule with her twin Texel x lamb overlooking the Cromarty Firth from Knockancurin Farm, Evanton (Pic: Alasdair McArthur)

Lambing time with a cracking view

Store hoggs remain strong

PREMIUM Strong sheep demand for Easter

Bumper business section

Alan Barnett's British Blue cross heifer led the Easter prime cattle show and sale when scooping the championship and selling for 362p and £2077

Big Easter trade at Darlington

Farmers will recieve £103 per calf in this years SSBSS

SSBSS Beef calf scheme paying £103/head - fears over lower applications

Cattle farmers in the EU with more than 150 cows face environmental audits

EU livestock farmers in 'licence to farm' plan

This 43kg Beltex cross lamb stood Easter Spring lamb champion for Brian and Thomas Barnes of Hawkin Hall, Middleton, before making £200

Bentham achieves an average of 335p

Easter Spring show champion was this 44kg Texel cross lamb from Messrs Beveridge, Low West House, Bishop Auckland, which later sold for £210

Stuart Wood leads Kirkby Stephen prime sale

Charles Scott of East Middle

Obituary Obituary: Sheep breeding expert Charles Scott

A young sheep farmer under instruction

Young Farmers Competition offers expert advice to young sheep farmers

- Seen working here on a dairy farm in Northern Ireland the N2 Unit reduces slurry emissions and leaves a valuable fertiliser. PHOTO: Chris McCullough

Livestock UK National Pig Centre signs deal to reduce slurry emissions

Make sure there's enough grass about to maintain the cow and her calf's needs

Livestock Suckler cow nutrition at turnout