IT WAS a virtual judging experience for the AgriScot silage competition this year, once again placed by SRUC's Crichton Royal farm manager, Hugh McClymont.
Sponsored by Watson Seeds, the classes were judged within the college's farm complex and the winners announced from there.
LEADINGawards:
Big bale silage
Entrant Dry matter ME D-value Protein
1, J McDonald 42.6 12.9 80 13.1
Achvarasdale
Caithness
2, Rednock Estate 84.2 11.8 73.9 15.8
Rednock
Stirling
3, W and S Thomson 20.3 12.1 75.8 13.9
Bordlands
Peebles-shire
YF dairy silage
1, S Van der Spruit 36.6 11.9 74.2 18.5
Challoch
Wigtonshire
2, A Gemmell 26.0 12.0 75.0 13.5
Turnerhill
Ayrshire
3, F Thomson 30.7 12.1 75.8 14.1
Kirkton of Beath
Fife
YF beef silage
1, A Neill 28.7 11.4 71.5 12.6
Upper Nisbet
Borders
2, C Marshall 35.4 11.0 68.7 12.6
Auchenleck,
Stewartry
3, R Brown 32.7 11.1 69.6 12.8
Low Glengyre
Wigtonshire
Beef clamp silage
1, R Black 30.6 12.3 77.0 15
Drochil Castle
Peebles-shire
2, G Lofthouse 22.5 12.1 75.7 18.3
Bank House
Borders
3, A Martin 34.5 11.9 74.3 13.7
Garguston
Ross-shire
Dairy clamp silage
1, T Ralston 33.4 12.4 76.9 16.9
Kilkivan
Campbeltown
2, C Stalker 36.1 12.2 75.9 14.8
Ratten Castle
Cumbria
3, R Murdoch 30.9 12.1 75.9 17.7
High Park
Ayrshire
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