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Royal Highland Showcase: Livestock entries hit 1100 head

More than 700 sheep have been entered for The Showcase, including good numbers of the traditional Bluefaced Leicester type The Royal Highland Showcase has revealed excellent livestock entry figures for its sheep, cattle and goat classes. More than 1100 entries have been confirmed for the innovative hybrid event, which is being held in partnership with Royal Bank of Scotland, when it takes place at Ingliston from the June 14 to 20. The showing and judging of the livestock will be livestreamed during The Showcase to the usual home-based audience, but also accessible globally in a free hook up to the internet, shining a spotlight on some of the best of the country’s livestock.

How a dedicated isolation unit helped a calf-rearing business

How a dedicated isolation unit helped a calf-rearing business >More in Setting up a dedicated TB isolation unit and selling weaned calves has allowed Farmers Weekly Young Farmer of the Year Bertie Newman to increase output on his 607ha (1,499-acre) organic farm in Dorset. Mr Newman, 25, set up a dairy-beef calf-rearing facility in autumn 2019 by converting an existing shed on rented ground and sourcing dairy-beef calves from TB-restricted holdings. “We are organic, and part of being successful in that is having lots of hectares,” he says. “But that has its limitations. I got to a point where I realised there were only so many suckler calves I could keep, so I started thinking about how I could produce more beef from a smaller number of hectares.

Data shows North Country Cheviot sheep breed surging in popularity

Data shows North Country Cheviot sheep breed surging in popularity
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Farmers Weekly Awards 2020: Young Farmer of the Year

Farmers Weekly Awards 2020: Young Farmer of the Year >More in Bertie Newman, Manor Farm Bungalow, Dorset Twenty-five-year-old Bertie has full responsibility for the management and everyday running of an agricultural business spread across 607ha in blocks around Dorchester. The organic farming system includes suckler beef, sheep, dairy beef and contracting. With plenty of practical farming experience behind him, he is confident when suggesting and making changes to the business, and has already significantly adapted the livestock enterprises. Driven by a desire to improve efficiencies and run a profitable business, he is keen to learn as much as he can and apply it where appropriate.

From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago By Ali Morrison Published: 19:00, 19 December 2020 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper From the newspaper of December 15, 1995 The Keoldale Sheepstock Club have become the first group of Department of Agricultural tenants to express an interest in taking over their own estate. since the Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth made the offer over two months ago, crofters on several private estates, and on one owned by the Forestry Commission, have begun investigating the possibility of taking over their own estate. But this is the first time that tenants on a Department of Agriculture estate have considered Mr Forsyth s offer.

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