Oakfields Farm News Today

Feeding-out costs and labour requirements have dropped dramatically on a 300-head suckler finishing unit following investment in an automated feeding

A WELL-KNOWN Herefordshire farm labourer has bid farewell to the job he has tirelessly worked in for more than five decades.

Tolquhon Napoleon sold for 5,000gns. In-calf heifers sold to an average of £2,230/head at the dispersal of the Aidansfield herd of pedigree Salers in Northumberland, England. The sale, one of the largest Salers dispersals ever seen in the UK, saw 41 in-calf heifers sell to a top price of 2,800gns and 88 cows sell to an average of £1,929, with a top price of 3,100gns. There were also 15 yearling heifers sold to an average of £1,592 and four stock bulls which averaged £3,806, with a top pri...