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Enterprising young couple, Ross and Elaine Pattinson, have packed a lot into the last decade – establishing their successful pedigree Top Side British Blue herd, setting up a commercial dairy herd – and, most recently, diversifying into direct sales of milk to customers. In their first farming business together, the couple took on the tenancy of Temon Farm, near Brampton, right on the Cumbria-Northumberland border, in 2011. The Cumbrian-born pair first set up their small herd of Blues which, within a short space of time, was winning accolades in the show ring and achieving leading p...

The hardy characteristics of the Luing female are proving key to the success of Robert McCarlie’s suckler cow herd at Wester Hassockrigg, Harthill. “We have a lot of rough ground and with the high rainfall, it doesn’t make life easy. Being in such an exposed area and a dreich part of the country, it is challenging but the farm can grow good grass in the summer. “This is why we depend on the Luing and Sim-Luing for their hardiness and good temperament– we would struggle to find another maternal breed as good. The Sim-Luing provides the best of both worlds, having the hardiness ...

In recent times we have all become more reliant on hauliers to transport goods during the global pandemic and one which has been kept busy is agriculture hauliers, JL Wilkie, based at Longforgan, near Perth. This fourth-generation family business is now run by David Wilkie and his son, also David and his wife, Sarah, who do most of the day to day running of the business, whilst David’s brother, Jockie, also helps out in a company which has now been trading for 20 years. the fleet are made up of the Volvo FH range with sleeper cabs tractor units Ref:RH281120123 Rob Haining / The Scottish...