Quality prime cattle in demand again
IN their continuing quest for the best, regular buyers Knavesmire Butchers, of York, took away the highest priced per kilo animal at Skipton Auction…
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IN their continuing quest for the best, regular buyers Knavesmire Butchers, of York, took away the highest priced per kilo animal at Skipton Auction…
OVER 300 head of cattle, predominantly feeders, were forward for Skipton Auction Mart’s latest midweek fortnightly sale, with solid four-figure…
“It turned us onto a new way of thinking which puts as much emphasis on the environmental and social benefits of the work we do here as it does on the food production side of the business. “Prior to that we had run the farm on assumptions rather than facts and it made us realise that if we still wanted to be here in 10 or 15 years’ time, we had to take a clinical look at every aspect of the business.” Mr Heseltine is now one of the leading members of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, which was set up to promote sustainable farming, and having reduced the number of grazing livestock...