Scottish breeders came out on top at the 38th Black and White sale at Carlisle, producing many of the lead-priced lots including the day’s high of 9000gns. The sale, which saw no fewer than 42 animals ...

A pen of four Beltex lambs from Zoe Hall and Mark Batty, Horsely Hall Farm Cottage, Hawick, landed the overall championship at Harrison and Hetherington's Christmas show and sale on Monday. They sold ...

Champion calves and pigs sold to £600 and £250, respectively at C and D Auction Marts' Christmas show and sale at Dumfries, on Monday. Murray Forbes of Scottish Quality Calves found his champion in a ...

AHDB has launched the 2025/26 online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL), providing farmers with over forty new mainstream and niche varieties designed to address ...

The Scottish Farmer caught up with Donald Dunbar, principal consultant at the SAC office in St Boswells, to discuss the challenges ...

Following on from 16.2mm of rain here in the Borders at Lochton near Coldstream for the month of November this gives a total to date for the year of 678mm or 26.7 inches, this was followed by storm ...

Aberdeen Angus topped the Harrison and Hetherington store cattle trade with heifers selling to £1840 and 323.7p per kg both from Upper Samieston. Store lambs (627) averaged £110.63 and reached £160 ...

Texels from SN Graham, Hillend, secured the championship honours at C and D Auctions’ Christmas show and sale. The lambs, which scaled 43kg, sold for £200 per head to SMS Group, Oxford. Reserve from J ...

Mark MacQueen’s Ted secures a 13-point lead at Bognie, with standout performances from young dogs at the challenging sheep trials.

Champion Texel lambs from Killocraw, Campbeltown, sell for £220 at Caledonian Marts' Christmas show, setting a high price of 506p per kg.

Some 1372 sheep sold through Craig Wilson saw 1112 lambs average 300.5p per kg having sold to 323p for Beltex from Tormitchell Farms, or to £190 for a Dutch Spotted from R Oxley, Barholm Mains. Cast ...

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