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IN the sheep rings the inter-breed judge, Bruce Goldie, Mouswald, had an impressive line-up of 46 breeds to chose from.

While visitors from all over the world will being heading to the Great Yorkshire Show for the first time as part of the World Charolais Congress, for one local herd it has been a major fixture on the calendar for many years.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

There are a number of changes and additions to the Great Yorkshire Show which will once again be held over four days.

Topping the on-farm sale held on behalf of Paul Dawes, Hereford, and setting a new female record of 24,000gns was Dinmore Zoe Katrina

Fittingly, it was the Lincoln Red champion which claimed the beef supreme championship at Lincolnshire Show.

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland owns one of the world’s most impressive collections of trophies.

THE long journey from Cumbria to West Sussex paid off for Thor Atkinson when he claimed both the beef inter-breed champion and reserve titles on his first visit to the South of England Show.