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BOTH the championship and reserve at the show and sale of store cattle at Middleton in Teesdale went to British Blue-sired heifers from J.C. and J. White, Lunedale.

A new record top price of 5,500gns and a record average of 3,477 was set at the premier sale of Herefords at Dungannon.

Leading the trade at the first sale of ewes and lambs at Skipton was a run of pure-bred Charollais ewes with Charollais and Beltex lambs from Neville Smith, Lothersdale.

Antimicrobial benchmarking can bring more benefits to a farm business than just reducing usage, was the message from Dr Tim Potter, VetPartners, speaking at a Dairy-Tech seminar.

The Luing Cattle Society held their annual premier sale using Wallets Marts online sale platform due to the Covid-19 restrictions, topping at 15,960 twice for bulls.

When it comes to fertility within a herd, the main focus tends to be on the fertility and health status of the cow, but it is important not to ignore the bull.

Learning from the past to focus on the future was the theme for the British Cattle Breeders Club conference, held online this year, with climate change high on the agenda.

A new world record for a sheep dog of 27,100 or 28,455 when including the buyer’s premium, was set at the online auction hosted by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Marts (R.G. Jones), which had an 80 per cent clearance rate.

The Bluefaced Beauties sale of individual Bluefaced Leicester females at J36 had a record entry with a hogg from Neil Marston’s Highberries flock, Cockermouth, leading the way at 8,000gns.

A new world record price of 250,000gns was set at the sale of Limousin females from the Wilodge and Brockhurst herd at Carlisle for the Limousin heifer Wilodge Poshspice from Christine Williams and Paul Tippetts, Shifnal, Shr