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Buyers and sellers returned ringside for the October Stirling Bull Sales event, with a selective trade met across the breeds

For Boomer and Millie Birch, life revolves around cattle – from their careers to the pedigree stock they breed at home. We find out more about their operation and what they've learned on their journey so far

Records for the highest price polled Hereford female and the highest priced Hereford bull calf were set at the Rempstone 20th anniversary sale held on-farm near Thame on behalf of the Ludgate family

Philip Close and his daughter Heather are still on a learning curve as they fine-tune their minimum-input suckler herd in Ayrshire, where priority is given to soil function and extended rest periods for the grazing

Pedigree bulls reached 13,000gns for an Aberdeen-Angus at the multi-breed sale at Carlisle

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Barnard Castle, Exeter, Penrith, Skipton and Worcester

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

Welsh farmers have already been counting the losses in trade due to bluetongue restrictions, but the sector will have to wait another two weeks before they can potentially take vaccinated livestock to one of eight eligible markets in England

When a North Yorkshire couple were approached with a long-term Farm Business Tenancy, they had 'no hestitation' in their reply