Farming latest
Owners look to future land uses
Published 19 November 2008
SCOTTISH environment minister Michael Russell and Duchy of Cornwall agent Chris Gregory were among the speakers at a landowners’ conference hosted by the Duke of Roxburghe at Floors Castle on Tuesday.
Top result for Parton Top Hat
Published 19 November 2008
HARRISON & Hetherington conducted the autumn sale of Whitebred Shorthorn cattle for the members of the Whitebred Shorthorn Association with a small select entry of four bulls and one female.
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Published 19 November 2008
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 104 prime cattle, 65 OTM cattle, 4,534 prime lambs and 6,603 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, November 13.
Store lambs put on a good show
Published 13 November 2008
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 56 prime cattle, five young bulls, 54 OTM cattle, 4,580 prime lambs and 5,819 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, November 6.THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 4,432 store lambs and breeding sheep at the sale at Longtown on Tuesday, November 4.
Ask the experts in bluetongue
Published 12 November 2008
ANYONE involved in livestock production and trade in Dumfries and Galloway will have the chance to question Scottish government and Merial bluetongue vaccination experts about the practical implications of Scotland’s compulsory vaccination programme later this month.
NFU urges support for vaccination programme
Published 12 November 2008
SCOTLAND’S farming union is urging all livestock producers to get behind the compulsory vaccination programme to immunise all susceptible livestock against the devastating bluetongue virus.
Best of season's trade for sheep
Published 6 November 2008
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 61 prime cattle, 53 OTM cattle, 5,288 prime lambs and 5,254 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, October 30.THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 5,065 store lambs and breeding sheep at the sale at Longtown on Tuesday, October 28.THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 652 head of store cattle, including 200 Bluegrey and Galloway and 152 head of breeding cattle at the sale on Saturday, November 1.
Calls for import ban from Europe
Published 6 November 2008
REPRESENTATIVES of Scottish livestock producers have backed a call for Scotland’s farmers to impose an immediate ban on imports of cattle and sheep from mainland Europe because of the worsening disease situation.
Scotland states CAP needs
Published 6 November 2008
SCOTTISH farming's case has been made in Europe during the latest round of negotiations on the future shape of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Charges for disposal of sheep dip are waived
Published 30 October 2008
FARMERS disposing of spent sheep dip will save money this year after the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) waived the second instalment of its annual groundwater licence charge.
George is new milk policy boss
Published 30 October 2008
SCOTLAND’S farming union has welcomed George Jamieson to the post of milk policy manager at its head office in Ingliston.
‘Help us work out true crunch cost’
Published 30 October 2008
NFU SCOTLAND is calling on its members to help calculate the true cost of the credit crunch and rising input prices on the nation’s farmers.
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Published 30 October 2008
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 45 prime cattle, 25 OTM cattle, 5,347 prime lambs and 5,988 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, October 23.THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 5,829 store lambs and breeding sheep at the sale at Longtown on Tuesday, October 21.THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 435 head at the annual show and sale of hillbred suckler calves on Saturday, October 25.
Shepherd is first to take title
Published 22 October 2008
AN article on the farming page of the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser last week incorrectly reported that the champion Hill Cheviot at Harrison & Hetherington’s Lockerbie sale was brought out by Jim Robertson of the Becks, Langholm.
Bluetongue cost us £30,000
Published 22 October 2008
LONGTOWN mart has lost up to £30,000 in commission after its customer base was torn apart by conflicting cross-border bluetongue vaccination policies.
Ram record rockets
Published 15 October 2008
THE breed record for Hill Cheviot sheep was smashed at the annual Harrison & Hetherington sale at Lockerbie market last week.
Seeking out network of core country paths
Published 15 October 2008
A MEETING is being held for land managers in the Eskdale Hotel in Langholm next Wednesday.
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Published 15 October 2008
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 75 prime cattle, 55 OTM cattle, 5,644 prime lambs and 7,598 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, October 9.
Suckler calf prices are well up
Published 9 October 2008
Devolution debate to Westminster
Published 8 October 2008
JIM Hume, Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland and deputy spokesman for rural affairs, has successfully called on the Scottish government to press the case at Westminster for a fully- devolved agriculture budget.
