The Farmers Guardian has an exclusive subscription offer which it has opened up to all of our members. This is a direct debit offer of £13.62 for the first payment and then £27.25 every three months after that. That would make the cover price £1.05 for the first 13 issues (£1.90 saving) and then £2.10 for every other issue …
NADIS - Parasite Forecast and Disease Alert - April
NADIS – Parasite Forecast and Disease Alert – April
Parasite Forecast NADIS publishes a monthly Parasite Forecast for farmers and livestock keepers, based on detailed Met Office data. The Parasite Forecast outlines the parasitic challenge facing cattle and sheep in the different UK regions. This month’s webinar focuses on the Nematodirus forecast and also worming of ewes and planning a worming strategy for calves.
Northern Stars represent Society at National Young Show Stars
Northern Stars represent Society at National Young Show Stars
A huge well done from all at the Society to our “Northern Stars” team who competed at the recent National Young Show Stars event at The Three Counties Showground in Malvern. The team consisted of Mark Wattie, Claire Johnstone and Seonaid McLaren and were sponsored by the Society, HW Angus and the Inkpen herd, who kindly loaned cattle for the …
English Premier Show and Sale tops at 3000gns
English Premier Show and Sale tops at 3000gns
Aberdeen-Angus trade topped at 3000gns on two occasions today in Newark for the English Premier Show and Sale, the first of which was the first prize Tree Bridge Jentry N425 from David and Penny Evans. This one is an Abberton Dazzle G160 son out of a Tree Bridge Edwin D076 daughter. This one sold to SDJ Blagg, Lutterworth, Leics. The …
UK-registered heifer wins Austrian Angus female champion
UK-registered heifer wins Austrian Angus female champion
The UK registered 18 month old heifer Carinthia Elektra N519 from Oliver Behringer (Carinthia Angus) is the 2015 Austrian Angus female champion at the Austrian junior beef cattle show. Elektra is a daughter of the import cow Rawburn Evergreen K136 and by Carinthia Ebonys Mister Meat K318 (Rawburn Transformer X Rawburn Ebony D288).