Picture: Sandy Senior the right who passed away and his son also Sandy is on the left. OBITUARY – SANDY FORDYCE The Aberdeenshire farmer who bred the animal which became the model for the life-size bronze sculpture of the Aberdeen-Angus bull which stands on the outskirts of Alford has died. Until his retirement a few years ago, Sandy Fordyce (91) …
?Announcement on World Angus Forum 2021?: Regrettably, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Angus Forum Organising Committee has made the difficult decision to cancel the World Angus Forum, originally scheduled to be conducted in April 2021. To read the full announcement please click on the document below: Announcement on World Angus Forum 2021
Former NFU President takes on chairmanship of Organic Research Centre To read the press release please see document below: Organic Research Centre appoints new chairman
⭐️BREEDPLAN SCANNERS⭐️ Breedplan scanners – Jim Barber, Gordon Clark, Linda McKendrick and William Tait are all back this week and Willie Wilson will be back next week. At the moment they will just be scanning fairly local (within a couple of hour’s drive) as there is no accommodation available. Hopefully they will catch up with the backlog fairly soon. Please …
As lockdown continues the great weather has appeared, meaning spring work on the farms are in full flow with calving, lambing, and arable work. It was good to see this week that our Patron of the Society HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has said the UK owes farmers ‘an enormous debt of gratitude’ for producing food during COVID-19. We …
