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McKillop tops Beattie’s Bluefaced Leicester female sale
Rachel Gallagher
The Bluefaced Leicester in-lamb sale took place at the Beatties Pedigree Centre, Omagh.
29 January 2025 Breeding & health
J36 Bluefaced Leicester female record smashed
Rachel Gallagher reports on the record breaking Bluefaced Leicester sale held at North West Actions J36.
22 January 2025 Breeding & health
Hawes Bluefaced Leicester female sale tops at £11,000
Rachel Gallagher reports on the Bluefaced Leicester society female sale that was held at Hawes Farmers Auction Mart in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Hereford Bluefaced Leicester sale tops at 2,000gns
Rachel Gallagher reports on the recent Bluefaced Leicester sale held at the Hereford Livestock Centre.
16 January 2025 Breeding & health
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Weekly news in-brief from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Bluefaced Leicester females take the Ballymena Livestock Market by storm
Exciting times at Ballymena Livestock Market for the Northern Ireland Region female export sale.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Classy Lassies and Blue Belles start the Bluefaced Leicester sales of 2025
Rachel Gallagher reports from Borderway Mart in Carlisle where – for the first time ever on the same day– both the Classy Lassies and Blue Belles sales took place, and both to much success.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Kirkstead flock tops Carlisle Blue Belles at 5,000gns
Rachel Gallagher reports on the Blue Belles sale of traditional-type in-lamb Bluefaced Leicesters held in Borderway Mart, Carlisle.
9 January 2025 Breeding & health
Carry House flock breaks Bluefaced Leicester female record at 15,000gns
Rachel Gallagher reports on the record-breaking Carry House Bluefaced Leicester sale.
2 January 2025 Breeding & health
Pedigree Sheep End of Year-Round Up
Reflecting on what has been a tremendous year for the pedigree sheep sector.
23 December 2024 Breeding & health
English upland farms face existential threat
Richard Pedley farms 1,250 acres of rented land in the north of England. Peter McCann reports
23 October 2024 Northern Ireland