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Hereford Bluefaced Leicester sale tops at 2,000gns
Rachel Gallagher
Rachel Gallagher reports on the recent Bluefaced Leicester sale held at the Hereford Livestock Centre.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Weekly news in-brief from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
15 January 2025 Breeding & health
Bluefaced Leicester females take the Ballymena Livestock Market by storm
Exciting times at Ballymena Livestock Market for the Northern Ireland Region female export sale.
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
Swaledale ewes at the heart of Birniehall Farm
Rachel Gallagher reports from her trip to Scotland to visit the farm of Jimmy Bell and Rachel Buckle Porter.
2 October 2024 Breeding & health
Sunny Hill Flock takes the top spot in Ballinrobe
Rachel Gallagher reports from the South of Ireland Bluefaced Leicester club sale held in Balinrobe Mart, Co Mayo.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
Bluefaced Leicester records broken in Ballymena
Rachel Gallagher reports from Ballymena Livestock Mart for the annual NI premier Bluefaced Leicester sale.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
From selling 50 lambs to selling 5,000 ewe lambs and hoggets
The Mayo Mule and Greyface Group is celebrating 40 years of sales in Aurivo Ballinrobe Mart, Mayo, with premier sales on 23 and 24 August.
14 August 2024 Marts