Swaledale sheep, a small flock of Bluefaced Leicesters to produce the North of England Mule, British Friesian dairy cows and ...
A new centre record of £18,000 coupled with another two at five-figure prices ensured Bluefaced Leicester breeders had plenty to celebrate ... “The best, top end sheep were dearer than last year, but ...
RIP honeycreeper birds, Mariana fruit bat of Guam, Bachman’s warbler and the rest of the 21 species lost to extinction in the ...
Eliza Blue finds herself bottle feeding a lamb from an ewe with no milk, despite being a breed known for producing milk.
Border Leicesters saw a mixed trade at the annual Lanark sale. Ram lambs hit a top price of £3200 with a 73 clearance rate, despite ...
The Border Leicester exhibit followed in the female led footsteps of the Suffolk breeds at the Elite Show and Sale.
Wool from alpacas and certain sheep breeds, such as Merino, consists of soft and thin fibers. In contrast, breeds like Romney and Border Leicester produce coarser and thicker wool fibers. Also read ...
More recently, George has continued using stratified sheep breeds, but opted for a white-faced Welsh Mule (Welsh Mountain cross traditional Bluefaced Leicester) bought from Welshpool. He retains the ...
"If we can have consistent heavy Border Leicester wool and not too much medullated fibre that first cross wool or comeback is ...
Isla Todd was there watching the action at the Border Union Ram Sale in Kelso. Around 4,000 sheep went up for sale in the ...
As the year moves on at an alarmingly rapid pace the time has all too quickly come round for Castlewellan Blackface Sheep ...
"The last 12 months has seen tougher lamb selling conditions, however lambs marketed under the New Armatree brand have ...