Farming News
Organic talking shop
Published 27 August 2008
THE Garden Station in Langley will be celebrating Organic Fortnight with a series of walks and talks.
There’s no business like show business
Published 27 August 2008
WE are well into the show season by now. Despite the weather an excellent display will have been presented.
Weekly mart reports
Published 27 August 2008
ON FRIDAY Hexham and Northern Marts had a large entry of 432 store cattle for the time of year with quality well bred, well grown cattle an excellent trade.AT THE opening sale on Friday for store lambs Hexham and Northern Marts had an entry of 555 head. All lambs were a fast trade and a number of customers left without any sheep.LAST Wednesday Hexham and Northern Marts at their Scots Gap centre had forward an entry of 1,173 prime lambs to average 42.8kg, 130.8ppkg and £56.04 per head.AT THEIR Longtown sale on Tuesday the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 3,636 store lambs.THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart held their annual sale of Cheviot Mule ewe lambs and gimmer shearlings at Longtown on Tuesday.AT THEIR weekly Longtown mart prime stock sale on Thursday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 80 prime cattle, along with 5,069 prime lambs and 6,221 cast ewes and rams.
Practical guide for pig keepers
Published 22 August 2008
EBLEX Ltd has launched a new computerised lamb selection tool to help sheep farmers produce and select lambs for specific end markets, bringing maximum financial return.
Crops farmers bid to combat wet weather
Published 22 August 2008
THE NFU is stepping up efforts to meet with various parts of the supply chain over potential quality issues connected to continued wet weather this summer.
Protection zone will be a question of time
Published 21 August 2008
THE Government this week confirmed that the bluetongue protection zone will be extended into Tynedale.
Farmers’ market’s recipe for success
Published 21 August 2008
CELEBRITY chef Dave Hall will return to Ponteland Farmers’ Market tomorrow with more simple and delicious recipes.
Practical guide for pig keepers
Published 21 August 2008
BPEX has published the latest in a comprehensive series of practical tips for pig keepers.
Finding time to celebrate successes
Published 21 August 2008
THIS can be the worst time of year for both parents and children. Fewer holidays stretch ahead than lie behind.
Weekly mart reports
Published 21 August 2008
ON TUESDAY Hexham and Northern Marts had forward at their weekly sale 119 cattle, which included 78 over 30 month animals and five young bulls.Prime cattle. A larger show of prime cattle were keenly bid for with this being dearest trade seen at this centre.
Bluetongue zone reaches the edge of Tynedale
Published 14 August 2008
THE vaccination programme against bluetongue disease has reached the borders of Tynedale.
Warning about sheep tagging
Published 14 August 2008
THE National Sheep Association is seriously concerned that many sheep farmers are not fully aware of the new double tagging rules which came into force at the start of the year.
Weekly mart reports
Published 14 August 2008
AT THEIR weekly on Tuesday, Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 108 cattle, which included 80 over thirty month animals. All classes met another firm demand from an increased ring of buyers.
Wonders of our medical miracles
Published 14 August 2008
BIT by bit the vaccination programme against bluetongue is being rolled out. Gradually our sheep and cattle can be given protection against the horrifying effects stemming from an insect bite. Throughout the ages people have been at the mercy of all kinds of disease.
Landowners sign up to official register
Published 13 August 2008
MORE than 143,000 hectares of land in Tynedale has now been registered, representing around 65 per cent of land in the district.
Vaccine success
Published 7 August 2008
MORE than a million piglets have so far been vaccinated as part of a BPEX research project into PCV2.
Tributes paid to judging veteran
Published 7 August 2008
A FORMER cattle judge who was renowned throughout Tynedale’s farming community has died, aged 91.
Weekly mart reports
Published 7 August 2008
FOR their weekly sale on Tuesday Hexham and Northern marts had forward 45 cattle, which included 26 over 30 month animals. Prime cattle had a similar trade to previous week.ON SATURDAY Hexham and Northern Marts held their Summer Fur and Feather Sale and offered for sale by auction 450 caged lots of rare and minority breed poultry and waterfowl as well as over 60 lots of small animals and caged birds, 70 lots of associated equipment and 60 lots of hatching eggs. With a large show of birds on offer trade was easier than that seen in the spring of the year although quality types, as always were sought after with many lots exceeding vendors expectations.AT THEIR weekly sale on Friday, Hexham and Northern Marts has forward 96 store cattle. A wet night meant that there were plenty of customers for a small show of cattle and subsequently a good trade was had by all with steers selling to £800 for Angus x from Park House Farm, Harbottle and heifers sold to £790 for Limousin x from East Newham. We anticipate a large entry of quality cattle at our Anniversary Show and Sale next week.LAST Wednesday Hexham and Northern Marts at their weekly Scots Gap Auction Mart sale for prime sheep, had an entry of 794 head, with the lambs averaging 44kg, 124.3p/kg and £54.69 per head. There was a quality show of well fleshed lambs forward with buyers commenting that they were just what they wanted. The top price paid per kilo was for a pen of 43kg Texel x lambs from Tuthill which realised 136.7p and top price per head was £62.60 for a pen of 52kg Suffolk x lambs from East White Hill. Sheep prices. Suffolk x per head to £62.60 and £58.20 East White Hill, £61.80 East House, £61 Highlaws, £58.20 Holling Hill, £57.20 Elrington Hall and £57 Rugley Walls. Per kilo to 130.5p Hallington New Houses, 129.3p Low Farnham, 128.6p Town Farm, 127.9p Low Farnham and 125.6p Monkseaton. Texel x per head to £62.20 Dene House, £62 and £59.20 East White Hill, £61.80 Great Chesters, £61.20 and £58.80 Tuthill, £61, £60.50 and £60 Grangemoor, £58.40 Cornhills, £58.10 Ingoe Low Hall and £58 Bavington Hill Head and Middleton Mill. Per kilo to 136.7p Tuthill, 136.1p Girsonfield, 135.8p and 132.7p Cornhills, 132.7p Low Farnham, 131.9p Craig Hall and 131.7p Hallington New Houses and Middleton Mill. Charollais x to £58.80 and 125.1p Holling Hill.AT THEIR fortnightly sale on Tuesday the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 72 store cattle and 42 breeding cattle. Store cattle saw plenty of stronger short keep heifers on show, with all classes of cattle selling to extremely high rates to a top of £745 for a 19 month old Limousin bullock from W.B. and C.A. Armitstead, Pennersaughs, Ecclefechan. Breeding cattle met an easier trade for a poorer quality show. Top price of £1,050 for a Limousin cow with bull calf at foot from R.M. and P. Armstrong, Slealands. Principal prices. Store bullocks: Limousin £745, £675 Pennersaughs, £640(2) Rinnion Hills and £630 West Winds. Charolais £730 Underwoodhouse. Belgian Blue £650 Westwinds. Angus £620 Lanehead, £570 Westwinds and £540 Stonehouse. Store heifers: Charolais £685(2), £680(2) Underwoodhouse, £645 Pennersaughs and £580(2) Barnglieshead. Limousin £630(3) Pennersaughs, £615(2) Rinnion Hills, £560(2) Barnglieshead and £525(2) Laverhay. Angus £545(3) Pennersaughs. Blonde £540 Barnglieshead. Breeding cattle. Cows with bull calves: Limousin £1,050 Slealands, £1,020 Howberry, £950 Slealands and £930 Sleetbeck. Angus £820 Guards and £790 Howberry. Cows with heifer calves: Limousin £1,000, £900 Howberry. Angus £700 Guards. Heifers with bull calves: Angus £750 Guards. Limousin £720 Bruntons Hill. Heifers with heifer calves: Limousin £750 Summer Hill.ON TUESDAY at their weekly Longtown sale the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 1,580 store lambs. Buyers were out in force for a quality show of lambs, all classes met another fast trade to a top of £41.50 for Beltex x from Hallburn. Texel £41.20 Pennine View, £41 Rinnion Hills, £40 High Love Lady Shield. Suffolk £40.20 Bateyshield. Greyface £38 Knarr, £37.20 Highside, £35.80 The Row, £35.50 Stonehall. Swaledale £17, £16 Stonehall.THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward on Thursday, 89 prime cattle and one young beef bulls, along with 3,171 prime lambs and 4,372 cast ewes and rams. Cattle averages. Steers: Light, 136.5p (123.3p); medium, 174.5p (146.2p); heavy, 183.5p (157.8p). Heifers: Light, 155.5p (155.5p); medium, 174.5p (145.2p); heavy, 180.5p (146.7p). Young beef bulls: 112.5p (112.5p). Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 128.3p (120.2p); standard, 143.0p (124.1p); medium, 145.4p (124.1p); heavy, 129.5p (123.9p); o/weight, 125.0p (123.5p). Ewes: Light, £47.50 (£23.01); heavy, £73.50 (£46.27). Cast rams: £80.50 (£45.96).
Robert honoured for his service to agriculture
Published 7 August 2008
A JOURNALIST from Tynedale who started his career as a farming specialist on the Hexham Courant, has been made a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies.
Rights of way group backed
Published 7 August 2008
THE CLA in the North-East has welcomed the establishment of Natural England’s new Stakeholder Working Group on Unrecorded Rights of Way.
