THE Lewis family, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, have been breeding Hereford cattle for 200 years and a number of breed records were smashed at their on-farm bicentenary sale.

There are a number of changes and additions to the Great Yorkshire Show which will once again be held over four days.

Topping the on-farm sale held on behalf of Paul Dawes, Hereford, and setting a new female record of 24,000gns was Dinmore Zoe Katrina

Fittingly, it was the Lincoln Red champion which claimed the beef supreme championship at Lincolnshire Show.

The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland owns one of the world’s most impressive collections of trophies.

THE long journey from Cumbria to West Sussex paid off for Thor Atkinson when he claimed both the beef inter-breed champion and reserve titles on his first visit to the South of England Show.

The Oakchurch flock of pedigree Charollais was dispersed on-farm at Staunton on Wye, on behalf of Jeremy and Ala Price, topping at 6,000gns.

IT was the Lincoln Red bull, Yarnhill Xodus which was the choice of judge, Adrian Ivory, Perthshire, for the overall supreme and native beef breed championships at Suffolk Show.

A top price of 28,000gns for a cow and calf and record breed averages for in-calf and maiden heifers were some of the highlights of the dispersal of the Shadwell herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle on behalf of the Shadwell Estate Company, Suffolk, held at Skipton.