Shows & Sales

British Blonde cow, Brownhill Netta, lifted the supreme individual championship in the beef section on what is sure to be one of the hottest Royal Welsh Shows on record.

THE supreme pig championship went to Stuart Roberts and Jodie Fairclough, Bedale, with their July 2021-born Hampshire boar, Raisinhall First Turn 2.

IT was the Holstein champion, Enchanted Beemer Abbiene which was awarded the dairy inter-breed supreme award.

Auctioneer Ted Ogden on his trade predictions.

IN the sheep rings the inter-breed judge, Bruce Goldie, Mouswald, had an impressive line-up of 46 breeds to chose from.

Pedigree cattle breeder Anne MacPherson of the Blackford Simmental herd is set to tackle the task of judging two inter-breed beef competitions at this year’s Royal Welsh Show. Katrina Macarthur reports.

Following a two-year break, the Royal Welsh Show returns with major changes at the helm. Barry Alston reports.

Planning, co-ordination and organisation are just some of the key attributes needed to pull off an event to the scale of, the Royal Welsh Show – particularly the livestock section, with its own set of specific requirements.

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s premier sale at Worcester for ram lamb from Dai and Paul Curran’s Wernfawr flock, Talgarth, Brecon.

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.