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There was a buzz among exhibitors at the inaugural North East Live event, a new primestock show held at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart

A ringside round up from the livestock sections at Turriff Show

It was a clean sweep across the beef championships for the Limousin breed which claimed supreme in the inter-breed beef, junior inter-breed beef and inter-breed senior teams competitions

As host to the World Ayrshire Federation Conference, it was a fitting result for the Ayrshire breed which claimed supreme in both the dairy inter-breed and junior inter-breed championships at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show

The Simmental breed takes home both inter-breed and junior inter-breed titles at this year's Royal Highland Show

Crowds returned to the dairy rings at this year's Royal Highland Show, where the Holstein was crowned supreme champion

The last two years at the Royal Highland will be hard to beat for Ben Radley, having won the Charollais championship and the inter-breed sheep award in 2022, followed by the breed, reserve inter-breed and overall pairs titles in 2023. Lynsey Clark reports

Allan Jackson’s Royal Highland Show preparation probably begins earlier than most exhibitors – this year he has 28 cattle heading to Ingliston, between his own entries and those of his clients. Lynsey Clark finds out more

Ms Cameron is attempting to set a new world record in the Nine Hour Women’s World Strong Wool Ewe shearing competition. By Eilidh MacPherson

A full-time agronomist at Agrovista has won an award for achieving excellence in the 2022 BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection