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Farming news: in brief
Harrison and Hetherington have announced the 2008 Borderway Black and White Sale will be held at Carlisle on Saturday, November 29 at 11am – preceded by a parade of all entered animals at 7pm on Friday.
Harrison and Hetherington have announced the 2008 Borderway Black and White Sale will be held at Carlisle on Saturday, November 29 at 11am – preceded by a parade of all entered animals at 7pm on Friday.
Glyn Lucas, head pedigree auctioneer, said: "Borderway Sale Centre again plays host to Europe's most prestigious annual dairy cattle sale. Last year's event averaged 3,900 gns."
Sheep experts who were surprised to see the cost of a clip estimated at 50p in last week's feature on Wensleydales will realise the going rate is at least twice that.
FWAG & Nidderdale AONB have organised an evening walk to explain the environmental benefits of hay meadows, aimed at farmers looking for stewardship advice, from 8 pm on July 16, at North Side Head Farm, Middlesmoor, near Pateley Bridge. Adults, 4; children, free. Book through Marian Wilby on 01423 712950.
Roger Tempest, of Broughton Hall, near Skipton, has won the Country Land and Business Association President's Award for Utopia, a caf for employees of the 49 companies in the business park he created out of redundant farm and estate buildings.
The CLA Game Fair, billed as "the world's biggest countryside event", celebrates its 50th Anniversary at the Duke of Marlborough's seat Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, from July 25 to July 27. See gamefair.co.uk.
The Farm Energy Event at Newark Showground on November 25 will be the first of its kind, according to the organisers. It is an exhibition devoted to generating and saving power, growing 'green' fuels and recycling energy and water. Call Joanne Dodgson of Fusion Events on 01539 620602 or email joanne@farm-smart.co.uk
Rachel Goldie, 14, of Danby Wiske, won the Junior Linear award in the National Holstein Judging Competitions held at Noremead, Wiltshire.
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