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Market Reports Ludlow

8:00am Friday 5th February 2010

LUDLOW MARKET, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Finished cattle – 295: A reduced entry and a very good trade. Despite the lack of wholesale demand, a much better feel to the trade with steers reaching 183.5p per kilo, heifers 196.5ppk and bulls 187.0ppk.

Retail food industry ombudsman backed by Tenant Farmers Association

8:00am Monday 1st February 2010

THE Tenant Farmers Association says it is pleased the Government is to create a retail food industry ombudsman – saying it has been a long time coming.

Sheep sale in Little Hereford sees vigorous trade

8:00am Saturday 30th January 2010

AUCTIONEER NICK Champion reports an entry of 702 store lambs and cull ewes forward at the monthly sale at The Beech, Little Hereford, on January 16.

Market Reports Ludlow

8:00am Friday 29th January 2010

LUDLOW MARKET, MONDAY, JANUARY 25 Finished cattle – 344 An entry which was dominated in numerical terms by overage steers in particular. Over aged steers would account for more than 50 per cent of the entry.

Tenbury Agricultural Society Ltd Autumn Show Cup Winners 2009

Tenbury Agricultural Society committee members .(l-r):Nick Champion, secretary, Molly Powell, president elect, Geoff Beamand, chairman, Rosemary Ayres, assistant secretary, and Nick Dunn, president. Picture by Keith Gluyas. 100201-1.

8:00am Saturday 23rd January 2010

Annual dinner and awards presentation evening on Friday.

LUDLOW MARKET JANUARY 18

8:00am Friday 22nd January 2010

LUDLOW MARKET JANUARY 18 Finished cattle – 453 An increased entry and a very firm level of demand.

Shearing Personality of the Year looks to train next generation

Personality of the Year, Dougie Lambie who is helping to train young shearers all over the country.

10:50am Thursday 14th January 2010

A MAN who has travelled the world to shear sheep is urging more young people to take up the skill.

Looking back on creditable year for stock sales despite recession

Left is Peter Evans, of sponsor BOCM Pauls, presenting the winner of the champion beast, Ian Phillips, of Bockleton Farms, with the Challenge Trophy, with Ted Williams, the steward from McCartneys LLP, at Ludlow Market on May 11.

8:00am Thursday 7th January 2010

John Uffold, chairman of Ludlow Livestock Market, reviews the market’s activities over the last 12 months

Take your axe to halt this killer, ivy, in its tracks

If not dead already, these trees soon will be unless action is taken to remove the strangling ivy.

7:00am Saturday 2nd January 2010

A SERIAL killer is on the loose – not after us but the millions of trees in hedgerows, open fields, parks and avenues.

Abattoir at Bishop’s Castle has reopened

8:00am Wednesday 23rd December 2009

THE abattoir at Bishop’s Castle has reopened, giving a welcome boost for livestock farmers and meat businesses in Shropshire.

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