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Stackyard is an on-line farming magazine bringing news, views and comment. Links to farming related web sites worldwide - cattle associations, sheep societies, pig farms, llama and alpaca breeders, auction marts, farm machinery, property, rural estate agents.

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 2018-Mar-14
Newbirks Herd Bags Another Craven Dairy Championship
The Wharfedale-based Newbirks pedigree Holstein Friesian dairy herd of father and daughter, David and Suzy Lawson, picked up its second Craven Dairy Auction championship of the year at the opening March sale at Skipton Auction Mart.
 2018-Mar-14
Act Now to Prepare for Brexit, warns CAAV
Farmers have just six or seven years to get their businesses ready for the tremendous changes which Brexit could bring, according the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers.
 2018-Mar-14
Beef Shorthorn Reports Another Record Uptake
The Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society has reported yet another record uptake, with registrations up 64% since 2012, reflecting commercial producers’ continuing demand for a modern functional suckler cow.
 2018-Mar-14
Think About Using Home-Grown Protein
Farmers could cut costs and boost meat and milk production at minimal cost by utilizing more home-grown protein.
 2018-Mar-14
Show and Sale of Ewe Hoggs A Major Feature of NSA Scotsheep
A show and sale of pairs of ewe hoggs born in 2017 will again be a major feature of this year’s biennial national sheep event NSA Scotsheep 2018.
 2018-Mar-14
Women-Only Training has its Place Says Crofting Federation
Scottish Crofting Federation is clear that women-only agricultural training is necessary and responds to specific requests from women seeking to develop their agricultural experience.
 2018-Mar-14
British Blue Cattle Return to Dungannon
A British Blue Pedigree Cattle sale is being held in Dungannon Farmers' Mart on Friday March 23rd the first time in almost a decade, writes Rodney Magowan.
 2018-Mar-12
Hat Trick Win for Champion of 2018 Dairy Expo
Harrison & Hetherington’s Borderway UK Dairy Expo, which was held on Saturday 10th March, in Carlisle, saw the Bradbury family from Derbyshire, take away the prestigious Champion of Champions for an unprecedented third time in front of a record-breaking crowd.

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