Sale prices give timely lift to lamb sector

OPTIMISM in the lamb business was reflected at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual show and sale of gimmer shearlings – one of the largest fixtures of its kind in the North of England. The sale of young ewes last Tuesday attracted 5,000 entries – over 1,700 up on the previous year – and achieved an overall [...]

Wide interest in sale of rare breed stock

A NORTH DEVON couple’s devotion to pedigree cattle and rare breed sheep brought its reward when they offered some of their stock for sale for the first time. The reduction sale at West Yeo Farm near Witheridge followed ten years of organic farming by Kate Palmer and Robert James. They auctioned 35 Black Leicester Longwool [...]

‘Aggressive’ bid wins Romania wheat sale to Egypt

Romania gained a foothold in the 10m-tonne-a-year business for supplying Egypt with wheat as higher prices of Russia-based supplies eroded their competitive advantage. Russia won 180,000 tonnes of the 240,000 tonnes that Egypt’s state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (Gasc), purchased after its third tender in 10 days. The award took to [...]