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17^th December 2015 LAA Sheep Movements One year on from the full introduction of changes to rules surrounding the electronic tagging of sheep, auction marts continue to keep the cost down for farmers and ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible. The Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA) and its members have been working hard alongside the NSA in... Read the full article

9^th December 2015 Dairy Numbers on the Rise The current plight of the dairy industry is well documented and at the forefront of most milk producers minds. Although unlike in the past where we saw everyone in the same boat we are now seeing a variable sliding scale of milk contract prices across the industry. Prices and demand has remained remarkably buoyant throughout... Read the full article

30^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Nov 2015 It has been a busy few weeks at Melton Mowbray Market, with full sheep and cattle sheds, interspersed with many seasonal events and some exciting corporate developments. Cattle prices this year have followed the trend of previous years, but a little earlier, with prices dropping off for summer in June rather than July.... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - October 2015 As the winter season approaches and the autumn breeding sales come to an end, we see a varying trade in all classes of stock across the country. Breeding sheep season started slowly then got into a good trade before easing gain towards the end of the sales. Shearlings proved the hardest to cash at most sales being regularly... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Kivells Trade Talk Last week the team at Kivells Auctioneers sold over 15,000 lots at the 10 auctions which took place the 7 day period. At both Exeter and Holsworthy markets, trade for the Breeding ewes improved well with the best younger ewes to 160 and the top call for the Ewe lambs reaching 92. Earlier in the week it was the 'Westcountry... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Graham Ellis, Stanford From Graham Ellis, Stanford ... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Melton Mowbray It has been a busy few weeks at Melton Mowbray Market, with full sheep and cattle sheds, interspersed with many seasonal events and some exciting corporate developments. Cattle prices this year have followed the trend of previous years, but a little earlier, with prices dropping off for summer in June rather than July.... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Keith Spencer When farmers and farming are making headlines on the national news it is rarely a good sign and the present situation is no exception. Dairy farmers have been feeling the pinch for some time now with many receiving less than the cost of production for their milk. The only good news for them is the extremely strong trade... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Chris Voyce The Autumn store cattle sales are now in full flow and many outlying cattle starting to show signs of the weather. All the barns full of fodder and a fairly firm beef trade has resulted in a fairly steady store cattle trade so far this Autumn. The trade continues to hold up well especially on the stronger, farming sorts... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Alastair Sneddon, Bagshaws, Bakewell We are now well in to the autumn sales and have had our fair share of store lambs, ewe lambs, breeding ewes and rams. The season started with an air of depression with everyone convinced that prices would be distinctively worse than last year. This impression has not proved to be entirely correct with prices in most instances... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Trade Talk - Richard Hyde Being asked to write the ‘trade talk’ in the face of the current lamb trade is something of an onerous task, but there are positives in the sheep world and one has to see past the present trade and take economic comfort from other parts of the sheep business, which are so positive. Countrywide every farmer must be pleased... Read the full article

25^th November 2015 Harper Adams Course - James Morrish A recent survey by the Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA) revealed that 94% of auction marts provide training for their employees – investing in the future of their workforce and the welfare of the animals in their care. Of these, around two fifths have enrolled staff on the Livestock Market Operations and Management... Read the full article

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