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25^th November 2013 Abergavenny market official opening at new site Television presenter Adam Henson will officially open the new premises for Abergavenny and Newport livestock market on Friday 29th November at Bryngwyn, near Raglan, Monmouthshire. The site, which is seven miles from Abergavenny, comprises a livestock sale facility which can accommodate up to 3,500 sheep and 800 cattle.... Read the full article

28^th October 2013 Harper Adams recruiting for livestock market students Harper Adams University in Shropshire is recruiting for its 2014 intake of students for the Certificate of Higher Education in Professional Studies - Livestock Market Operations and Management. The four-year course is designed to give people working in the livestock market industry a broader knowledge of the industry... Read the full article

22^nd October 2013 Livestock markets launch voluntary bTB information programme A Government initiative, which aims to encourage vendors at livestock markets to voluntarily give information about the TB testing status of their cattle, is being launched next month at Chelford Market. The national "risk-based trading scheme", which was announced in May, has been set up to give buyers more information... Read the full article

9^th October 2013 Aberystwyth livestock market acquires freehold The operators of Aberystwyth livestock market have bought the freehold interest of their 17 acre edge of town site at Lovesgrove. Aled Ellis & Co Ltd have said the acquisition will allow them to develop the market site in conjunction with the development of an adjacent agricultural business park. Managing Director... Read the full article

4^th September 2013 Livestock markets going through transformation process Livestock markets in England and Wales are undergoing an unprecedented period of regeneration and modernisation, according to the Livestock Auctioneers Association. LAA Executive Secretary Chris Dodds said the industry was in a process of transformation that was seeing premises modernised and upgraded, business merging... Read the full article

4^th July 2013 Butchers back campaign for market sourced meat A campaign to promote meat that has been sourced from British livestock markets has received the backing of butchers and their customers. The Livestock Auctioneers Association produced a poster for butchers to display in their shop windows to promote market sourced meat and to reassure their customers about traceability. ... Read the full article

25^th June 2013 Leading auctioneers to merge Two of the North West's leading auctioneers and property specialists, Frank Marshall and Wright Manley have today (25th June 2013) announced their decision to merge the two businesses with effect from the 1st April 2014. Trading as Wright Marshall LLP the new firm will continue to serve clients throughout the North West... Read the full article

12^th June 2013 Silver Magnum auction raises £26,000 for The Prince's Countryside Fund at Cereals 2013 A tractor donated by Case IH has raised more than £26,000 for charity in an auction held at Cereals 2013 to benefit The Prince's Countryside Fund. Former England Rugby Captain Phil Vickery presented the keys to the unique Silver Edition Magnum 340 to Bob Vaughan, of Startin Tractors in Warwickhsire, whose final bid of... Read the full article

10^th May 2013 The LAA shows its support for re-launched TB Free England website You can visit the website at: http://www.tbfreeengland.co.uk/home/ The film link at http://www.tbfreeengland.co.uk/tb-on-farm/ may be of particular interest to most auctioneers and farmers. ... Read the full article

10^th May 2013 Market sourced livestock With the weather finally showing signs that summer is arriving possibly the grass will grow and we can turn a corner from what has been a torrid twelve months. There is little doubt that the long hard winter and the arrival of Schmallenberg virus will both have had an impact on lamb numbers, but only time will tell how... Read the full article

17^th April 2013 Farmers can turn to livestock auctions following plant closure Farmers in Wales have been asked to make use of their local livestock markets following the closure of a major meat processing business on the Island of Anglesey. Welsh Country Foods last week announced the closure of its facility on Anglesey with the loss of 310 jobs. The business had been the major processing facility... Read the full article

15^th April 2013 LAA backs farmers and butchers to promote "Local Market Sourced" meat The Livestock Auctioneers Association has produced a poster for butchers to help promote meat that has been sourced from local livestock markets and reassure consumers about traceability. The poster, which will be available for butchers throughout Britain to display in their shop windows, aims to inform customers about... Read the full article

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