North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 22nd April
Machinery Sale at North West Auctions… Wednesday 29th April at J36 Rural Auction Centre Monthly Sale of Tractors, Farm Machinery, Equipment, Tools & Timer to include four dispersal sales from, WH & JM Robinson, Dove House Case 585 2wd c/w Tanco Power Loader (F Reg), Case 695 2wd Stockman Special (L Reg), MF 230 2wd (E Reg), PZ CM165 Drum Mower Land Roller, 3½ Ton Tipping Trailer, Yard Scraper, Tanco 900 Slurry Tanker, Rotorspreader, Vicon Fertilizer Spreader, Pasture Topper, Bale Elevator, Cattle Feeders, I.W. Livestock Trailer, Small Straw Chopper
Messrs Barton, Kirkby Lonsdale John Deere 2650 4wd Tractor (H Reg)Power Synchron 11,400hrs, Shear Grab, Calf Creep Feeder, Conor Side Topper Vicon RC300 Haybob, 3½ ton Tipping Trailer, Amazon 1204 Fertilizer Spreader, Cattle Foot Trimming Crush, Sheep Feeder, Qty Troughs, Hurdles & Hay Racks, Qty Posts & Wire
P & ME Coates, Ulpha Farm Claas Round Baler, Conor Bale Wrapper, Kuhn Single Rotor Rake, JF Mower Condioner, Krone Tedder
J Barnes & Son, Moss Side MF 4270 4WD (1998) 18 Speedshift, MF 360 2WD (1990) 8 Speed shuttle 7700 hours, MF 360 4WD (1991) 12 Speed, 8500 hours c/w MF 875L Loader, JD 2560 2 WD (1990) Power Syncro 11000 hours, MF 35 2WD (1958) 4 cylinder, JD 570 Roundbaler (1995) Wide pick up, net & String, JD 342 Conventional Baler, Krone 8ft disc mower, Kverneland TA 746 Tedder (1995), Kvernland 7510 wrapper, PZ Haybob, Amazon 1201 Fertilizer Spreader (1200kg), Dowdeswell DP7 3F Rov plough, Tanco Bale Carrier, Chain Harrows, Webb Precision Drill (2 rows)
Other entries to date include: JF Mower Conditioner (trailed), 2 x Fergie Back Wheels (good tyres), Dog Run, Lely Attis PT130 Big Bale Wrapper, Flat 8 Bale Sledge, Sheep Turn-over Crate, Cattle Crush, Claas Liner 2900 Twin Rotor Rake (2012), 3 Meter Power Harrow, Tarrup Double Chop Forager, Browns Flat 8 Bale Accumalator, Standard Power 50 litre Air Compessor, Bosch GST 2000 JigSaw, Duratool 180 Lithium Power Drill, 2 x Greese Guns, Red (1989) 9 ton twin axel Marshall Grain/Silage Trailer, John Deere 1350 Mower Condition, 12ft Chain Spike Harrows, Lawrence Edwards PTO Cement Mixer, Vicon Fertilizer Spreader, 40 Lengths of Box Section Steel, Qty New Tread Plate Steel Flooring, New Holland TN65 3 cyl diesel, 8 speed, Paddock Aerator, 12ft Ifor Williams Cattle Trailer, Subsoiler, Posts & Wire, Qty Exterior Ply, Kuhn B610 Fertilizer Spreader, PZ Haybob, Welgar Round Big Baler, Lely Any Level 20 Elevator (on 4 wheels), Ferguson 2 Furrow Plough, Malgar 9ft Slurry Stirrer, Marshall 21ft Bale Trailer, McHale Bale Handler, 24ft Tandem Axle Bale Trailer with Cattle Body & Sheep Decks, DanAgri 3 point Linkage Bale Wrapper, Kveneland 4 Furrow Reversible Plough, Hardi Sprayer, 10 ton Tipping Trailer 2 International Tractor Front Tyres, Flat Bed Trailer, Pick-up Hitch parts for International, Par Miter Post Knocker, Bezzecci Fertiliser Spreader, 15ft Slurry Mixer, Hot Washer Alto Neptune 3, Power Washer PTO Driven, Hi Spec Muck Spreader
Please see our website for photos and an up to date listing
Small Holders Saturday Saturday 2nd May at J36 Rural Auction Centre Sale of Rare & Minority Breed Livestock Comprising of 20 Cattle, Bulls, Maiden Heifers, Cows & Calves & In-calf Cows Red Poll, Dexter, Longhorn, Belted Galloway & White Galloway, 58 Sheep, Gimmer Hoggs, Ewes & Lambs, Rams Manx Loaghton, Norfolk Horn, Teeswater, Jacob, Gotland, Boreray, North Ronaldsy, Hebridean, Balwen, Ouessant, Shetland, Dorset Horn, Zwartble, Ryeland, Black Welsh Mountain 2 Pygmy Goats Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment Comprising of 110 Lots of Large Fowl, 60 Lots of Bantams, 15 Lots of Ducks, 70 Lots of Hatching Eggs, 50 Lots of Deadstock & Equipment, 5 Lots of Other Poultry Sale of Registered Fell Ponies on behalf of the Fell Pony Society Comprising of 2 Ponies Retirement Dispersal Sale of Alpacas on behalf of Town End Alpacas Comprising of 71 Alpacas 40 Females - 20 confirmed pregnant, 5 open females, 8 maidens, 5 yearlings, 2 Non-Breeding 31 males - 4 stud males, 20 young males/potential stud males, 7 geldings/pet males
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 17th April There was another strong trade OTM Cattle at Lancaster with a larger proportion of the entry forward being dairy cattle. The steaking cow trade is noticeably good, easily achieving around 125ppk. Beef cows sold to 184.5ppk twice firstly from David Prickett of Farleton House with a Limousin and a Piemontese achieved the same price from JJ Valiant of Poulton. Black and Whites sold to a top of 154.5ppk from CR & A Baxter & Son of Middleton. A market average of 119ppk for all Black and whites with an overall sale average being 128ppk.
Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COW: FR: 154.5 New Brows Farm; 139.5 Park Lane Farm; 139.5 Kitchen Ground. AA: 139.5 Cringleber; 134.5 Deep Clough; 110.0 Middle Lee Farm. SHO: 111.5 Ballacutchel Farm. LIM: 184.5 Farleton House; 161.5 Ballacutchel Farm; 149.5 Deepclough. PI: 184.5 Shire Farm. HE: 109.6 Middle Lee Farm. SIM: 141.5 Ballacutchel Farm; 134.5 Cringleber. LH: 129.5 Cringleber. BRB: 124.5 Russels Farm; 124.5 Norbreck Farm. CAST HEIFER: FR: 144.5 Deerslet Farm; 117.5 Hawes Farm. CAST STEER: PI: 189.5 Shire Farm CAST BULL: FR: 104.5 Blackleach House Farm. LIM: 174.5 Ballacutchel Farm. BB: 107.5 Ballacutchel Farm.
There was slightly less quality Store Cattle in the market but a larger entry with over 300 store cattle sold. Grazing cattle and younger cattle in strong demand and meeting a solid trade with large cattle nearly finished still a good trade in comparison with the current prime beef prices. Black and whites harder to sell today although there was plenty of purchasers around the ring looking for black and white cattle of all ages and sizes. Big good quality steers still sold easily in excess of £1300 selling to a top of £1360 from Tom Entwistle of Abbeystead. Heifers sold to a top of £1140 for a Hereford from John Pennington of Whitechapel. A small entry of breeding cattle forward saw a Charolais Heifer sucking a one month old Hereford calf sell to £1200.
Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1000 Kitchen Ground Farm; £970 Rowell Farm; £900 Newsham Hall Farm. AA: £1200 White Lee Farm; £1190 High Green; £1140 Intack Farm. LIM: £1360 Lentworth Farm; £1310 Millbeck; £1270 Newsham Hall Farm. SD: £1090 Bull Bank Farm. PI: £1090 Shire Farm. BS: £1080 Cringleber. SWR: £840 Lee End Farm. CH: £1300 Daniel Fold Farm; £1270 Northwoods Farm; £1190 Newsham Hall Farm. HE: £1150 Toulbrick Farm; £1110 Bull Bank Farm; £1100 Northwoods Farm. BRB: £1180 Pasture House Farm; £1140 Holgates; £1100 Church Farm. MO: £1070 Northwoods Farm; £850 Green Lane End Farm. FKV: £960 Carlingwha. BA: £1310 Millbeck; £1080 Intack Farm. STORE HEIFERS – FR: £760 Kitchen Ground Farm; £710 Fencefoot Farm. AA: £1080 Rowell Farm; £1040 Manor House Farm; £1040 Isle of Skye Farm. SLR: £1130 Rowell Farm. LIM: £1060 Todgill Farm; £1040 Carlingwha; £1040 Brown Edge. PI: £950 Shire Farm. CH: £1140 White Lee Farm; £1040 Windy Hill Farm. SIM: £1120 Manor House Farm; £1000 Todgill Farm; £940 Ivy Farm. BRB: £1090 Manor House Farm; £1060 Pasture House Farm; £1040 Bouthwaite Farm. BA: £990 Intack Farm.
Trade for Calves a little easier this morning, topping at £360 for an Angus Bull from T & CM Kelsall, Chipping. Black and White calves to £105 for J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet. More calves required to meet buyers’ requirements. All Stirks forward were met by a brisk trade and easily sold, topping at £655 for an Angus Bullock at 8months. British Blue heifers to £615 at 8months from John Gorst, Quernmore.
Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR: £105 Dale Barns; £100 Brown Brook; £65 Lower Langthwaite Farm. AA: £360 Brown Brook. BRB: £310 Norbreck Farm. HEIFER STIRK – AA: £555 Appletree Farm; £380 Stirk Hey Farm. LIM: £460 Cringleber. BRB: £615 Appletree Farm; £560 Bank House Farm. BULLOCK STIRK – AA: £655 Bank House Farm. BRB: £320 Greenlands Farm.
Monday 13th April Lancaster was in keeping with the national decline in Prime Hogg price with a lot of prime hoggs out nationally. Handy weight hoggs till good to sell and in strong demand but a lot of weight forward in the market lead to a reduction in market average of 176ppk with SQQ hoggs averaging 186ppk. The largest entry of Spring Lambs to date with 122 being sold. A key buyer for spring lambs absent this week and more numbers out up and down the country lead to a lower average of 222ppk than on the previous week. Quality always sells well and is always wanted by buyers, Lambs sold to a top of £106 from Paul and Dorothy Roskell of pilling.
Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Spring Lambs- SUFF: £97 Cocker House Farm; £97 Endmoor Farm; £83 Hawkrigg End. MASH: £65 Redfields. CH: £93 Low Foulshaw; £90 Springfield Farm. TEX: £106 Bambers Farm; £99 Hill Top; £98 Springfield Farm. Prime Hoggs- SUFF: £83 Medlar Hall Farm; £82 Cobble Hey Farm. MULE: £82 Medlar Hall Farm; £81.50 Parks Farm Barn; £76 Fell End Farm. HB: £82 Conder Mill; £82 Medlar Hall Farm; £74 Cobble Hey Farm. HRN: £78.50 Fell End Farm; £78.50 Sowerby Lodge; £76 Tarnwater Farm. CH: £83.50 Parks Farm Barn; £78 Medlar Hall Farm. TEX: £104 Inverbervie; £88 Hawkrigg End; £87 Mill House Farm; £85.50 Parks Farm Barn. GRIT: £80 Medlar Hall Farm. SUFF: £86 Maddinson Avenue; £78 Thornbush Farm. MASH: £83.50 Cobble Hey Farm. MULE: £82 Cobble Hey Farm. HB: £80 Sowerby Lodge; £66 Cobble Hey Farm. CHEV: £86.50 Weavers Farm; £80 Inverbervie.
The edge is slightly off the Cast Sheep trade with more fat ewes in the market this week that buyers are reluctant to buy. Continental ewes still demand a premium selling to £132 from Richard Roskell of Pilling.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: SUFF: £106 Post Office Time. MULE: £110 Blea Tarn; £96 Yeat House; £92 Forgelands Estate. HB: £80 Fell End Farm. HRN: £110 Yarlsber; £108 Fell End Farm. CH: £132 Springfield Farm. CHEV: £72 Post Office Farm; £54 Marshaw Farm. TEX: £112 Springfield Farm; £110 Sellerley Fields; £106 Stirzakers Farm.
Spring Breeding Sheep Sale The largest entry of sheep with lambs at foot this week with in excess of 100 families. A mix bag in terms of quality forward was met by a selective crowd with a few regular buyers missing due to other commitments. Buyers looking for ewes with strong lambs. Trade topped at £195 for correct continental ewes suckling twins from MB Flatman & Son of Swainshead Hall. Aged mule ewes suckling strong Suffolk lambs sold to £190 from TM Townley of Knowsley Farm with two shear mules with young Texel lambs making £190 from PS Varley of Newton. Also achieving £190 was James Burr selling ewes also suckling strong twins. Sheep with lambs at foot needed at Lancaster with buyers now looking for young replacement ewes.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 16th April North West Auctions saw an entry of 303 cattle forward at it’s fortnightly sale. Store Cattle sold to a top price of £1170 for a Mont x steer from Crook Hall Farm Ltd. Best yearling steers sold to £1080 for Lim x from B L Swindlehurst with others £1060 from K G & L M Park. A run of cattle from R & A Galbraith saw Lim x steers sell to £1040, with Fries steers to £710. Heifers sold to £1000 for BRB x and HFD x , with others £980 for Char x from J A Chapman. Youngers heifers £905 for Lim x from D J & E A Park. Young bulls sold to £920 from M G & H M Capstick. Best suckler bulls £770 for 6 mo Lim x from D A Wilcock.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: Fr: £710 Carter House. Ang: £950 The Coach House. Slr: £790 Fell House. Lim: £1080 Low House; £1060 Low Fell End; £1040, £1010 Carter House; £1010, £1000 Hollin Hall Farm. Char: £950 Fell House. Here: £780 Cooper House. BrB: £925 The Coach House; £870 Barker Knott. Mon: £1170 Crook Hall Farm. Blo: £885 Causeway Farm. Store Heifers: Lim: £970 Low Fell End; £960 Hole House; £905 Hollin Hall Farm; £900 Capplerigg Farm. Char: £980 North Lodge. Here: £1000 Gladden Hey Farm; £840 North Lodge. Sim: £920 North Lodge. BrB: £1000 Gladden Hey Farm; £800 Meadow View. Blo: £800 Meadow View. Store Bulls: Lim: £770 Gladden Hey Farm. Stab: £920, £815 Park House Farm.
A special entry of Beef Breeding Cattle saw Cows and calves sell to £1820 from G M Strong and Heifers with calves £1520 from P & C Gibson. A Lim bull from K M & K J Curwen sold for a final bid of £2100. The dispersal sale on behalf of the late D Underhill attracted keen interest from the Northern Counties and Wales. A top price of £1680 was achieved for a 2011 pure Luing In-calf Cow, with others £1480. Luing Cows with calves sold to £1650, with others £1550. Red Poll Cows with calves sold to £900. Young stock were keenly sought after, with pure Luing Heifers £900, £820 and Red Polls £760. A mature Luing bull sold at £900, with a Red Poll £840 A very mixed show of Cast Cows were forward for today’s sale with a full ringside of buyers competing strongly for all classes of cows. Black and white cows to 144.5p/kg from A & B Pickthall of Hincaster, purchased by Mr L Fell, with good meated cows 120p-130p/kg and plainer cows around the £1/kg mark. Cont cows topped at 179.5p/kg for a Lim x cow from T, L B & J Knowles of Selside. A very pleasing overall average of 117.54p/kg was achieved for all cattle sold.
Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cattle: Fr: 144.5p Bradley Farm; 137.5p Low Stangerthwaite; 134.5p Lockbank Farm; 129.5p Espford Farm. Ayr: 119.5p, 117.6p, 114.5p Sunny Bank. Sho: 134.5p Broad Oak; 111.5p School House. Gal: 109.5p High Row. MRI: 129.5p Piked Howe. Lim: 179.5p High Borrowbridge; 159.5p Gladden Hey Farm; 149.5p Tilberthwaite.
The weekly sale of Stirks and Calves at J36 had a bumper entry of 78 forward. All types of calves were keenly sought after. Black and Whites were in very strong demand and best types of beef calves selling well. Weaned Black and Whites sold to £250 from H J Robinson & Son of Elm Tree farm with rearing calves on milk achieving £150 from R & J Dodgson of Cracalt Farm. All Black and Whites averaged £93.52. Beef bred calves sold to £505 from Mill Farm of Brookhouse with a Limousin bull calf at 10 weeks old. British blues sold to £420 for bulls from JW & TE Sharp of Flodder Hall, with others from the same home selling to £400. Heifer calves were in good demand, with them all selling to their value. A larger entry of stirks forward saw Limousin bulls at 7 month old selling to £670 from RH & RA Fawcett of Green Dragon Farm and Friesian bred bulls from the same home making £410.
Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: Fr: £250, £175 Elm Tree Farm; £170, £150 Middle Bank Farm; £150 Cracalt Farm. Ang: £220 Ridding Lane Farm. Sho: £160 School House. Lim: £510 Middle Bank Farm; £320 Spout House. BrB: £420, £400 Flodder Hall; £365, £350 Cinder Barrow; £330, £300 Holme House; £300 Hagg Farm. Blo: £220, £200 Ridding Lane Farm. Heifer Calves: Ang: £260, £215 Elm Tree Farm; £200 Warton Grange Farm. Lim: £450, £380, £350, £300 Middle Bank Farm; £360 Hill Farm. BrB: £305, £280, £270 Holme House; £300 Hagg Farm. Blo: £225, £215 Ridding Lane Farm. Steer Calf: Lim: £505 Hill Farm. Bull Stirks: Fr: £410 Green Dragon Farm. Ang: £350 The Lodge. Lim: £670 Green Dragon Farm.
Tuesday 21st April North West Auctions held their weekly sale of Prime Stock at J36 where an entry of 50 Spring Lambs forward were to 225p/kg for Suffolk x lambs from J M Case & Son of Ulverston and to £90 a head, again for Suffolk lambs from H R & K A Hodgson of Barbon. An entry of 1,000 Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep were put before the usual complement of buyers. A very mixed entry of Hoggs were forward, with export type hoggs remaining a good trade but, unfortunately, were few and far between. Topping the sale at £110 was a pure Charollais hogg from John Stott of Crosscrake. Handy weight hoggs were a straight trade but heavy hoggs would see the biggest drop in price on the week, with a lot more on the market and abattoirs having to contend with a lot of ‘out of spec’ sheep, which is pulling the price of sheep back country wide. This left an overall market average of 170.27p/kg, which, with the quality of hoggs forward, was well in line with all other centres.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs: Dor: £89, £88 Beckside Barn. Suff: £90 Howrigg; £88 Cracalt Farm. Tex: £84 Hallbeck. Prime Hoggs: Suff £89 Trees Farm; £75 Cracalt Farm, Brow Head. Mule £80 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £77 Heaton Hall Farm; £75 Hill Top Farm, Burton Hill, High House Farm. Swale £71, £70.50 Holme House Farm; £71 Cuerdale Hall Farm. Rough £74 Moss End Farm; £73 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £70 Moss Howe Farm. Char £110, £82, £72 Kingsland. Chev £94 Brow Head; £80 Green Head. Tex £86, £80 Clawthorpe Lodge; £82 Cuerdale Hall; £81 Millness Hall. Bel £79 Keerfalls Forest Farm.
A big show of 480 Cast Sheep were forward and despite being a little easier on the week, trade was not as far back as some local markets had witnessed last week. Sheep topped at £132 on several occasions. Plenty of Continental and Suffolk sheep £115-£130. Mule ewes weren’t reaching the heights of last week’s trade, topping at £98, with good meated ewes mid-nineties. Plainer ewes £75-£80. Horned ewes to £92 for Rough Fell ewes and to £82 for Swaledales.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Suff £128 Aynsome Croft; £122 Cracalt Farm; £116 Dunhazels Farm; £100 Lane Ends Farm, Hill Park. Mash £88 Mosergh Farm. Mule £98 Lane Ends Farm; £94 The Dell; £92 Hill Park, Stubb Farm. Swale £82 Whelpside Farm; £74, £70 Ashstead; £71 Low Newton Farm; £70 Overthwaite Farm. Rough £92 Wasdyke Farm; £90 Mosergh Farm. Char £132 Spital Farm, Kingsland; £122 Trees Farm; £110 Capplethwaite Hall. Chev £108 Green Head; £94, £86 Orchard House. Tex £132 Dendron Farm; £130 Heaton Hall Farm, The Dell. Lei £114, £110 High House Farm. Herd £68 Tilberthwaite; £60 Bannerigg Farm.
Sheep & lambs sell to £250 (£83/life) The weekly sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw 685 sell, with a 100% clearance achieved. A run of Mule shearlings with twins from G & K M Atkinson attracted keen interest, selling to £250, £245, with Texel x shearlings £248. Other shearlings sold to £70/life for Texel x from C McGuickin. Ewes sold to £185 for 2 crop Mules with Suffolk lambs from G & I D Postlethwaite, with others regularly £165-£172. Texel ewes with Texel twins from J A Chapman sold to £202, £198, with most £60-£65 per life. Hill ewes now coming forward, selling to £152 for Cheviots with Mule singles. Gritstones with Texel twins £150 and Herdwicks £100. Empty Texel x gimmer hoggs achieved £98 from L E & A Ridding. All sheep sold to average £55.81/life, ranging from £67-£250 per family.
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Lancaster Auction Mart Monthly Dairy Sale There was an entry of 25 head of dairy cattle at the April Dairy Sale, comprising of 1 cow, 21 heifers and 4 in-calf heifers. The pre-sale show was judge by Graham Bradley, of Pressall, who after much deliberation awarded the 1st Place heifer and then Champion Rosette to Lot 7, Garsby Windybrook Irene, sold a month calved, she later went on to sell for £1800 to the judge. Reserve Champion was awarded to lot 13, from MJ & H Atkinson, supported by 4 generations of VG & EX and sold giving 31litres she went on to realise £1850. Trade topped at £2350, again from Mark and Heather Atkinson, with Wyredale Seaver Gertrude 49. Trade was selective throughout the sale, with the best heifers selling well, whilst the middle range sorts were a fraction easier in comparison to last month. Overall average of £1520 for all heifers forward. Trade of the morning came from G & M Robinson, Longfield House selling four heifers’ in-calf to the Angus, to £1400 (x3) and £1380. The next sale is Monday 18th May.
Farm to Farm Dairy Sales
Show Results Heifers 1st Lot 7 W & G Cornthwaite 2nd Lot 13 MJ & H Atkinson 3rd Lot 18 TM Townley
Cow 1st Lot 3 T Cowell
30 Pedigree Holstein Heifers 6-12months old.
Best Pairs 1st Lot 11/13 MJ & H Atkinson Champion Reserve Champion
Wanted
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Lot 7 W & G Cornthwaite Lot 13 MJ & H Atkinson
pedigrees. 6 In-calf Holstein Heifers To calve May/June Pedigrees preferred but anything considered. Available 2 Holstein Bulling Heifers Non-Pedigree
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NWA Professional 015395 66222 CE MARKING OF NEW FARM BUILDINGS Changes in construction legislation require CE marking on all new steel framed buildings being erected on farms and commercial sites throughout the UK. This was introduced on 1ST July 2014 when it became a criminal offence, punishable by a prison sentence, for a steel framed building (which most agricultural buildings are) to be supplied without a CE Mark. Some Trading Standards departments are now contacting businesses subject to CE Marking to establish what steps they have taken to achieve compliance with the new legislation under the Construction Products Regulations 2011. CE Marking demonstrates, among other things, that the building is fit for purpose under BS EN 1090-1:2009 ‘Execution of Steel Structures and Aluminium Structures’. Recent winters appear to have shown that many farm buildings may not have been fit for purpose since they have collapsed under the weight of snow because they were either not correctly designed or fabricated. Farmers can ensure the new buildings they are investing in are correctly designed and fabricated to CE Marking standards by engaging a steel-framed building manufacturer member of RIDBA, see www.ridba.org.uk/cemarking.htm
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