2021 Highland Breeders' Journal

HIGHLAND BREEDERS’ JOURNAL

2021

CONTENTS Contents Letter from Her Majesty The Queen.............................. 5 Presidents of the Society.............................................. 6 President’s Message..................................................... 7 Office Bearers & Trustee Members.........................8 & 9 Price List.................................................................... 14 Register Online.......................................................... 15 Who’s Who In The Office........................................... 16 Advantages of Membership....................................... 17 Editor’s Foreword....................................................... 19 Meet the............................................................... 20-25 Epitaphs................................................................ 29-30 Gift Aid...................................................................... 31 #Next Generation................................................. 33-36 Society Sales..........................................................38-41 Stockmen of our Time........................................... 44-56 Summer Shows..................................................... 58-62 Victoria 4th of Craigowmill.................................... 65-67 Highland Cattle Ireland..........................................69-71 Changes to Tagging................................................... 73 Highland Checs Beginners.......................................... 75

Mottistone Fold Breeding Policy............................ 78-84 A Brave New Era........................................................ 87 Fearn Farm Feature.................................................... 89 Good Beef Index........................................................ 91 Kitchen Coos & Ewes............................................ 94-96 Regenerative Farming...........................................99-103 Robert & Wendy Phillip............................................ 105 Bretmore Feature........................................... 108 & 109 Smile Showing Feature.................................... 110 & 111 DNA Tissue Tagging........................................ 112 & 113 Neogen Genomics..............................................115-117 Highland Cattle Society Drove......................... 118 & 119 All About Bulls............................................... 122 & 123 New Members............................................... 128 & 129 Members’ List....................................................130-160 Breed Standard.............................................. 164 & 165 Society Field officers................................................. 166 Panel of Judges..................................................167-170

Acknowledgements The Highland Cattle Society would like to thank the following for their contribution to this new look Highland Cattle Breeders Journal: • Her Majesty the Queen • Galbraith • United Auctions • Finnie 4x4 • Neogen Genomics • Dalton Tags • Neil Shand CEO, National Beef Association

• Helen Carty, BVM&S Cert AVP (Cattle) MRCVS • Catherine MacGregor Photography • HRH Photo • All the Highland Cattle Society Members and Trustees who kindly contributed articles and photos making this journal possible.

The Highland Cattle Breeders Club Secretarys for taking part in our new feature.

• A huge thank you to all our #Next Generation young members who kindly took part in a new feature for our journal.

Finally, we would like to say a massive thank you to Darren Bruce, Carol-Anne Forbes, Ken Fletcher Shirley Derani and the whole Scottish Farmer team who are instrumental in the publication of this journal. It is a massive task every year and we thank you for your dedication, creativity, hard work and patience. massive task every year and this year has been even harder under the circumstances of COVID-19; we thank you for your dedication, creativity, hard work and patience.

Highland Cattle Society, Scottish Charity No: SCO13974. Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN 01786 446866

Advertisers’ Index AA McInture Poultry...................... 113 AJ Ewing Livestock Exporters..........163 Allanfearn....................................... 10 Ann Davidson Butchers..................124 Applecross Estate.............................. 4 Ardbhan................................. 42 & 43 Ashmore........................................163 Balnabroich..................................... 37 Benmore......................................... 57 Biobest..........................................161 Borland..........................................124 Brue Highlanders............................ 88 Cailaich..........................................161 Callachally....................................... 57 Cladich................................... 26 & 27 Craigluscar Farm..............................11

Craigowmill.................................... 64 Dalton Tags....................................... 2 Eilean Mor/Glenmore...................... 93 Farming Scotland...........................127 Finnie 4x4......................................172 Galbraith........................................ 85 German Highland Cattle Society.....171 Glenkinglass.................................... 72 Graffogue....................................... 68 Hellifield Highlanders...................... 97 Highland Cattle USA....................... 90 Hunters Highlanders...................... 104 K2 of Cladich.................................. 63 Kilchoan........................................121 Killochries................................12 & 13 Meggernie...................................... 92

Morag.......................................... 106 Ormsary.......................................... 86 Pedigree Plus.................................. 98 Pollok............................................126 Polycrub.........................................107 Pothoff..........................................120 Reilth Top......................................120 Romesdal...................................... 104 Scottish Woodlands........................ 32 SRUC/HISH....................................162 Stair...............................................162 Stephen Green, Blackburn Farm..... 106 The Mill @ Fearn Farm....................125 Tippetcraig......................................74 Tordarroch...................................... 77 UA Operations................................ 28 Woodneuk.......................................18

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in any of the journal’s features are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Highland Cattle Society. Apologies: For any inadvertent errors or omissions.

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LETTER FROM THE QUEEN

As patron of the Highland Cattle Society, I send my warmest greetings to all those concerned with the association.

I was most pleased to hear that during the past year, Society Members have continued to keep in close contact, held electronic events, and used hereditary information from their cattle to help future breeders.

I much appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing as you did and, in return, send my best wishes to you all for a most successful year ahead.

ELIZABETH R.

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PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY 1884 1887 1888 1890 1891 1893 1895 1897 1898 1900 1902 1904

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The Duke of Athole John Malcolm of Pottalloch The MacIntosh of MacIntosh The Duke of Sutherland The Duke of Hamilton, K.T. The Earl of Ancaster The Right Hon. Lord Middleton The Right Hon. Lord Malcolm of Pottalloch John Stewart of Ensay Charles J Murray, M.P. of Lochcarron The Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle Sir Reginald A.E. Cathcart, Bart of Carleton, Cluny Castle, Aberdeen W.D. MacKenzie of Farr Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Sir Wm Ogilvy Dalgleish. Bart Col. Malcolm of Pottalloch, C.B The Earl of Southesk Gerard Craig Sellar of Ardtornish Col. John Campbell of Kilberry T Martin MacDonald of Barguillean Hugh Morrison, Esq. M.P., Islay House, Islay T Martin MacDonald of Barguillean Right Hon. Lord Strathcona & Mount Royal Thomas M. MacDonald of Barquillean, Taynault H.M. The King Mr J.J. Currie, Arnicle, Glenbarr, Tarbert Mr J.J. Currie, of Kildalloig, Campbeltown T.E. Nelson, Achnacloich, Connel T.E. Nelson, Achnacloich, Connel Sir James Denby Roberts, Bart, Strathallan Castle T.H.L. MacDonald, Barguillean, Taynuilt Capt. J Burnaby Coutts, Gaskbeg, Laggan, Newtonmore M.A.C. Noble, Ardkinglas, Argyll W Pearson Brown, Alderley Market, Easington, Yorks Brig. R.W.L. Fellowes, C.B.E. M.C., Claich,

by Dalmally Sir Jas. Denby Roberts, Bt. O.B.E., Strathallan Castle, Auchterarder Mrs J Bowser, Argaty, Doune Mrs J Bowser, Argaty, Doune A.J.K. Laing, F.L.A.S., Pollok House A.J.K. Laing, F.L.A.S., Pollok House T.B.L. Thomson, Woodneuk, Barrhead T.B.L. Thomson, Woodneuk, Barrhead Commander H. Duncan, Inveruglas, Arrocher, Dumbarton Commander H. Duncan, Inveruglas, Arrocher, Dumbarton The Earl of Mansfield, Scone Palace, Perth The Earl of Mansfield, Scone Palace, Perth Capt. D.S. Bowser, Argaty, Doune Capt. D.S. Bowser, Argaty, Doune W.H. Black, Balboughty Home Farm, Perth

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W.H. Black, Balboughty Home Farm, Perth K.W. Walker, Leys Castle, Inverness K.W. Walker, Leys Castle, Inverness W.G. Gordon, DFC, Lude, Blair Atholl W.G. Gordon, DFC, Lude, Blair Atholl R.A. Thomson, Ormsary Est. Office, Lochgilphead R.A. Thomson, Ormsary Est. Office, Lochgilphead W.A. MacPhail, Hungerhill Est Office, Coolham, Nr Horsham, Surrey W.A. MacPhail, Hungerhill Est Office, Coolham, Nr Horsham, Surrey D.L. Fellowes, Inistrynich, Dalmally D.L. Fellowes, Inistrynich, Dalmally D.L. Fellowes, Inistrynich, Dalmally K.W. Walker, Leys Castle, Inverness A.J.M. Gibson, Edinvale, Dallas, Moray A.J.M. Gibson, Edinvale, Dallas, Moray A.J.M. Gibson, Edinvale, Dallas, Moray A.R. MacKay, Wester Auchendennan Farm, Arden A.R. MacKay, Wester Auchendennan Farm, Arden J.R.E. Nelson, Stable Cott, Ledlanet, Kinross Mrs H Barker, Mid Torrie Farm, Callander Mrs H Barker, Mid Torrie Farm, Callander Mrs H Barker, Mid Torrie Farm, Callander Archie McArthur, Ormsary Est. Office, Lochgilphead Archie McArthur, Ormsary Est. Office, Lochgilphead W.A.N. Thomson, Woodneuk Fm, Barrhead, Glasgow W.A.N. Thomson, Woodneuk Fm, Barrhead, Glasgow Mrs J Dawes, Craycombe House, Fladbury, Worcester Mrs J Dawes, Craycombe House, Fladbury, Worcester Richard Turner, Greygarth, Dallowgill, Ripon Richard Turner, Greygarth, Dallowgill, Ripon David Souter, Deanbank House, Glamis David Souter, Deanbank House, Glamis Ken Brown, Ledlanet, Kinross Ken Brown, Ledlanet, Kinross Donald MacGillivray, Pennygowan Fm, Aros, Mull Donald MacGillivray, Pennygowan Fm, Aros, Mull Andrew Kirkpatrick, Strathmore, Beith Road, Glengarnock, Beith Andrew Kirkpatrick, Strathmore, Beith Road, Glengarnock, Beith Ian Bowie, Little Carbeth, Killearn Ian Bowie, Little Carbeth, Killearn Charlie Bruce, Bogside, King Edward, Banff Charlie Bruce, Bogside, King Edward, Banff Tom Nelson, Glengorm, Isle of Mull Tom Nelson, Glengorm, Isle of Mull Tom Thomson, Woodneuk, Glasgow Tom Thomson, Woodneuk, Glasgow Gordon McConachie, Culfoichmore, Advie, Granton on Spey Gordon McConachie, Culfoichmore, Advie, Granton on Spey Sir James Paice, Snailbridge House, The Moor, Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE When I wrote last yea r’s message little did I think that once again I would be writin g about the absence of most shows including the Royal Hig hland for a second yea r running.

However, that is where we are with few show results to celebrate. We did have our usual auction in Oc tober 2020 but without the show or the usual weekend of activities.

Although entries were well down unsurprisin gly the prices were good. In Decembe r your Trustees had to de cide what to do about the February show especially as Covid was raging again. They decided tha t to ask anyone to tra vel or mixing the circumstances wo uld be irresponsible and cancelled both show and sale.

Not everyone was ha ppy with this decision, but it was the right one. Instead, Tru stees decided to hold a full on-line sal e where neither buyer nor seller nor cattle needed to travel . This was held in March and although as a first time was suc cessful. It also transpire d that United Auctions were holding their own sale of Highla nd cattle in Ma rch at Ob an. We were happy to were again well down help promote it, entrie on usual, but some exc s elle nt prices were achieved.

We all hope that the worst

of Covid is behind us and that we can again hold ou and sales in the future. Tru r usual shows stees have decided howe ver to move the February Following the decisions sale into March. at recent AGMs your Society became a Scottis Incorporated Organisation h Charitable (SCIO) in July this year. In addition, by changing the March 31st future full AG year end to Ms will be held at Oban in October although there February 2022 to tidy thi will be one in ngs up for the transition.

On the positive side a few shows have been held so I must congratulate all wh part and especially those o took who won prizes.

However, the really good news is the demand for both membership of the and our cattle. There is a society regular list of new memb ers who are buying cattle many of our existing me from mbers. Obviously, some are small folds but the evidence that the comme re is rcial traits of Highlanders is becoming more recognis This leads me to the issue ed. of DNA. Whilst we now req uire tissue for parentage testing some of our memb ers are also using it for ge netic improvement worki with Neogen. The impo ng rtant thing to note is tha t an animal’s potential is affected by both its gene tics and the way it is kep t, fed etc.

I must thank all trustees for their support. We ha ve a more experienced and professional board of trustees than for a long tim e with a wide range of skills between them.

In particular I thank An n Chinner our vicepresident who has worke d wonders in developing the new constitution.

Finally, the staff. Anne-M arie, David and Janet have had to contend with working from home , isolation and other cov id constraints whilst continuing to provid e us all with the service we wish for. A huge thank you to them.

Sir James Paice

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OFFICE BEARERS & TRUSTEE MEMBERS

President

Vice President

SIR JAMES PAICE (JIM)

ANN CHINNER

Snailbridge House, The Moor, Fordham, Ely CB7 5LU

Tarland Lodge, Tarland, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 4TB

T: 01638 721526 (H) E: jim.paice@highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07792 175957 (M) E: ann.chinner@highlandcattlesociety.com

Breed Secretary

Treasurer

ANNE-MARIE THOMSON

DAVID HYLAND

Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN

Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN

T: 01786 446866 (W) E: anne-marie@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 01786 446866 (W) E: david@ highlandcattlesociety.com

Elected 2020: Retires 2023

Elected 2020: Retires 2023

GRAEME EASTON

STUART CAMPBELL

IAIN GRAHAM

The Ranch, Letham, Angus DD8 2PG

Keppochan Farm House,Cladich, Dalmally, Argyll, PA33 1BQ

Sheraig Cottage, Kilmacolm PA13 4TE

T: 07710 534828 (M) E: graeme.easton@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07786 621705 (M) E: stuart.campbell@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07808 056403 (M) E: iain.graham@ highlandcattlesociety.com

Elected 2019: Retires 2022

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OFFICE BEARERS & TRUSTEE MEMBERS

Elected 2020 : Retires 2023

Elected 2020 : Retires 2023

Co-opted Council : Retires 2022

HUGH SAGGERS

KEN BROWN

ROSEMARY HUNTER

Ledlanet, Kinross, Kinross-shire KY13 0RR

Barnhill Farm, Allanton, Shotts ML7 5AB

T: 07899 877001 (M) E: ken.brown@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07913 919003 (M) E: rosemary.hunter@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07549 172365 (M) E: hugh.saggers@ highlandcattlesociety.com

Co-opted Council : Retires 2021

Co-opted Council : Retires 2021

Co-opted Council : Retires 2022

JACKY HARRISON

Leys Castle, Inverness IV1 2AF

Reilth Top, Bishops Moat, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5LL

MATT AULD

ROBERT TEDBURY

West Plann, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0EF

T: 01588 630666 (H) E: jacky.harrison@ highlandcattlesociety.com

T: 07919 228070 (M) E: matt.auld@ highlandcattlesociety.com

Fold View, Church Farm, London Road, Hardham, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1LB T: 07803 087213 (M) E: robert.tedbury@btinternet.com

OFFICE BEARERS & TRUSTEE MEMBERS The Highland Cattle Society consists of President, Vice President, Past President and 12 trustee members from throughout the United Kingdom.

Co-opted Council : Retires 2024

DOCHY ORMISTON Gelderside, Balmoral Estate, Ballater T: 07884 178679 (M) E: dochy.ormiston@ highlandcattlesociety.com

Approximately 6 meetings are held throughout the year.

If you need assistance or have anything you wish to raise please contact your local council member.

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REGISTER ONLINE 1

Go to www.highlandcattlesociety.com

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Scroll to the bottom of any page and click on Cattle Database

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Click ‘Members Area Only’

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Enter your username (your email address)

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Enter your password (available from the Highland Cattle Society Office)

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Click Register Animal

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Enter the animal details

A. Name of animal minus the Prefix, eg Ceit NOT of Cheeklaw B. Ear Tag - last 6 digits of ear tag only (the system will find your herd mark)

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Click Add

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Enter subsequent animal details

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Click Submit

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WHO’S WHO IN THE OFFICE

Anne-Marie Carruthers email : anne-marie@highlandcattlesociety.com “The office is almost back to normal with David and Janet being office-based Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. I am also in the office Tuesday – Thursday and I normally work from home on a Monday & Friday most weeks. We are here to support you so please do get in touch” Anne-Marie Carruthers

David Hyland Treasurer (part-time) email : david@highlandcattlesociety.com

Janet Duff Financial Controller (part-time) email : janet@highlandcattlesociety.com

The Highland Cattle Society Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN, Scotland Phone: 01786 446866 We are here to help you with: Membership, registrations and Herdbook | Shows, sales, publicity, sponsorship and public relations Payments and general enquiries | Fieldsmens’ visits and practical support Office Bearers and Trustee Members These can also be contacted direct – please see appropriate pages in this journal When you phone the office, we will be pleased to put you on to the right person to help with your enquiry.

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ADVANTAGES OF MEMBERSHIP Why join the Highland Cattle Society?

Our Board of Trustees continues to work towards bringing increasing value to our members.

Our main objective as a charity is to provide an accurate Herd Book and maintain this valuable record of the long history of the breed and preserve the breed’s genetic heritage, but what else do we provide?

There is a long list of benefits: Maintain the herd book and ensure its integrity Provide an annual copy of births in the year showing folds and breeders who continue to maintain the valuable Highland genetics Provide a registration and transfer service and provide an easy method of registering cattle on line Provide an online database search facility that can provide members with any registered animal’s history and lineage, together with fold and members details. This allows you to research your animals’ genetics or look for breeders throughout the UK. Have responsive staff that excels in Customer service and always respond to a query. Even if they can’t answer your query directly they will refer you to somebody who will.

Support the National Show held annually at a location throughout the UK Provide a stand for the major shows, such as the Royal Highland, Great Yorkshire and the Royal Welsh to promote our breed Support regional Highland Cattle clubs by offering representation, leadership assistance and promotion material Sanction a list of Highland Cattle judges and maintain these on our website Sanction Highland cattle shows all over the country and provide Highland Cattle Society rosettes to shows throughout the UK helping to promote the breed and your fold

Publish electronic bulletins keeping you up to date with what is happening throughout our membership and within the society

Work towards grants for education, research and members welfare

Produce an annual journal with features, major show results, members register and much more

Encourage young handlers to participate in the running of the society through various committees

Provide a dynamic and informative website and a platform to advertise your cattle

Encourage breeders throughout the UK by running a Regional Fold competition every two years

Manage regular Society shows and sales which include social and educational events Provide free membership for those buying for the first time at Society show and sale Provide free cattle registration transfers for those cattle sold at a Society show and sales Provide a free fieldsman visit for new members Help promote your fold in other forms of social media for those bringing cattle to the Society sale or selling cattle on our website.

Sanction a list of fieldsmen and maintain common standards Promote our fantastic breed with features and articles in printed and on line publications Promote across the world the Society shows and sales Collaborate with academic research wherever possible Keep abreast with latest developments and research that may have a bearing on Highland Cattle

Encourage young handlers at Society shows and sales

Solicit sponsorship for Society shows and sales and the major shows throughout the country Collect and compile available performance data on Highland cattle Continue ongoing breed development with a bull programme and support pedigree breeders

Encourage DNA testing for cattle pedigree identification, disease services and to identify important breed and beef characteristics Sell fun Highland Cattle Merchandise Above all being a member of the Highland Cattle Society helps to preserve and safeguard the Highland Cattles heritage.

We also have Life Long membership, Associate Members and Junior Members. See our website for details.

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EDITOR’S FOREWORD Welcome to the 2021 Highland Cattle Breede rs Journa

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It is hard to believe how quickly this year has go ne and I now find myself putti ng pen to paper again.

So much has changed in the wo rld and everyone has ha d to learn to adapt to the ch anging world we are liv ing in.

It is not always easy to change, but if we don’t ad ap to changes, we may fin t d ourselves being left behind.

That is not always a ba d thing, I hear some say , and I agree it would be gre at to go back to 2019 be fore all this happened, enjoy a days showing, catch ing up with fellow members, or visiting friends we ha ve no seen for ages, without t having to take restricti ons into consideration beforeh and.

Unfortunately, that is the way it is and will most like ly stay for some time, so make the best of it and lea we just have to rn a new way of living. Wi th this in mind let us hope Show & Sale will take pla that our 124th ce on October 10th & 11t h, with some kind of norm up with fellow members ality, we can meet & friends, enjoy a day’s sho wing and socialising togeth Again, this year, with the er. absence of shows to rep ort on we have had to loo features, we are truly gra k into other teful to our members wh o have put pen to paper experiences, animal husba to share their ndry, breeding practices and the reasons why the keep Highland Cattle. On y choose to e new feature focuses on some of our junior memb they are, how they starte ers. Who d with Highland Cattle an d where they see themselv future. es in the The Society has now introd uced a Junior Membership open to members under age of 18 at a cost of £2 the 5. Junior Members will be entitled to register a fold and register Highland Ca name ttle with the Society.

Despite all the difficultie s and disruptions caused by the pandemic our membership and intere st in Highland Cattle con tinues to grow and sin August 1st last year the ce society has welcomed 77 new members, which is fantastic! A warm welco me is extended to you all.

I would like to take this op portunity to thank all our members and Trustee members for their help an d support throughout the pa st year.

A special thanks go to Jan et and David, who both pu t in a huge amount to keep the office runnin g as smoothly and efficie ntly as possible.

I wish you all the very best of health and luck over the coming months and I look forwa rd to seeing you all again soo n.

Keep safe & well and we hope you enjoy reading you r Journal.

Anne-Marie

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MEET THE...

Following on from last year’s Meet the …. successful feature we are again focusing on our Board of Trustees starting with our Vice President….

Vice President - Ann Chinner I was born and brought up near Banbury in Oxfordshire where uncles on my mother’s side of the family had a large herd of Herefords and on my father’s side it was mostly arable farming.

My parents didn’t farm but I enjoyed getting involved in farm work over the weekends and school holidays.

Most of my working life has been spent in various departments of the Civil Service initially in Banbury but then in Edinburgh, north Wales and many years in London commuting from my current home near Peterborough. Along the way I have also had spells in the accountancy profession and with the Prince of Wales’ charities. I got my first 2 Highland cows with calves at foot in 2006 and gradually increased the numbers to around 40 pedigree Highlanders that I have today.

In 2015 I moved to Aberdeenshire and joined the North of Scotland Highland Cattle Club and last year I moved back south of the border and am now also a member of the Midlands and South Highland Cattle Club. Currently my fold graze Forestry England woodland where they are the subject of a conservation grazing project. I have reached the number I can comfortably manage so I am not expecting to increase the fold size further. I sell my beef in part to a restaurant and in part to individual local customers.

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What car do you drive?

Old Landrover Defender and even older BMW Z4

2. What is your favourite film?

Farmers don’t have time to watch films do they?

6. If you weren’t in your current role, what would you like to do?

I’m very happy but more time for travel would be great.

3. What is your favourite tipple?

Esker Gin

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4. Favourite Band?

David Bowie

8. What is your best or memorable Highland Cattle achievement to date?

Selling Highland beef to Aberdeenshire farmers who loved it and came back for more.

5. Favourite book?

Anything on game cookery

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Best holiday?

Exploring the goldrush towns in the Yukon

MEET THE...

Council Member - Robert Tedbury My home county is Devon on leaving school I went on day release to Dorset College of Agricultural and worked on a small family run dairy beef farm, joined young farmers and was treasurer for two years and chairman for a year.

In 1980 Sandie and I were married and moved to Surrey, four years as tractor driver then one year in Oxfordshire as head tractor driver and then moved to West Sussex as foreman relief stockman in1986 now with two small boys.

Over a period of years, the ownership of the farm changed four times, but the staff all stayed together until 1998, when we were told that the farm was going to be rented out and all staff were to be made redundant, and dairy cows sold the following March 1999. I decided that I had had enough of new employers and agents over the last fourteen years so asked how to apply for the tenancy.

After taking some advice I put together an application and eventually was granted a five-year FBT to start in April 1999. With no spare money all the grass was let out as keep to a local cattle dealer with me looking at them daily then wintering them in my barns on silage made by a contractor. In my spare time driving the local arable farmers machinery in payment for getting my arable work done by him.

In effect he was paying me to grow and farm my corn for which he charged me contractor rates, it worked well as I needed no tractors or machinery just a twelveyear-old JCB Loadall.

This system worked until I had a chance to buy a small herd of pure Simmental cattle during October 2001 in the middle of foot and mouth, they turned out to be fourteen cows some with calves some in calf some barren and an infertile bull, hence the barren ones, not a good start but a good lesson and steep learning curve. These now kept my brook land grass tidy the corn land was contracted out for iceberg lettuce as I have sandy land and an irrigation permit to take water from the river Arun. I did a lot of the groundwork for the iceberg with hired machinery. Suckler cow numbers crept up over three years to fifty cows with all calves being sold as yearlings in the spring.

2004 saw a renewed FBT but after two years my landlord wanted to get me out to sell the farm, it took nearly a year but in December 2006 I bought the farm from them (a Utilities company) and became owner occupier of 360 acres on the south downs next to the river Arun.

In 2005 both my sons left home one for university and one to college, so I bought two Highland yearling heifers to give Sandie, something else to think about now the boys were gone. She had always wanted some but had to make do with porcelain models until now, she really took to them and soon was showing at a local show, but the following year we were all over the county after attending a workshop day, By now we are fully paid up members of the society.

During 2006 Commercial suckler cows crept up to over one hundred and highland cattle over fifty, finished highlanders were now going to dovecote for Christmas.

I saw an advert for the Midland and Southern Club highland cattle workshop and so took Sandie out for the day, a very good day it turned out to be some of the people we met for the first time are now close friends.

2007 Sandie joined the MSHCC, 2010 saw her elected to the committee, 2011 I was also elected on, 2012 Sandie was appointed treasurer and I was

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MEET THE... elected Vice chair. February 2012 I was elected to the Society council and did a full three-year term came off for a year then elected back on for another three years finishing in 2019 to find myself co-opted back again in late 2020.

Our first trip to Oban was February 2008 where we bought two heifers and have been twice a year since missing only once. We are also lucky enough to have won both the small show fold and the large show fold trophy so are very proud of this considering the competition we were against. In 2018 I joined the Field Officers list which I consider is a privilege to serve the breed.

Some things that would not have happened if I did not own hairy horned cows is to spend time on film sets with famous actors and film makers, Snow White and the Huntsman, Macbeth, and four days with Angelina Jolie in Maleficent, also the first edition of a farmers country showdown all down to Highland cattle do I need to say anymore.

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What car do you Drive?

I drive an old Land Rover Discovery 4 Commercial What is your favourite film?

Bambi and Born Free What’s your favourite tipple?

Gin and Tonic Favourite Band?

Kenny Rogers Favourite Book?

Don’t really have one If you weren’t in your current role, what would you like to do?

Long Distance lorry driver Best holiday?

Trekking to Everest base camp for charity What is your best or memorable Highland Cattle achievement to date?

The first time winning an interbreed championship at Surrey County Show with a Highland heifer and calf.

Club Secretary - Gemma Haines Highland Cattle Club of Wales 1.

What car do you drive?

Land Rover Discovery 3

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What is your favourite film?

Moana (what’s not to love?!)

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What is your favourite tipple?

Jack Daniels & Coke

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Favourite Band?

Foo Fighters Favorite Artist?

Amy Mc Donald

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Favourite book?

Any authored by Kathy Reichs

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If you weren’t in your current role, what would you like to do?

I’m very happy with where I am at presently.

I’ve been a stay at home mum throughout lockdown alongside caring for our livestock.

If anything- maybe a bit more farming and a bit less home schooling!

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Best holiday?

Tuscany, Italy in 2017. We made it a road trip from South Wales with our 3 children stopping in Switzerland mid way. The most scenic holiday I’ve had so far!

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8.

What is your best or most memorable Highland Cattle achievement to date?

Actually purchasing my first Highlands seemed quite an achievement. It was months of planning and phone calls and paperwork (and saving up for them of course). It seemed like such a lot to get my head around back then as I had never had cattle previously. Having bought them as heifers we waited a year for them to mature before bulling them. Our first calving season was really special and I still remember finding our first calf and feeling overjoyed. That night I sat in my truck in the field watching it and mum with a small glass of bubbly to celebrate.

MEET THE...

Club Secretary - Elizabeth Gwynn Midland & Southern Highland Cattle Club I was born and brought up near Ross-on-Wye, a small town in the county of Herefordshire, where I have lived all my life.

My family were Master Bakers and after attending Bakery College in Cheltenham I worked with my Dad until he died suddenly in 1965. When the business was sold in 1973, I began teaching at Hereford Technical College before being offered a job at my old college in Cheltenham in 1978, where I was to work until 2005.

I started helping with Girl Guides in 1962 and a friend that I made invited me to her sister’s 21st birthday party where I met my husband, Bob Gwynn. The rest as they say is history.

In 1977 we were able to purchase Bob’s old home, Aston Mill with approximately ten acres of land. He wanted to keep something different on the holding and having seen Highland cattle, whilst taking a trip along the River Severn, set about trying to find some that he could afford. They were very expensive in those days and the Gwynns’ were always careful with their money. However, two Highland cows came up for sale at a rare breed’s sale at Gloucester market and so began our association with the breed.

We joined the club when it was formed in 1992 and enjoyed the many fold visits, meeting new friends and learning about the breed. Whilst visiting America and New Zealand we sought out Folds to visit.

Bob was a committee member when he was taken ill in 2005 and sadly passed away in early 2006. Having obtained a clear T.B. test, we were advised to sell our cows and they found a new home in Wales that Spring.

In the summer of 2006 the Club was due to visit the Frith Fold in West Sussex and I decided to go, thinking that it would be the last Club event that I would attend, but members made me so welcome that I just carried on being a member of the club. Then in 2011, I was invited to be Club President and with the club in need of a minutes’ secretary, I volunteered for the job.

So here I am still doing the job, enjoying the meetings, visits and friendship of members. It has been a privilege to work with the Club and promote the Highland breed.

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What car do you drive?

I drive a very old Mercedes and a not so old Isuzu Pick-up truck.

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What is your favourite film?

Paddington 2 or if you want me to be more intellectual Dr.Zhivago

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What is your favourite tipple?

Cup of tea

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Favourite Band?

Halle Orchestra (my friend’s son is the chief executive so I am a bit bias)

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Favourite book?

The Shetland series by Anne Cleeves and the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths all read in lock down.

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If you weren’t in your current role, what would you like to do?

I don’t need another job as I am now well past my sell by date.

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Best holiday?

Trip to New Zealand in 2004

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What is your best or memorable Highland Cattle achievement to date?

Memorable Highland cattle moment was at the Royal Show in 2004 helping and celebrating with the Monk family from Bromsgrove when they won the Supreme Reed Champion with their five year old cow, Elizabeth of Chadwich.

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MEET THE...

Club Secretary - Veronica Thomson North of Scotland Highland Cattle Club Hi I am Veronica the current North of Scotland Highland Cattle Club Secretary. My husband Kevin and I first got into highland cattle several years ago after we purchased a small bit of land from a neighbouring farmer, the grass grew quickly so we looked at purchasing a lawn mower however, I saw a few highland cattle for sale which were cheaper than the lawn mower.

We then purchased our first pedigree heifer from Oban, Sarah Dubh of Ceannacroic. Years later we now rent fields to keep our 8 breeding cows and calves, 1 bull, 5 heifers and 1 bullock happy and our sons growing flock of coloured Ryeland sheep.

I grew up on a croft where my dad keeps about 70 beef cattle, he has grown to like the highlanders and he has been very helpful with general care and knowledge of the cattle and is always happy to check on them when we are away.

Kevin does most of the work with the cattle, I very often don’t do things right in his eyes and he has to double check, so it is sometimes best to let him do it himself. Callum our son has started showing more of an interest in the cattle over the last year or so, and he seems to be a bit of a calf whisper when it comes to catching calves or it could be that he moves faster than us as well. My daughter Shannon is now at an age she enjoys the banter with folk especially the West of Scotland Club members, where she will wear the west club tie but not the North Club.

As secretary of the North club, it has been great fun meeting new folks, arranging the club yearly show fingers crossed for 2022. We try and organise training/

information days for club members. As a club member

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What car do you drive?

Mini All 4 & VW Touareg.

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What is your favourite film?

The Bodyguard.

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What is your favourite tipple?

Isle of Harris Gin & our local brewery Lonewolf Cloudy Lemon Gin (some who knows me, might say I am not fussy when it comes to a tipple!)

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Favourite Band?

I love a variety of music.

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Favourite book?

Anything by Ian Rankin or Val McDermid.

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and secretary, I have really enjoyed the club trips which

are organised by John Ashton & Maureen MacArthur

they do a fantastic job from arranging the fold visits to

the hotels and bus entertainment & refreshments. All

being well our next trip will be to Denmark in 2022.

If you weren’t in your current role, what would you like to do?

I maybe have best of both worlds - Working with children aged 3 to 5 during day and evenings/weekends with the cattle.

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Best holiday?

Mexico for our honeymoon & the first time we took our children to Disneyland Paris

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What is your best or memorable Highland Cattle achievement to date?

First time showing at The Royal Highland Show almost passing out with nerves, then coming home with 2 trophies and great memories.

MEET THE...

Club Secretary - Robert Phillip North of England Club I have been farming all my life, milking cows until 2005 when we sold the herd to go into highlands full time. Married to Wendy for 43 years we have 3 daughter’s and 5 grand sons.

We bought our first 2 highland cows in 2002 never thinking we would be where we are today.

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What car do you drive?

Land Rover Discovery.

2. What is your favourite film?

The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

3. What is your favourite tipple?

Jura Seven Wood Single Malt Whisky 4. Favourite Band?

David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars.

5. Favourite book?

The theatre of Fish by John Gimlette 6. If you weren’t in your current role,

what would you like to do?

Whisky Salesman.

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Best holiday?

A Cruise around Iceland.

8. What is your best or memorable

Highland Cattle achievement to date?

Being asked to Judge the Show in Pollock Park, I think the only Englishman to do so.

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EPITAPHS The Highland Cattle Society would like to pass on our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following members, who passed away this year

Will Davies We sadly lost Will this year, and I have been asked to write a few words about him. He would have said, “What do you want to do that for man!”

Will spent all his life in the same area, in fact Will and Sylvia as children walked to school together across the land they later purchased and then built their farm on.

Farming, mining and quarrying were to be his means of making a living and he had fantastic in depth knowledge and success across them all. I first came in to contact with Will and his close family through Highland Cattle.

He asked me to call and see him so he could ask for some advice. The strange thing was, I always left his company feeling I had received the advice on cattle, and more importantly valuable knowledge about life too.

It was on one of these visits, that I first found his sense of humour. One example was when he took my wife, daughter and I to the top of farm and asked me to open the gate to see his stock, which I did. He then said to the girls, “Let’s see how fast he can run”, and drove off without me. Another was at the Royal Welsh Show with a £5 pound note taped to a length of string in the cattle lines. He would sit the other side of the lines encouraging me to catch members of the public trying to surreptitiously grab the note, thinking it was their lucky day before I snatched it out of their grip at the last moment. “One more time before you pack up“, he would say, as he pretended to read the paper.

Will had many successes at the RWS with his cattle, yet never brought it up in conversation. The only thing he would admit to being good at was making tea. I was told by a reliable source that he also held a qualification for operation of every type machine and digger at the pit, which is some achievement.

1942 - 2021

I could go on, but he would tell me to shut up, so I will conclude with how to describe Will to our members who never had the privilege of getting to know him.

Will was a shy, humble, kind and generous man, but most of all a truly loving husband and father.

Robin Chilton

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EPITAPHS Jack Ramsay Scotland lost one of its most respected stockmen and a great friend to many with the sudden loss of Jack Ramsay, Millerston, Mauchline, in September.

He was in his 66th year.

Jack was brought up at Mauchline Mains on the family dairy farm where his father kept Ramsay Ayrshires, but while his farming and show career started with poultry – he latterly returned to producing show hens – it was as an exhibitor and breeder of, firstly, Highland cattle, then Beef Shorthorns, that he really made his mark.

He had studied agriculture at the Scottish Rural College, at the Edinburgh campus, before moving on to work on various farms in Ayrshire, before becoming a business partner with the late Tom McLatchie, at Millerston, just outside Mauchline. There, Jack learnt a great deal about bringing out quality Highland cattle and though he was later to give up the breed when farming in his own right, he always had a soft spot for the hairy breed and was much sought after, at home and abroad, as a judge and for advice.

The Millerston fold enjoyed much show and sale success and featured heavily when the German trade was booming and, again, Jack was in demand for sage advice on the breed. Some of the family lines, like the Unas, are still popular in the breed today, both at home and abroad.

One favourite was Una 10 of Millerston – “A rare beast ‘that was at 12 o’clock all show season, from winning Ayr, in April, to standing supreme at Dalmally in September, she kept her form throughout the summer,” said Jack in a recent interview. He first showed the breed at the Royal Highland in 1973 and later recalled he was last in his class that day, but six years later the same animal won the championship, which was a testament to his growing stockmanship.

When Tom McLatchie passed away, Jack was always thankful for the chance left to him to take on Millerston.

When largely farming in their own right, alongside wife Grace, the Beef Shorthorn gradually replaced the Highlanders as the main breed.

But it was almost by accident that the Shorthorns arrived in the first instance in the mid-1990s. Jack had been asked to help prepare both the Moncreiffe Beef Shorthorn herd and Highlander fold for dispersal, and the good nature of the Shorthorns impressed him so much that it led him to buy two in-calf heifers to run on a commercial basis.

The Shorthorns fitted in well with the system at Millerston – both in the pedigree and commercial markets – and he favoured them for their docility, longevity and the ability to cross well with most breeds.

His keen eye for decent, hard-working cattle with a bit of style, meant that the Millerston prefix on the Shorthorns was quickly established as a ‘go to’ herd for replacement heifers and stock bulls.

Jack always thought that strong female lines were the catalyst for success in any herd and of any breed.

He selected his stock very carefully when starting the Shorthorn herd and these included the Irania and Gretta dam lines, originally from Balmyle but coming to

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Died September 2020

Millerston via the Moncrieffe cattle, and the Augusta and Madeline families, which both started out at Calrossie.

He counted Millerston Gretta Freya as one of his top picks from the herd and she had much show success as a heifer and bred well too. Her first calf, Millerston Jester, won the breed championship at all the major shows, in 2017, for Mark and Tracy Severn.

Always with one eye on bloodlines that he thought would work back home, when he judged Tullamore Show, in Eire, he picked out Bushypark Cherry 2, a heifer that impressed Jack so much that day that he bought her full brother as a five-month-old calf and he is now one of the stock bulls at Millerston.

A cherished memory for him and Grace was selling Millerston Kasper for 20,000gns at the Stirling Bull Sales, which was tempered by the fact that Grace had been too ill to attend that sale. He was the second highest priced Shorthorn bull ever to be sold and was a son of Meonhill Charlie Chaplin, a bull which was to breed some great cattle for the 30-cow Millerston herd after he’d been bought as a proven bull from Knockenjig.

Outwith farming, Jack was a keen and learned Burns’ scholar, and was well-known as a raconteur and ditty chanter on the social side of farming. Being sociable was just as important to Jack as breeding great cattle, or hens, and he was a great friend to many, always at the end of the phone catching up on the gossip and craic from a variety of breeds and through various sources, as testified by his phone bill!

Jack’s knowledge and memory were legendary, and he was often called upon to settle disputes regarding pedigrees, show winning dates and could go back several generations in both the pedigrees of animals, and people.

Whenever something cropped up that no one could answer, it was more often than not a case of ‘let’s ask Jack.’

Jack is survived by wife, Grace, daughter Eilidh (who had caught the showing bug from Jack and Grace) and sons, Jack and Stuart.

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#NEXT GENERATION What does your day-to-day job involve?

Sometimes we forget to listen to the younger generation. To really listen to what they have to say. It is largely their future we are making decisions on – and they are the ones who are going to realize it. We have a wealth of talent and experience coming through. Anne-Marie Carruthers caught up with some of them to find out more about them, their careers and their work with Highland Cattle.

I’m currently self-employed working with all aspects of stock, from calving, lambing, clipping and dressing pedigree and commercial animals for shows and sales along with working within the local market a few days a week during peak sale seasons.

How did you become involved in Highland Cattle?

My parents established a fold in 1990 and with the arrival of me in 1995 I was pretty much born into the breed and my passion has grew ever since.

What is it you most love about Highland cattle?

They are an extremely versatile breed, that not only look good but taste tremendous and bring such a great social life along with them.

What is your proudest achievement to date?

I feel I have been very fortunate with opportunities within the breed, but winning the Great Yorkshire at the age of 14 after the passing of my dad a few months prior has definitely been my biggest achievement which gave a real confidence boost.

What are your plans for the future?

Dexter Logan Blairlogan Highlanders Alva

I haven’t set to many aims in life yet and a great believer in “ what’s for you won’t go by you” so I’m currently looking forward to marrying Carolyn in October and growing our stock numbers over the coming years to hopefully one day be full time farming for ourselves, at the end of the day “your health is your Wealth”.

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#NEXT GENERATION I remembered dad showing me, and I just learnt from there onwards. I got help along the way from people way more experienced than me. There was always new things to learn which made me want to keep going at it. I always loved the type of buzz feeling I get whenever I’m away for a sale or show, and the feeling when walking round the sale ring with a beast I know I brought out makes it better. I always make sure to take in what people tell me at sales or outside of sales, and some of the special tricks they showed me to do and not to do; without them I would not be as involved with them as I am.

How was your herd established?

Balemartine fold was established in 2008 when my mum got my dad 2 highland cows for his 40th birthday, one was bred from An Sidhean fold and the other was bred from Callachally fold. We sadly sold these two in 2016 when we had a cut back on the number of stock due to my dad’s illness at the time. In recent years I have managed to get the numbers back up to what I think is right, for just now anyways. Since we started up, we have sold them across Scotland and Europe.

What is it you most love about Highland Cattle?

I think what I love the most about them is that they have such nice temperaments about them. I also find them easy to work with because of their friendly nature as well as they are a unique looking breed with their horns and long hair. They are also tough enough to survive the winters outside every day on Tiree.

Emily Armstrong Balemartine Fold Isle of Tiree How did you become involved with Highland Cattle?

I became involved with Highland Cattle through my dad, I remember on Christmas day when I was only 7, I got a black Applecross heifer. I think that’s what really got me into it Highlanders and made me love going out every day to feed or check the cattle. I had always wanted a black cow, so it made it more exciting and knowing the fact that it was mine made it better going out in the mornings before school. I still have the same cow today and she produces good calves every year.

When my dad sadly passed at the end of 2016, I loved handling the cattle too much to sell them all, so I started haltering them myself and doing mainly everything as

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What is your proudest achievement to date with Highland Cattle?

My proudest achievement was probably winning overall young handler in Feb 2020 with Brogan Ruadh of Kintore Castle. But I think overall my proudest achievement is having people telling me that I’m doing a good job on the cattle and how I bring them out. It means a lot because I know that they’ve been in this business a lot longer than me and I’m the one who puts the work into them so it’s nice to get compliments on them and on how I’m doing.

What are your plans for the future?

I’m hoping to try to get into Vet School if my grades at school go the right way but another thing I was thinking was going to agricultural collage and studying something there, I’d love to continue with the livestock side of agriculture in any way possible throughout my life, hopefully that’s a vet.

#NEXT GENERATION William & Oliver Perkins Thistle Fold Warwickshire

I am William Perkins I am 15 years old. Our fold “Thistle Fold” was established in 1995. We have on average 65 head depending on how many beef steers we have in and what females we have kept for breeding each year.

I have been showing since I was 4 when I started in the young handlers’ classes at the Three Counties Show and Moreton Show. Mum bought me my first highland heifer from Oban “Seud Ruadh 320th of Benmore”. Mum said Richie Thomson said she was really quiet and would be a good cow for me. First time out with her Robert Phillip put me up 2nd and then Reserve Champion at Burwarton Show. I also got to take part in the team of 4 that day and we won that too. Felt such a great honour to take part.

Please introduce yourselves and tell everyone How did you and your family became involved with Highland Cattle?

We are William and Oliver Perkins from Thistle Fold Highlands in Warwickshire.

I now have 2 heifers from Seud and hope to show them soon as we can.

In 2019 we went to Rutland Show in the June, and I met Robert Wain. Rob had a dun heifer calf at foot with a black cow. I really liked her and asked mum if I could buy her. I was told yes if you do the deal! So…I went to talk to Rob, and we shook hands on a deal that I would have her in the October when she was weaned. I had officially bought my own cow but then I had to work all summer to pay for her! I waited patiently for the call from Rob to say she was ready to collect but mum never told me she had already spoken to him. Mum and Becky Rowlands had to go to Woodneuk to collect cattle bought in Oban and they detoured to Derbyshire and picked up my heifer without telling me!

I wanted to do my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award and as part of it I went to help James Williamson and Jacky Harrison on their small farm last year. I enjoyed helping them halter train their heifers and with other jobs on the agenda. Sadly, Covid meant I couldn’t go back but I am due to visit very soon to pick up the reins and help again. I feel honoured that they wanted me to help. I hope I do a good job.

I hope to go to Hartpury College and do an agricultural course but not decided which yet. I love driving tractors and helping do the farm jobs. I have missed not showing this last year and seeing our farming friends at shows. Hopefully, it returns to normal very soon.

I am Oliver Perkins, and I am 11. I love helping out on the farm, but I enjoy helping dad lots doing mechanic repairs. I bought my own tractor an old International 434 with my savings. I want to finish restoring it with my dad.

I am also learning to ride mum’s horses which I really love helping with. I did my first young handlers when I was 3 at Moreton Show. My brother took part and I also wanted to. Mum put a white shirt on me as a coat and gave me a calf. I was very proud of my rosette. I have a black heifer of my own called Daisy Dhubh but I don’t have any calves yet. Bob and Guy Mumford have been really kind to me over the last few years loaning me their quiet cows for young handlers. I want to have some more cows of my own, but Mum is waiting for one suitable for showing too.

I also miss my friend Eirian Rowlands who I haven’t seen for ages. I love visiting her farm and staying to help Huw with the sheep. Hopefully, we can get our show family back very soon.

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#NEXT GENERATION to produce amazing calves. I love their gentle and inquisitive natures.

What is your proudest achievement?

I am proud of the achievements that my siblings and I have received over the years of showing the cattle in Oban and locally, including winning the Cladich cup for best pair of heifer calves on multiple occasions. I am proud that we are able to turn out good stock to the show and sale ring. The young handlers competition it is always something that I look forward to and encourage my youngest sister to participate in. It’s great to see young people interested and enthusiastic about the breed and showing.

Where do you hope to be in 10 years?

In 10 years I hope that the Dunach fold is still going strong, and maybe even to have started my own fold somewhere. I hope that the highland cattle show and sale continues to be well attended at Oban, attracting visitors from worldwide.

How do you feel about the future of farming in the UK?

Murn Cameron Glenmachrie Farm Oban How did you get into farming?

I was brought up on a farm just outside of oban where my dad had worked since he left school. My dad took over as manager of Dunach estate in 2009 and we were always involved in the farm growing up. In 2012 my sister and me were given the opportunity to show heifers for the first time at the highland cattle society Autumn show and sale and we absolutely loved it. My love for highland cattle grew stronger from then on.

What work are you currently doing?

I currently work as a nurse in A&E full time. I spend the time that I can at home on the farm and working with the highland cattle. I like to spend time in the field with the calves to get them used to people being around them.

What is it you love most about highland cattle?

I love the hardiness of the highland breed they are out on the west coast in all weathers and manage

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It’s a scary time for everyone with Brexit and the effects of Covid. I hope that all folds/businesses can adapt to the current/future challenges that Brexit and Covid bring, and are able to strengthen and continue their businesses.

SOCIETY SALES 123rd ANNUAL AUTUMN SALE Monday 12 October, 2020

Auctioneer Raymond Kennedy

semen from K2 of Cladich, who was the male champion at the Highland Cattle Society Bull Sales in February 2020, a rare opportunity indeed.

Society President Sir Jim Paice commented, ‘Given that we had to abandon the usual show the sale was well worthwhile and proves that there is a good demand for good Highland cattle’.

Anne-Marie Carruthers

Nighean Ruadh of Shellachan – 3400gns

The Highland Cattle Society Autumn Sale of Pedigree Cattle took place on Monday, October 12, 2020. The market was a lot quieter than normal due to current COVID-19 restrictions with only vendors and buyers allowed to attend. Despite the difficulties the sale went well with most lots sold including a run of unhaltered older cows to 1400 gns. Both vendors and buyers went home happy with their day.

Sale leader at 3400gns was Nighean Ruadh of Shellachan, from Mr D Buchanan, Shenavallie and bred

by Lt. Col Colin Stewart Winter.

Bred out of Proiseag 3rd of Stair by Neil Ruadh of Shenavallie she is in calf to Geason Dubh of Shenavllie, and heads to Fintry, Glasgow to Euan MacMillan, Lurg & Townhead Farms.

Next best at 3000gns was a young heifer calve from Mrs Jon H Strickland’s Cladich fold. This was Lady Jane White 3rd of Cladich. By Dochie 1st of Gartocharn out of Lady Jane White of Cladich.

Tom Nelson’s Glengorm fold from Mull, reached 2700gns for the three-year-old heifer Barabel Ban Flath 22nd of Glengorm. By Craigowl 7th of Glamis Castle, out of Ailsa 1st of Glengorm, she was sold in-calf to Philip of Richmondhill, when knocked down to N & M McLellan.

AJ Ewing then paid 2200gns for three-year-old heifer Hannah of Rannoch, from Donald & Malcolm MacNaughton, Kelty, Fife. Her sire is a previous reserve champion overall at Oban bull sales who was sold to Germany for £6,000. She is in calf to MacSaul of Balmoral.

Demi 6th of Cladich, from Mrs Jon H Strickland’s Cladich Fold was sold for 2000gns to N & M McLellan, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay along with two straws of

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Lady Jane White 3rd of Cladich – 3,000gns

Demi 6th of Cladich – 2000gns

Maighdean Mor 22nd of Glengorm

SOCIETY SALES 130th ANNUAL SPRING SALE Monday 1 March, 2021

The Society Spring Sale was an entirely online sale officiated over by Aberdeen and Northern Marts in conjunction with Sell My Livestock and took place on Monday, March 1 2021. We attracted entries from all corners of the UK, as well as two lots from Germany.

Auctioneer Scott Chapman started taking bids just after 6 p.m. with all bids (a mix of online and by phone to the Mart) clearly shown on screen which updated instantly. Over half of the animals sold on the night to a total of £21,050, averaging at £1,619. A number of animals sold either the next day or in the following week to bidders from the sale.

A total of 13 animals from well-known breeders sold to new homes, including six breeding bulls which topped at 2000gns.

Donal Ruadh of Tippetcraig

Next best at 2300gns when sold to DA MacIsaac, The Glebe, Hoy, Orkney, was Siusan Ruadh 36 of Craigowmill, from Ken and Eva Brown, Ledlanet House, Kinross.

This was an April 2018-born female by Ruaridh 1 of Ubhaidh, out of Suisan Ruadh 19 of Craigowmill – a sire which was champion Highlander and reserve interbreed of the decade from 2010 to 2019.

Subhlair of Hunters.

Siusan Ruadh 36 of Craigowmill

Sale leader at 2400gns from Stephen and Rosemary Hunter, Barnhill Farm, Allanton, Shotts, was the March, 2015-born black cow, Subhlair of Hunters.

Sired by Gregor of Gray Brae, out of Subhlair 26 of Brucefield, she is due to calve down in March to Jurra 3 of Thaggnam, and sold to Wales with R Thomas, Windy Corner Garage, Pencader, Carmarthenshire.

Another black in-calf cow from the Hunters fold and by the same sire as the sale leader sold at 2000gns to M Waller, Blendworth House, Crabden Lane, Blendworth.

This was Fiochag 3 of Hunters, out of Fiochag of Hunters, which is also due to calve later this month to Jurra 3 of Thaggnam.

The top priced bull at 2000gns was Donal Ruadh of Tippetcraig from L Burns, Tippetcraig Farm, High Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.

Born in March 2019, he is by Donal 2 of Culfoich, out of Katlin 1 of Hunters, and was purchased by M Innes, 23 Studdridge Street, London.

Three animals fetched 1800gns, in a run one after another for lots 5, 6 and 7, these being the rising 3-year-old red bull Bazil of Hartside from S J Harrison of Alston, their similarly aged blck bull, both by Ossian of Allanfern and the Glengorm 6-year-old bull, Archie Sauce of Glengorm, sold by John Stewart of St. Andrews, as there were increasing numbers of his daughters in the fold.

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King John of West Edmondsley.

Two sold to 1,500gns, Lot 1 was King John of West Edmondsley, a red 3-year0old bull from Gary Braines, Durham and Lot 17 which was a 2-year-old black heifer Annag Dhubh 6th of Craigluscar Farm fold from Hamish Irvine, Dunfermline.

There was considerable interest in the two animals consigned from the Gotsgarten fold in Germany which were a 2-year-old red bull and a 4-year-old red cow. Bid to 4,000gns and 3,200gns respectively, they narrowly failed to meet their reserves.

UNITED AUCTIONS SALE Monday 8 March, 2021

Report by United Auctions

Cameron-of-Sguir-Mor.

Oban’s premier sale of pedigree Highland cattle saw a top of 10000gns with increased averages throughout.

The sale, which was held whilst adhering to COVID-19 regulations, allowed buyers from throughout the UK, as well as Germany, to bid on a tremendous show of

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quality animals, either in person ringside in Oban, via telephone or even via United Auctions’ online bidding facility, proved greatly popular with both purchasers and sellers alike.

Leading the trade was the much admired two-yearold bull, Cameron of Sguir Mor from local breeders and first time consignor in his own right, Willie MacLean at 10000gns. This stylish son of the famous Tanya 3rd of Mottistone and by the proven sire Eoin Mhor 18th of Morristone, found a new home with ne breeder Ewen McMillan, Lurg, Fintry for his Luraha fold and Dexter Logan and Carolyn Ross for their Blairlogan fold.

Following on from this at 7000gns was Ruairidh 2nd of Glengorm. This promising young bull by Craigowl 7th of Glamis Castle an out of a prolific dam line of Furan Gun Diul 11th of Glengorm sold to N & J McQuiston, High Airyolland, New Luce, Newton Stewart.

Next in the money was Ewan Mackay who had a great day’s trading selling his two entries for 6500gns and 5000gns. Leading the way was the cracking yellow bull Stan of Glengoyne who is by the consistent stock sire Ileach Mor of Glengoyne and out of the homebred Roidheach Ruadh 5th of Glengoyne who caught the eye of local breeders at Kilchoan Management Estate.

The next from this same home and by the same sire making 5000gns was Dubh-Shith of Glengoyne who goes to Mull to join Tom Nelson’s Glengorm fold.

Yearling bulls witnessed an extremely buoyant trade throughout and saw a new yearling bull record set of 5000gns for the eye-catching Fear-a-Bhata of Achnagoul consigned by long time stalwart of the breed Angus Mackay. This bull displays an international pedigree being sired by Carpenter Ruadh vom Augustenhof and out of Crystal 12th of Broomrigg who was by the ever-successful Jock of Inversnaid. This up-and-coming young bull found a new home with Ewan Mackay’s Glengoyne fold where he will be junior stock bull.

Aged bulls sold to a high of 4000gns for Alan Prentice’s senior stock bull Alasdair 4th of Douglas who has already proven himself within the Hyndford fold and caught the eye of the Nairn family for their Balnabroich fold.

Highlight of the female trade at 3000gns was the stylish three-year-old heifer from Jon and Queenie Strickland’s Cladich fold, Frangag 2nd of Cladich. This sweet black heifer is out of senior stock bull Campbell of Tilbouries and travels to new owner Hendrik Hoog, Germany who continues a long support of the Oban Highland cattle sales.

Next in the females was Kirsty 14th of Craigowmill from breeders Ken & Eva Brown. This strong three-

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Kirsty 15Th Of Craigowmill.

Seonaig Dhubh of Balemartin.

year-old heifer displays an eye-catching pedigree going back to previous Oban champion Russell of Balure and being sired by Ruaridh 1st of Ubhaidh finds a new home with PA & S Smith, Stockley Hill Farm, Hereford.

Leading the yearling heifers was young breeder Emily

Armstrong from Tiree with her consignment from the family’s Balemartine fold. Topping at 1300gns was the stylish Seonaig Dhudh of Balemartine which goes back to the much-admired Seonaig of Applecross female line and goes to John Cooper, Tordarroch fold.

Cameron-of-Sguir-Mor.

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Donald McNaughton Born and bred within a farming background, there is no other life that Donald knows, other than working with livestock.

Always known for being a straight talker, Donald started his own herd at just 18 years of age and between working at shepherd jobs at various farms across the years, before coming home to work on the family farm, there was always time for his Highland cattle.

“I have always had a love for Highlanders. They are a breed all of their own and are a loving breed – there is no badness in them. They have a great temperament,” he said.

“But, I also believe they are well suited to the modern-day market, as they produce some of the tastiest beef around. They are just not well promoted in supermarkets due to their high premium,” said Donald, who has in recent years whittled numbers down to eight cows, three heifers and three young bull stirks.

Donald was up at 40 cows, but has downsized in recent years due to the expense of keeping the cattle as well as feeding prices fluctuating, not to mention his retirement!

Between fencing and working on the railway, there isn’t much Donald won’t turn his hand to, but Highland cattle are his first love.

Showing has now been passed onto the next generation, with Donald’s two sons, Bryon and Malcolm both working in Highland cattle folds.

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Why is the Highland your chosen breed?

They are easy to keep and maintain, and are a hardy breed that can be out wintered, so it suits my system well.

If I had to go into another breed, I would have to choose Beef Shorthorns as they are the nearest you will get to the Highland, temperament wise.

What got you involved in showing?

I caught the competition bug and the banter that goes along with it. It is more of a matter of trying to prove a point to yourself as to how good your cattle are and trying to improve them year on year to try and beat your own. I have a real competitive bone!

Who inspires you?

My parents. They were both involved in farming and I have grown to love it ... it is just in my blood.

Royal Highland Show experiences?

I only started exhibiting about 10 years ago and in my first year I was reserve champion with a black heifer.

Before that I would just go to local shows.

After catching the Highland bug, I have exhibited every year since and picked up the male championship in 2017 and then was supreme champion in both 2018 and 2019 with the same animal.

It is the show you have to go to. You cannot say you have beaten anyone else, unless you win that one.

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Best animal that you have ever shown?

Skye the 4 of Rannoch. She stood supreme at the breed’s national show, but she was just my favourite beast of all time, there was just something about her.

Her mother also won the Glasgow ‘International’ Show once in 2014, and I am only one of two people to have won that show twice in a lifetime.

But what is the best animal you have ever seen?

Prionnsa Dubh of Craigowmill, the stock bull in HM The Queen’s Balmoral herd. To me, he was just a complete bull – perfect in every way.

Changes over the years?

Breeders are trying to get too much size into the breed too quick. The bigger animals don’t suit the West Coast’s hill ground, which is the breed’s main purpose.

In the showing circuit, there has been more favouritism in the judging ring for the bigger animals, which makes it even harder to get the younger ones interested and to give them a chance at it.

Abiding memory?

Winning the charity show at Balnabroich in 2017 for Patches, a palliative care specialist charity. It was a great day, everyone was so friendly and it brought it home to me how this was just a great community to be part of.

Another I will always remember was my first year showing at the Royal Highland Show and taking reserve champion on the debut.

Biggest disappointment?

Not winning the Oban pre-sale show. I have been reserve champion five times and the last sale I went to, in 2017, with Douglas of Rannoch, I thought I had done it … however, he once again walked away with the blue and white sash.

But, he went on to sell for 6000gns to Germany, so it wasn’t full of bad news that day!

Most influential people in your career?

Donald MacGillivray, from Pennygown, on Mull. He was one of the top breeders among the Highlanders, yet he would always help you out and encourage you.

If you asked him a question, he could give you a true answer – there would be no bullshit.

Another would have to be Rich Thomson. He was another very helpful candidate when I first started out showing and gave me good advice along the way that has brought me to where I am today.

Favourite show?

The Glasgow Show. It is no longer, but it always used to be at the end of September. Everything looked a lot better at that time of year and it was just a great all-round show.

Best stockman?

For feeding and bringing out Highland cattle, it would have to be Dochy Ormiston. He always has his cattle at their peak when required and knows the exact timing to get it just right. His cattle always look the best when parading in the show ring.

Best advice?

There is no point in buying a beast that you don’t like just because everyone else claims it to be the bee’s knees. Everyone has a different opinion at the end of the day.

If you are in Highlanders keep going, don’t give up and you will get there.

Biggest showing achievement?

Winning the Royal Highland Show twice.

Best investment?

The black bull, Rannoch of Lochmill. I purchased him privately from an advert in The Scottish Farmer and despite many folk not being keen on him, I bit the bullet and bought him. He is now the grandfather of all of my best stock.

The future of the showing circuit?

Shows were going strong, however over the last few years things seemed to have slowed down, with classes getting smaller. The simple answer to this is the expense of bringing out cattle and getting them ready.

It is hard to encourage new breeders into the circuit when at the end of the day all you get is a ticket.

The Highland Cattle Society needs to support its members by encouraging the next generation and making prices realistic, as well as promoting the breed more.

I do believe the breed has a place in the modern day market and with the shop window that showing provides, especially for the Highland cattle breed, which stands out, there really is no future without them.

Once Covid-19 calms down, I want others to be able to experience shows the way I have. They have been my life and soul, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Jack Ramsay When it comes to stockmen, there are few better respected than Jack Ramsay, from Mauchline, who continues to be a major influence in the world of showing.

Jack shared his long and distinguished career of 40plus years of showing Highland cattle, Beef Shorthorns and back to his first love, poultry, with The Scottish Farmer.

What is your background?

I was brought up at Mauchline Mains, which was a family run dairy where my father kept Ayrshire cattle (Ramsay Ayrshires). I studied agriculture at the Scottish Rural College, at the Edinburgh campus.

I then began working on numerous farms after my education, before settling to work for the late Tom McLatchie, at Millerston, just outside Mauchline.

What got you into showing in the first place?

I can’t remember not having some kind of livestock about me as a kid, whether it was rabbits, pigeons or goats. However, it was bantam chickens that first got me hooked on the show circuit – a hobby that I have recently returned to after a period of 40 years.

What qualities do you like about the breeds you work with?

All breeds were bred for a reason, but I have found that the Beef Shorthorn fits well into the system at Millerston – both in the pedigree and commercial markets.

The modern Shorthorn has an array of traits that include docility, longevity and the ability to cross well with most breeds. The fact that they are usually to be found still in the same field as I am, is also an advantage at my age!

What was your first Highland Show?

My first Highland Show with cattle was in 1973. I stood last in a class of Highlanders with a heifer that, six years later, won the breed championship. Both man and beast have since improved!

What was the best animal you have ever shown?

“Highlander-wise it would have to be Una 10 of Millerston. She was one of those rare beasts that was at 12 o’clock all show season, from winning Ayr in April, to standing supreme at Dalmally in September, she kept her form throughout the summer.

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my choice. She gave us a lot of success as a heifer and she was a fantastic breeder as well. Her first calf, Millerston Jester, won the breed championship at all the major shows, in 2017, for Mark and Tracy Severn.

But what is the best animal you have ever seen?

A very good question! There have been a few animals that come to mind from over the years. The great Ayrshire cow, Dan Lindsay, showed back in the 1970s was a special beast. Harperfield Queen of the Ring was a very special animal ... just like her owner.

I also liked Kilkenny Celia, the Charolais cow that Jimmy McMillan brought out for Peter Donger – she was a class act. Even when she was lying down, you had to stop and look at her.

A Galloway bull that Willie McLean cleaned up a few years back, Blackcraig Kodiak, really filled the eye and the Hereford bull, Normanton 1 Laertes, that won the inter-breed at the Highland Show, a couple of years ago, really oozed quality.

The best Highland beast for me would have to be the heifer that tapped out as champion at the Toronto Winter Fair – she really was on her toes that day.

My favourite Beef Shorthorn was Bushypark Cherry 2, a heifer I judged at Tullamore Show, in Eire. So impressed was I with this beast that I bought her full brother as a five-month-old calf and he is now a stock bull at Millerston.

Changes over the years, good and bad?

The biggest change over the years is the number of women now showing cattle. When I started showing in the 1970s, there were very few women showing cattle, whereas now it is common place.

Good or bad, I’ll let others decide – but to be fair, there are some that are quite good at it!

Abiding memory?

It would have to be when we sold Millerston Kasper for 20,000gns at the Stirling Bull Sales, held by United Auctions. He was the second highest priced Shorthorn bull ever to be sold, so it’s a memory I’ll always cherish.

Biggest disappointment?

Selling Kasper for 20,000gns was a very bitter sweet day as Grace, who had picked him out from a very early age, was not there to witness the occasion as she was very ill in hospital, having suffered a severe brain haemorrhage six weeks earlier.

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Most influential people in your career?

My parents were very influential, obviously, as well as my long-suffering wife, Grace, who has always been the voice of reason and a calming influence. She has always supported me and had a genuine interest in the cattle at Millerston.

The late Tom McLatchie is another person who influenced my career – he had the confidence to give this very green young whipper snapper a chance!

Working for Tom was a real experience and one could not help but learn from him.

Favourite show over the years?

I would have to say Dalmally. It was the last show of the season and all the champion Highland cattle from across the UK used to converge there for the unofficial world championships and the late Callum Auch ensured that everyone was well looked after, inside and out!

Best stockman ever?

There are a few stockmen that I have a lot of respect and admiration for.

People that know the job inside out and were well worth listening to and learning from. I’d better put them in alphabetical order – no one was better than the other, but all were masters of their craft.

They are: Alistair Clark, Donald McDairmid, Dave Smith, Ian Anderson, Jim Donald, Jim Guthrie, Jimmy McMillan

and last, but by no means least, Rich Thomson. My good friend Rich, who is recovering from a recent stroke, has been a great help to me over the years at bull sales.

Rich has only missed one Perth or Stirling February bull sale since 1958, so there is not much he hasn’t seen and a lot of people have benefitted from his knowledge and experience.

Best and worst advice you’ve received?

The best advice I’ve received would be if you win, say nothing; if you get beaten, say even less. Know when you’ve been lucky.

The worst would be when Norman Taylor advised me at the Winter Fair that drinking Blue Nun wine wouldn’t give me a hangover – he lied!

Biggest showing achievement?

Winning the Stirling Bull Sales has to be my biggest achievement by far. This is the business end of the job and is the crown that most cattlemen aspire to claim.

The future of the show circuit?

I’m sure the shows will bounce back after this year, they always have. I would say the future looks good as there are a lot of good, keen and young stock people out there.

We all hope there is a livestock industry for them in the future. I am certain the tradition of stockmanship will continue for many years to come.

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Jimmy Laing After having a long and successful career as a respected stockman, from showing cattle to judging them at prestigious shows, Jimmy Laing, from Tain, is still going strong in the showring.

The veteran showman shares his long and illustrious career showing cattle.

What is your background?

“I left school at the age of 16 and started working alongside my father, in 1958. He was also a stockman, who was working for the McKenzie family, at Cullisse, near Tain. At that time we were working with primarily Aberdeen-Angus cattle and other than the usual routine, we took them to summer shows and the Perth Bull Sales.”

“In 1960, I left Cullisse to go work at Oykel A-A Farms, near Invergordon, where I spent four years before moving back home to Wester Fearn.

“I married my wife, Sheena, in 1970 and then began working for an oil company, which took me abroad to Brazil for two years. When my time within the oil industry came to an end, I headed to the Isle of Mull, where I worked with the Auchnacraig Highland cattle fold for a few years, before coming back to Invergordon.”

What got you into showing?

“My father encouraged me into showing livestock. I had always tried to follow in his footsteps as he was a well-respected stockman and I caught the showing bug very quickly.

“The first time I led cattle was at the age of nine, at the Black Isle Show, where I received a first prize rosette with my little Aberdeen-Angus calf and, as you can imagine, I was thrilled!”

What was your first RHS? “My first show was in 1961, where I got placed second with the two-year-old Aberdeen-Angus heifer, Evensong Ewshott. I then headed to the Royal Show at Cambridge, where I stood fourth with the same animal before travelling to the Great Yorkshire Show and getting tapped out as first.

“The same animal eventually won the champion title at the Northern County Show, in Inverness, and at the Black Isle Show the same year, so I was delighted.”

Which was the best animal that you’ve ever shown?

“It has to be an Aberdeen-Angus heifer that we took to Perth Show and Sale – Oykel Evening Start. She ended up standing as champion that day before going on to be bought as one of the foundation females for the Castle of Mey herd, belonging to the Queen Mother.”

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But what was the best animal that you’d ever seen?

“I would say the Shorthorn bull, Fearn Godfather. He is the son of Dakota of Upsall – a bull I had previously shown at a variety of shows.

“Both bulls were a good representation, in my eyes, of what a good Shorthorn bull is meant to look like.”

Changes over the years – good and bad?

“There are not so many cattlemen on farms these days, which is sad to see as it’s a very rewarding profession.

“Technology plays a big part in the declining numbers. The modern farmer can do multiple tasks by himself when, in times gone by, you would’ve needed three or four men to help with the day-to-day running of the farm.

“A change I have also noticed in the markets are that the cattle age classes at bull sales have altered greatly, for example. When I started, the oldest in the classes at bull sales were 14 months old, which resulted in a lot of people thinking that the Aberdeen-Angus breed, for example, were small at a year old.

“So, it has been beneficial to the breed that today they have added a year on – and this, in my opinion has helped the Aberdeen-Angus breed’s reputation.”

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME You’re most abiding memory?

“That would be when I sold Fearn Auchnacraig, a Highland heifer calf, in 1994. It was the same year as the opening of the Oban market and I received 4000gns for her, which was a lot of money back in those days!”

“I sold her to a Mrs Wain, from Derbyshire, who had a very successful show season with that heifer, which was heartening to see.”

Biggest disappointment?

“I’ve never had a big disappointment in my stockman career so far, but my biggest disappointment in general would be losing my wife, in 2015.

“She accompanied me to all the shows and sales and I miss her dearly. It’s now the job of my daughters, Helen and Sonya, to keep me right – if they can – but it’s a big job!”

Most influential person in your career?

“In the early days it would’ve been Alastair Rettie, of Barnoldby, however, more recently it has to be my best friend, Rich Thomson.

“Richard and I have been friends for more than 30 years. I admire that he brings out cattle to perfection and he always seems to know the best way to handle them and show off their best qualities.

What’s been your favourite show over the years?

“It has to be my local show, Sutherland Show, more recently because my brother stood champion of champions with an Aberdeen-Angus cow.

“It’s also a popular event – you tend to find people

travel from all over to attend. I like it because I can catch up with old friends I haven’t seen in a while – but I guess you find that with a lot of shows. The smaller ones are often the better ones!”

Your choice of best stockman ever?

“Again, I’d say Rich Thomson. He just has a way with cattle and I’ll always admire his dedication to the job and the livestock he worked with. He’s a master – and he turns himself out well too!”

Best advice for a newcomer to showing?

“To not get ahead of yourself and take the time to prepare the livestock you are working with. Show cattle are not produced in a day.

“I’ve seen people not halter break a beast until a month before the show or sale and I don’t believe that does any good. So, it’s not what I would say, but what I’d do. Prepare that animal as soon as it’s off the mother, it makes the job a lot easier and less stressful for both the animal and the stockman.”

Biggest showing achievement?

“I have had a few achievements over the years, including being asked to judge the Highland cattle section at the Royal Welsh Show, in 2019, and also receiving the New Cuil Salver, presented for the best ambassador of the Salers breed, at their society sale, in 2016.

“However, my biggest would have to be securing the champion of champions honours at Nairn Show, in 2015, with the then five-year-old Shorthorn bull, Dakota of Upsall. That was one for the memory bank – and one which the celebrations did not dull!”

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Rich Thomson RICH Thomson is very much a stockman’s stockman and is the feature of this week’s Stockmen of our Time.

Brought up around the Morphie Beef Shorthorn herd, where his father was head stockman, he left school at the age of 15 to work with his father for six years in what was then a world-renowned herd. That’s when the stockmanship and showing bug really kicked in for Rich, who then travelled to New Zealand and spent three years there, working with the Ardmore herd of Shorthorns and Angus cattle.

Rich has earned the nickname ‘Vidal’ (after the famous hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon) mainly because of his ability to present immaculately dressed Highland cattle, a skill learnt over many years, but honed to perfection working with the late Jimmy McConachie’s Culfoich fold. He’s also known for turning himself out in top form also and always joked that he owned shares in Bryclreem.

In 2014, he was made an honorary life member of the Highland Cattle Society and has not missed many events in more than 50 years. He never tired of attending shows, both big and small.

Well-known for his fantastic memory of shows gone past and former champions, here Rich shares his worldly experience with Kathryn Dick.

What happened when you came back to Scotland from abroad?

Since then, I worked with the Glenfarclas Aberdeen-Angus herd before moving, again with Angus cattle, to Bankhead of Kinloch.

After my work there and since then, I have been operating as a freelance stockman, working with various folds, breeds and people including Innisard, Culfoich, Merklands, Bien Esk, Gartocharn, Ubhaidh, Cefn-Gwrhyd Highland cattle and Alvie Shorthorns.

It’s been rewarding – I have shown three Highland Show champions with different Highland cattle folds and four male and three female champions at Oban, including one that belonged to myself.

I have also been honoured to lead our two champions at the Glasgow International championships and two champions at Dalmally – which as every Highland breeder will tell you is the ‘one to win’. It’s also a very hospitable show – it’s not known as the whisky Olympics for nothing.

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What got you into showing?

From a young age and when I was in school, I assisted my father when he would show livestock at many shows – including the Royal Highland Show. It just seeped into you being around great cattle and fine people.

There are very few days going when you don’t learn something. That’s what’s so great about being involved in this business.

Favourite breeds and why?

My favourite breeds would have to be the Highlanders and the Shorthorns because of their placid nature and ease of handling.

I first learned of this in 1956, in Inverness, when helping my father with Morphie Shorthorns. It makes such a difference that the cattle you work with are easy to handle.

Best animal ever shown?

It would definitely have to be the Aberdeen-Angus, Alana of Bankhead. She was female and supreme champion at the Royal Show, in 1975, and again stood female and reserve supreme, in 1976.

Another one of her highlights would be standing as champion Angus at Perth Show for three years in succession, from 1974 through to 1976.

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Best animal ever seen?

I am drawn to Hugh and Lynne Dunlop’s Dancing Queen, which stood as champion at Smithfield, in 2004. She was perfection on legs, a true fatstocker.

The best Highlander would be the bull that John Henderson bred, Dalriada of Ballyheather, which went on to be stock bull at Tordarroch for John Cooper. The power and presence of him was exceptional, however he was maybe too modern for some at that time.

me to be taken in by them as ‘one of the family’ and also pass on some of the tips of bringing out Highland cattle.

As we’re all members of the West of Scotland Club – actually I’ve got connections to all of the clubs – we attend many of the local events in the run up to the Highland and there are some great wee shows that manage to attract a great line-up of cattle, like Kilmacolm and especially Neilston.

Changes over the years, good and bad?

One of the good things is the number of young ones involved in the show circuit – they are the future. I can’t think of any bad point that come to mind, I try to always be positive about everything!

Abiding memories?

It would have to be bringing out and showing the first ever Limousin-sired Smithfield champion, in 1984, called Thunderflash and having the honour of judging the Highland Show twice.

Biggest disappointment?

The finish of Smithfield Show. Going to Earls Court was a very special thing, taking farming into the capital was something else and it was a sad day when it stopped – many legends surrounded the show, but what went on in London, stayed in London. Aye, there were some great kist parties down in Earls Court.

Most influential person?

In the early years it would have to be my father, Dick. However, now, I would say it was the late Jim McConachie – a man who said it as it was. He had been a friend of mine for 32 years and there was never a cross word between us. And we shared a few drams together!

I also can’t forget to mention Betty, for putting up with me for the past 35 years!

Favourite show?

Highland cattle shows and sales at Oban, in February and October, are the best in my opinion.

It’s where you meet the best of people and have the most social fun in the calendar!

In recent years I’ve been lucky enough to go there as mentor to Jim and Catherine McKechnie’s Gartocharn fold. Catherine is my partner, Betty’s daughter, and both her and Jim were brought up showing cattle. It’s been a great experience for

Best kist party ever?

The best would be at Smithfield Show, at Earls Court, in the year that I won the Queen’s Cup with my home-bred pure Highland steer, Sir William – which also stood as baby steer champion.

Also that year I won the Bob Rickatson Trophy for the best presented stockman and cattle in the show, which I was very proud to get. The Bryclreem scored again!

One piece of advice for aspiring showing people?

Let your work do the talking!

Choice of best stockman ever?

There have been many, but in no particular order, Dave Smith, Rob Shiach, Hendry Durward and John Crilley were men of outstanding ability, however, the master of them all was Jim Donald. He really was Gentleman Jim and a treat to watch prepare cattle – he turned it into an art form.

When was your first Highland Show?

I first attended the Royal Highland Show in 1956. The cancellation of the Highland this year was a blow to everyone, but I’d been unwell and wouldn’t have made it anyway ... so that gives me lots of time to get ready for the 2021 event.

I’m already looking forward to catching up with old friends and new!

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Bob McWalter Born in Forfar, in 1951, Bob McWalter is one of the most recognised and well-respected individuals in the stockman world.

With his grandfather a keen Clydesdale enthusiast, Bob’s earliest and fondest memories are of showing horses at various local shows.

At age 11, Bob and his family moved to Downieken, owned by RS Watson, where he found his interest in cattle working with Aberdeen-Angus. Encouraged by the farm’s stockman at the time, Alec MacGregor, Bob learnt the ‘ropes’ of walking and grooming calves.

That led him to showing his first calf at the local Angus Show, held in Victoria Park, in Arbroath, at 13.

From that point, Bob found his passion and began travelling to more shows and sales.

A fond memory was being allowed to stay at the Perth Bull Sales as a youngster and getting told off by Bob Watson to dress properly for the occasion. He later bought Bob an Aberdeen-Angus tie and he still has it to this day.

At 15, Bob left school and worked on various farms, showing both horses and livestock for a few years before moving to begin working as an agricultural sales rep. Alongside this, Bob continued to show horses in his spare time for Mrs Brewster, Lanark House, in Forfar.

He later married his wife, Gwen, in 1975, before welcoming his two children, Fiona and Ashley, in 1976 and 1978.

Bob and his family moved to Fort William, in 1982, where he worked as an agricultural rep again, this time for a company covering the West Coast and islands of Scotland. Not wanting to let go of his passion for showing, Bob continued to attend and show livestock for various people at local shows, the Royal Highland and the Winter Fair.

Bob’s career path led him next to the Cnoc fold, in Appin, working under Mr and Mrs Montgomery, where he was involved in television shows and films alongside the cattle. With his name now recognised widely within the stockman circuit, Bob was approached by David MacLeod, in 1989, who requested Bob’s help to establish a Shorthorn herd.

Not wanting to pass on a fantastic opportunity, Bob accepted and remained with David for 25 years, establishing the Glengloy herd of 30-strong Shorthorns at its peak. When the herd was dispersed in 2015, Bob decided to retire, however, continued to show Shorthorn’s and Highlander’s for Sir Michael and Lady Sally Nairn, at Balnabroich Farms, Blairgowrie, and also, on occasion, for Audrey MacDonald, of Portnadoran Shorthorns, Arisaig.

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Bob with one of his favourite Shorthorns.

What qualities do you like about the breeds that you work with over others?

Shorthorns are my favourite and I like everything about them. They are thrifty cattle and don’t take a lot of pushing to get them to their best – a good all-round animal. The fact that they have bounced back from almost being a rare breed to being a major player in the livestock industry is a real credit to the breeders.

I also love the hardiness and grazing ability of the Highlander and their crossing abilities with a Shorthorn to produce a good suckler cow.

Best animal ever shown?

It would have to be Glengloy Lovely Puchaig.

She was the Glengloy show cow and at her first Highland she was placed first in her class as a twoyear-old. She also featured in the Shorthorn team competition, which was the first time that the breed won the title in 12 years at the Highland. Also featured in the native inter-breed team at the RHS as older cow.

But what was the best animal that you’d ever seen?

There’s been a few animals that have caught my eye, but the best would have to be Kilkenny Celia, a Charolais cow shown by Jimmy McMillan. She was correct from every angle and had such a unique style about her – you just couldn’t go past without looking at her. She had won all four of the Royal shows, which just clarified how good an animal she was.

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Abiding memory?

I’ve got two that stick out in my mind. The first would be when we sold Balnabroich Kermit for 15,000gns at the Stirling Bull Sales, that was a one for the memory bank!

The other would be when Glengloy Lovely Tapaidh when she stood female champion at the Perth Bull Sales, in 2004, as well as selling for the breed record price of 5500gns for a female Shorthorn at that time.

Biggest disappointment?

The one that stands out was the dispersal of the Glengloy Shorthorn herd. It was quite a hard day seeing the herd that we had built up for over 25 years being sold. But, all the cattle went to other pedigree herds and it was nice to see that they were going to be an asset to whoever bought them – there are Glengloy genetics in various herds to this day.

However, I can’t thank the late David MacLeod enough for backing me all these years. He stood back and allowed me to take control of the opportunity that he gave me, with both support and encouragement.

He was one of life’s greatest gentlemen and one I will always admire dearly.

Most influential person in your career?

Without a doubt it would be my wife, Gwen, and my daughters. Gwen looked after business, the family and the house, which allowed me to follow my passion.

Without her wouldn’t be where I am today. However, I do always get the last word!

Best stockman?

Two people come immediately to mind. My longstanding friend, Rich Thomson and my late friend, Dave Smith.

Both are top men and their approach and dedication to the job is just outstanding. They have a way with livestock and know their job like the back of their hands, as well as both being characters!

Best and worst advice?

The best advice would be do your homework. There’s more to showing than a white coat.

The worst advice would be from Dave Smith when he told me that I would feel better if I took a brandy and port together. He was wrong and it certainly didn’t work for me!

Biggest showing achievement?

Personally, it would be when I led out a bull called Uppermill Recto. He was the Glengloy stock bull and stood senior champion at the Royal Highland, as well as a number of local championships. He was bought as a calf and had sired a lot of good cattle in his time.

Future of the show circuit?

I believe that the future is bright. There is a lot of talent in youngsters these days which is great to see.

My only concern I have is, will it be a sustainable livestock industry for them to flourish in? But I sincerely hope that they get the same enjoyment out of showing as I did.

Changes over the years?

There have been a few changes. However, one that is becoming more evident is the lack of support for local shows. Showing is an expensive game and there is not the manpower on farms that there once was. The sad reality is that people can’t afford to be away from the farm to attend all the local shows.

Everyone now concentrates on the big shows like the Highland Show, as that’s seen to be more worthwhile to attend, so to speak. However, you need the small shows as that is where you learn the tricks of the trade and where it all starts. When I was younger, the class sizes and entry numbers at local shows were a lot higher than they are now.

Other change is that there are a lot more ladies involved with showing nowadays. I believe it is a good as it breaks the stigma of farming being a male dominated industry – however, some spend more time preparing themselves than the beast!

Favourite drink?

I am known to take a fancy to a pint of lager ... just now and again!

Best kist party you have attended?

Well it is fair to say that I have never been to a bad kist party. But the Smithfield ones were always good and the biggest!

Hobbies?

Working with cattle was my hobby and interest. There is not a lot of people who can say that they love their job, but I certainly can. I’ve been very lucky and have had a fantastic and fun-filled career.

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Stuart Campbell With lifetime experience as a stockman and a strong passion for Highland cattle, Stuart Campbell is next to take to the stage to share his achievements. He’s based at Cladich, near Dalmally, where he’s stockman for Jon and Queenie Strickland.

Background?

I grew up on a beef and sheep farm as my father was the farm manager at Keills Estate, in Argyll, where he started a fold of pedigree Highland cattle.

When I was 12, we moved away from there and I was out of agriculture until I left school at 16. I then managed to get an understudy shepherding job at a local farm in the Galloway hills, where I was brought up.

However, I gained my foundation in agriculture and grew my passion and love for Highland cattle when working for the Lithgow family on their Ormsary Estate.

I will always be thankful to Archie McArthur and his team for the opportunities and valuable experience I gained in the seven years I was there.

But all good things must come to an end and although I loved working at Ormsary, I was always going to be ‘the boy’ and I wanted to pursue my career, so I took a leap… I worked down in Worcester for one year as a stockman/manager under the watchful eye of Ian Anderson. Although it was a great experience, it was just such a long way from home.

The day I was contemplating my resignation, I got a phone call from Queenie Strickland, of the Cladich fold of Highland cattle, offering me the chance to be their farm manager. I couldn’t quite believe it as I had always dreamt of following my father’s footsteps and managing Highland cattle in Argyll.

A decade on and I still love working here. It truly is as good as having my own place!

I am lucky to have three of my own pedigree cows here, which run alongside their 50 Highland breeding cows and 350 Cheviot ewes, of which 100 are crossed to the Bluefaced Leicester and 250 are kept pure on the hill.

Where did showing begin for you?

Although my dad did some showing when I was younger, I really caught the bug when showing in-calf heifers at Ormsary.

At my first sale in Oban, I had Archie’s third pick heifer and she won her class. At that point I took my

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white coat off and handed the rope to Archie. His response was: “The job is only half done, don’t give up now, don’t take your eye off the judge and enjoy every minute of it!”

The heifer got female champion that day and after doing so well the first time, I wanted to go on and do better. I really was hooked and love the thrill of showing.

What is it you like about your chosen breed?

The Highlander is just a great natured breed that can adapt to anyone’s operation. For us, she is a great hill cow, helping to keep the rough grass down and working our system well for the sheep. The breed doesn’t get enough credibility for her crossing ability, being able to rear her calf and still maintain herself in full condition.

Where is the Highlander in the commercial market?

Under-rated. It is an area we need to highlight as a breed and try to promote and advertise ourselves a lot more to get our name out there. Highland cattle are well worth a second look given the way farming is going. Farmers are already considering native breeds more and it’s all down to their lower input costs.

Due to our success in the pedigree world, I couldn’t justify crossing them, however it is something we may think about in the future. The country will always need the pure Highland cow, though.

STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME If you had to choose another breed to go into, which would it be?

I really enjoyed my short time working with the Aberdeen-Angus, but I think there is no better breed than the Beef Shorthorn, as they go hand in hand with the Highlanders. They are a great combination of native breeds and are very docile cattle and beautiful animals in the show and sale rings.

Has the export market been affected by Brexit?

Brexit has certainly slowed it down just now because we can’t get cattle across to Europe and when we can, the regulations will be extensive. However, I think it will come right, it will just take time. My concern is the extra cost involved in exporting – for example vet costs, isolation and shipping could have a real impact on the market as it is already very expensive.

In the past few years, the export market has been strong. It is quite a specialist area that we seem to be hitting, with our strongest customers being in Germany.

On average, we will export four to six animals annually to get new bloodlines into other countries.

Biggest showing achievement?

Taking the Craig Sellar Trophy for the male champion at the breed’s pedigree sale at Oban just last year. This was my main aim when I first started here after speaking to the late David Fellowes, who originally owned Cladich. He showed me a photograph of John of Cladich, which won the Craig Sellar Cup in 1960 and it was made even more special with the trophy returning to Cladich 60 years on.

K2 of Cladich then went on to sell for my top price to date of 6000gns, so it was an all-round cracking day!

Best RHS award?

Winning the MacRobert Memorial Cup in 2014 for the best group of three Highland cattle, as well as bagging the reserve male championship the same day. The following day, I also won the T and R Findlay Trophy with my own group of three Shetland sheep. It was great to win both trophies as I feel that winning with a group shows great continuity of your own livestock.

Best sale day?

At Oban, in 2018. We sold five calves at the age of 10-months to average a colossal 2394gns, with a top of 4000gns.

Which is the best animal you have ever shown?

That is Capleadh Buidhe Beg of Cladich. She was our show cow and did the circuit in 2019 and won the majority of shows she attended, including Beith, all the local Argyll shows and the pinnacle show for Highlanders, Dalmally.

She was a big powerful cow that showed herself really well. We always knew she had something extra special about her, and shee always had a great calf at her side. There are a lot of prima donnas about that all look the part, but they are here to do a job, so need to be producing strong off-spring as well.

But what is the best animal you have ever seen?

Skye of Little Rannoch was an outstanding heifer. I first came across her when I was judging at the Stars of the Future Show, at Stirling, where I picked her out as my female champion.

I was really pleased to see her grow and become the Royal Highland Show Highland champion the following two years. She was a very stylish all-round heifer, being correct on all four and extremely eye catching and elegant when shown. A terrific achievement for the McNaughton team, especially Donald, who always produces the goods.

Biggest disappointment?

When the estate my father worked on was sold and we came away from the farm. I was young at the time and was keen to get involved and had no chance to be hands on.

It made me even more determined not to give up and follow my dreams. It is through pure determination and hard work that I have got to where I am today.

Advice to any youngster?

Whatever your situation, if you work hard enough and enjoy what you do, you will be successful. Never give up and make sure you love the job you are part of.

It is all about who you meet out in the showing circuit, speaking to experienced stockmen and creating good contacts. This is how I have got my jobs over the years.

Best stockmen?

Angus McGillivray – he played a big part of where I am today, there is no better person who can bring out Highland cattle. But there are a lot of great guys out there and another I admire for bringing out cattle to perfection is Willie MacLean. When I started showing, he was always at the top of the game and a real inspiration.

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STOCKMEN OF OUR TIME Who has inspired you the most?

My mother and father have supported me in everything I have done and I’m always pleased to tell them my successes. I especially hope my father is proud of me for following in his footsteps.

Archie McArthur – he gave me the opportunity to start in the industry and allowed me to find my feet before spreading my wings and moving on.

As the late Jack Ramsay once said: “If you can work under Archie McArthur, you can work for anyone!”

Best investment?

My plane ticket to go and see Jon and Queenie Strickland for a job opportunity. I will always be grateful for the chance they have given me.

Are you involved in any committees?

I am currently a trustee of the Highland Cattle Society and I am really focused on making a difference.

I have been lucky enough to be appointed chair of the breed development and I am looking forward to helping the breed move forward.

The future of the Highlanders?

There is a strong future. You can see that from the new members coming forward every month. But, we must

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also look after our current members and remember what the society is about ... and that is Highland cattle.

We don’t need to re-invent the wheel, we just need to move forward and go with the times, and not get carried away with ourselves.

Keep it basic and simple, and we will get the results we want in the long run!

The future of the showing circuit?

I really do hope there is one as I have really missed it this last year.

It can be quite a lonely industry and the show circuit gets you out there, it is our shop window, our passion and our hobby all in one. We don’t get many days away from the farm, so the shows are our holidays. It is a big part of the culture of the industry nowadays, and you only get out what you put into it.

It is definitely a costly outfit, however it certainly has its benefits.

Could you imagine your life without showing? No! But you would get a hell of a lot more done at home!

Showing is a great aspect to all farmers, being able to get away from the farm, show off your stock and the hard work you have put in throughout the year. That is your time to shine!

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SUMMER SHOWS ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOWCASE Monday 14th - Sunday 20th June 2021

It certainly felt like the Show scene was starting up again watching exhibitors prepare their animals to be shown. Highland Cattle breeders turned out to show their stock and had the largest number of entries on the day. The shop window was a bit different this year with restrictions keeping the crowds away and the Royal Highland Show changing into the ‘Royal Highland Showcase’.

Dexter Logan – Blairlogan fold was our judge and put all the animals and exhibitors through their paces. The ring was much bigger than previous years and Dexter made sure that every corner of the ring was used. The cattle were, as always, turned out immaculately some were even ‘glittering’ in the sunshine. It was a very blustery morning that saw some 32 animals forward to the show ring.

The native breeds were all shown on Monday the 14th June 2021 and our Champion was Gusgurlach of Balmoral born on 2nd February 2019 a son of Tomintoul of Glamis Castle, and owned by Her Majesty The Queen, this was his first ever outing and he was in tip top condition and expertly shown by Stockman Dochy Ormistion.

Our Reserve Champion was Lynn 12th of Mottistone, a daughter of Eoin Mhor 17th of Mottistone and bred

by Michael Poland. She is owned by Balrownie Farms and was being shown by Ryan Carnegie, his first time ever showing a Highlander – Well done Ryan!

Junior Female born on or after June 20, 2019 1st Sidonia 12th of Balnabroich – Michael & Sally Nairn 2nd Cuailean 1st of Isle of Bute – R & E McMillan 3rd Rayne of Allanfearn – Maureen MacArthur & John Ashton

Senior Female born on or after June 19, 2019 1st Lady Alma 8th of Pollok – Glasgow City Council 2nd Siusan Ruadh 62nd of Pollok – Glasgow City Council 3rd Cannach 9th of Goldenberry – Alan Kennedy 4th Fern of Black Glen – Grant Hyslop Junior Bull born on or after June 20, 2019 1st Uachdaran of Balmoral – Her Majesty The Queen 2nd 201125 of Mottistone – Balrownie Farms 3rd Stuart Bheag of Cladich – Maureen MacArthur & John Ashton Senior Bull born on or before June 19, 2019 1st Gusgurlach of Balmoral – Her Majesty The Queen 2nd Tearloch 2nd of Earn – Heather Corrigall 3rd Dougald 2nd of Leys – Leys Castle Farm Best Female Lynn 12th of Mottistone – Balrownie Farms Best Male Gusgurlach of Balmoral – Her Majesty The Queen

Highland Champion, Gusgurlach of Balmoral.

Champion Gusgurlach of Balmoral – Her Majesty The Queen

Junior Female born on or after June 20, 2019 1st Lynn 12th of Mottistone – Balrownie Farms 2nd Alice of Hunters – Stephen & Rosemary Hunter 3rd Airleagach 6th of Goldenberry – Alan Kennedy Senior Female born on or before June 19, 2019 1st Tallulah of Allanfearn – Maureen MacArthur & John Ashton 2nd Nora Dubh of Ranch – Graeme Easton & Rebecca Greenhorn 3rd Boidheach of Hunters – Stephen & Rosemary Hunter 4th Esther 8th of Isle of Bute – R & E McMillan

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Reserve Champion, Lynn 12th of Mottistone.

Reserve Champion Lynn 12th of Mottistone – Balrownie Farms

SUMMER SHOWS

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SUMMER SHOWS GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW

Tuesday 12th - Thursday 14th July 2021 Congratulations must go to everyone involved in staging the largest Agricultural Show since 2019! The GYS Committee, Directors and staff worked tirelessly to make sure the event was a safe Covid show for everyone. This 3- day show was extended to 4 days, thus ensuring visitors were spread out over the duration of the show and there were more attractions on the showground.

The sun shone for Highland cattle day and Bonnymeg came out on top!

Our Judge for the day was Mr Willie MacLean, Barcaldine By Oban and his choice was Bonnymeg of Moorside. Bred and owned by Mr R and Mrs D Bradley from Bradford in West Yorkshire, she comes from a long line of Bonnymegs stretching back to Robert’s first purchase at the Oban sale in 2005. Robert believes he is the 1st Yorkshireman to win this award.

I now have an update: Angus Mackay was in touch with the Breed Secretary to advise that this particular honour should go to the first English breeder to be President of our Society, Mr William Pearson Brown, his 2yr old heifer: Capleadh Ruadh VI of Easingwold was placed Champion in 1963, this followed her championship award earlier the same year at The Royal Show. This was only the second year that Highland classes had been included at the Great Yorkshire Show & competing against some top Scottish competition from the Scone Palace & Lle folds made the triumph even more specially for the Yorkshire Breeder.

Bonnymeg Of Moorside.

Reserve champion was bred, owned and shown by Simon & Emma Haley, County Durham and shown

by Simon. Simon & Emma had a very busy day with 5 cattle entered and Emma taking over the showing duties for Cannon Hall Farms bull, Ted of Cawthorne after his handler was taken ill.

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SUMMER SHOWS Class 53 – Heifer born in 2020 1st Milis 3rd of Seam – Mrs S & Mrs E Haley 2nd Malda Dubh of Stocksbank – Mr O Ives 3rd Starabh Eilid 5th of Warmleigh – Mrs A D Whitehead 4th Barabal 7th of Warmleigh – Mrs A D Whitehead 5th Barabal 6th of Warmleigh – Mrs A D Whitehead Class 54 – Group of Three Animals 1st Mr S & Mrs E Haley 2nd Mr R. Bradley 3rd Mrs A. D. Whitehead 4th Mr S & Mrs L Burnett Sineag Dubh Of Seam.

Group of Three – Mr S & Mrs E Haley – Seam Fold.

Class 48 – Bull any age 1st Ted of Cawthorne – Cannon Hall Farm 2nd Flannchadh of Ashgrove – Mr S & Mrs L Burnett 3rd King John of West Edmondsley – Mr R Bradley 4th Alex of Congash – Miss S. Cuthbertson Class 49 – Cow in calf or in milk born before January 1, 2017 1st. Bonnymeg of Moorside – Mr R. Bradley 2nd. Barabel 3rd of Warmleigh – Mrs A. D. Whitehead 3rd. Sineag Dubh 3rd of Brunila – Mr S & Mrs E Haley 4th. Malda Dhubh of Hellifield – Mr O. Ives

Class 55 – Pair of Animal By the Same Sire 1st Mrs A. D. White Head Highland Junior Champion Milis 3rd of Seam – Mr S & Mrs E Haley Highland Male Champion Ted of Cawthorne – Cannon Hall Farm Highland Female Champion Bonnymeg of Moorside – Mr R Bradley Highland Breed Champion Bonnymeg of Moorside – Mr R Bradley

Class 50 – Cow, born on or between January 1, 2017 – December 21, 2017 1st Ban I. Arla 9th of Blairlogan – Mr D Logan & Miss C Ross Class 51 – Heifer born in 2018 in calf or with calf at foot 1st Bannoch Dubh 2nd of Cailaich – Mr M Luscombe 2nd Margaret 4th of Seam – Mr S & Mrs E Haley 3rd Cassie 2nd of Ashgrove – Mr S & Mrs L Burnett Class 52 – Heifer born in 2019 1st Sineag Dubh of Seam – Mrs S & Mrs E Haley 2nd Princess Dubh of Seam – Mrs R Wells 3rd Leigh Dubh of Ashgrove – Mr S & Mrs L Burnett 4th Bonnie Mae of Moorside – Mr R Bradly

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SUMMER SHOWS SHROPSHIRE SHOW Sunday 17th July 2021

July 17th was the first date that Shropshire show went for. They were resolute to go ahead all the way through and were rewarded with beautiful weather and cattle entries that were only 20 down on the record 2018 year. There were also over 300 sheep forward.

The Highlands had an entry of 27 cattle, of which most were forward, considering it was excellent silage weather.

We started with a strong Bull class with Paul Harris’s rising 3-year-old bull taking the male championship and also the Overall Cup. The bull was Eion Mhor 5th of Harris and was shown by Guy Mumford of Yarchester fold, where he is spending the summer.

The cow class was one of the strongest ever seen at the show with twice Royal Welsh show winner Easter Bunny of Walton coming first against a strong field with Jacky Harrison second. This was the first win for Paul Langford with his new Windmill fold based in Much Wenlock.

The three-year-old female class went to Paul Langford with his in-calf heifer Lady Elsie of Acre fold, a strong class of 5.

The 2-year-old class was won by Annie Perkins with Violet of the Rose with a well grown heifer The yearling class was won by Louisa Jordan with a very feminine heifer well grown and stretchy Lady Bethanyof Acre fold.

The pairs were won by Louisa Jordan with two yearling heifers.

The female championship went to Paul Langford with his three year old heifer to win the John Langford Memorial trophy and the overall championship to Paul Harris with his 3 year old black bull.

Our thanks for to Hugh Hoather for judging the sponsors Arthur and Suzanne Hill, the Show organisers for going ahead and to the Competitors for making a superb effort in these difficult times.

Lady Elsie of Acre Fold - Female ChampioN.

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Eion Mhor 5th of Harris owned by Paul Harris exhibited by Paul and Guy Mumford - Male Champion.

Louisa Jordan with her Yearling Heifer Winner.

Easter Bunny of Walton.

Judge Hugh Hoather chosing his female champion.

VICTORIA 4th OF CRAIGOWMILL Victoria 4th of Craigowmill This splendid old lady was 26 last March and she will now be one of the oldest cows in the UK. With her traditional looks and style she is the epitome of what a highland cow should look like. Quiet and easy to handle she was nevertheless very protective of her calves always making sure that they were on her far side when strangers were in the field. She decided that she had had enough calves when she reached 20 so now she keeps a bull company, normally Seumus in winter and a young bull in summer. Whatever their age she “mothers” them and is often seen licking them and of course keeping them in order!!

Victoria is our favourite and she becomes more special with each passing year. She maintains a strong link to the past with all her grandparents being born in the 1970s long before we started at Craigowmill. Her story is a remarkable series of coincidences without which we would not have had the fun and pleasure of her long life with us.

Victoria’s Pedigree We bought our first highland heifer, Molly 22nd of Cladich, at Oban in October 1987. Having travelled to Oban expecting to pay £200-£300 for a calf we were eventually relieved to buy Molly for 700gns, the cheapest of the day!! Molly (or “Elfi,” her pet name) eventually died of old age in the winter of 2010 at 23 years old, always a character and a great favourite.

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cattle were hard to find in those days as numbers had fallen continually from the 1950s. The revival in the 1980s was largely due to interest from Europe which pushed up prices in a limited market. Building up a fold involved travelling around the established breeders and buying (expensively!) at Oban. In 1989 we visited William Thomson at Woodneuk looking for a black heifer. He had nothing black for sale but showed us a nice red in calf heifer, Xanthippe Chanaidh, bought from the island of Canna. She was due to be exported to Denmark but had marginally failed the IBR test. We agreed to buy her subject to a clear test which she duly passed and so Victoria 4th’s mother arrived at Craigowmill. Incidently all female descendants of Xanthippe have been called Victoria due to the Canna cow’s unpronounceable name!

During our visit to Woodneuk William told us that he had sold an old black cow to Neil Bowman of Balgavies,near Forfar, which was also due to be exported.

She had missed the deadline for exports and might be available. We travelled to Balgavies and bought the 14 year old Black Bess 4th of Woodneuk, a big black cow with striking looks who was in calf to Jock of Benmore, one of the best bulls of that era.

So both the dam and the grandam of Victoria 4th should have gone to Europe but by chance ended up at Craigowmill. Black Bess duly calved on Halloween 1989 a big black bull calf, the original Eilean Dubh of Craigowmill, our first home bred stock bull. In fact there has been an Eilean Dubh bred bull at Craigowmill ever since.

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VICTORIA 4th OF CRAIGOWMILL Of course the story does not end here as Victoria’s descendants have continued to shine and win major Championships right up to this year. They include (with photos): Granddaughters Casair 6th of Craigowmill Iseabal 19th of Carsaig

Iseabal 19th of Carisaig.

Xanthippe Chanaidh (who had a black sire) was put to Eilean Dubh in the summer of 1994 and Victoria 4th was born on 16th March 1995, a lovely brindle heifer. At 3 years old we put her to Gille Dubh 2nd of Rigg, our black stock bull purchased at the dispersal of the late Archie Howat’s magnificent Rigg Fold. Confirmed in calf we entered her into the October Sale at Oban with high hopes! Trade was poor in the late 1990s due to BSE and the export ban but nevertheless we were surprised and disappointed that we had to take her out of the Ring at 300gns unsold.

What an opportunity the people round the ring missed that day!! Quite apart from the fact that she was a good looking heifer she was carrying inside her the February 2001 Oban Male Champion, Gille Dubh of Craigowmill,the first black bull Champion for exactly 100 years!! Gille Dubh went to Ormsary where he stayed for 6 years on the Mull of Kintyre and Jura. I believe he was equal with Kirkibost of Ardbhan as the most successful bull at Ormsary - quite an accolade. Who can forget the 4 black heifers from Ormsary and Carsaig at the February 2007 Oban Sale ,all granddaughters of Victoria 4th? They remain the best pen of highland heifers that I have ever seen and judge Jimmy Laing could have picked any one of them as Champion - he selected Lyndsey 7th of Ormsary although I would have picked one of the others!!

Great Grandsons Muran Erchie of Ardbhan Brogach 5th of Craigowmill

Oban Ch Oct 2012 Feb 2013

11000gns Feb 2017 5000gns Feb 2019

Great Great Grandson Gusgurlach of Balmoral Overall Champion RHS 2021

Casair 6th of Craigowmill.

Muran Erchie of Ardbhan.

Lynsey 7th of Ormsary.

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There have been Victoria’s at Craigowmill since 1989 and we currently have Victoria 18th(Granddaughter) and Great Granddaughters the 25th and 26th as well as Victoria 4th!!

VICTORIA 4th OF CRAIGOWMILL

Victoria 18.

some important points about breeding highland cattle.

Firstly using a good bull is important but good breeding cows are ESSENTIAL. A quality fold of cows can carry a poor bull but a top quality bull will have only a limited impact on poor cows.

Secondly I think it is very important to retain the traditional dam line when naming heifer calves; it makes it much easier for both breeders and potential buyers to identify the pedigrees of their cattle. Our Siusan Ruadhs all go back to Leachy,the Dossan Ogs to Strathallan,the Beans to Leys Castle, Mollys to Cladich etc and most importantly the Victorias go back to Canna!!

We still cannot believe our luck that the export ban and lack of buyers at Oban allowed us to retain Victoria 4th and this magnificent cow, who still graces our fields, gives us a strong link to when we first started the Craigowmill Fold.

Finally I don’t know how to convert cow years into human years but perhaps Victoria 4th will be in line for a telegram from our Patron next March 16th!!!

Victoria 18 & 25.

Victoria 4th of Craigowmill with a young bull.

Victoria 26th of Carigowmill.

What a dynasty! Although luck was involved in the early years it is plain to see the quality coming through generation after generation so if you have a cow which is breeding well don’t let her go!!

Our experience with Victoria is a good example of

Gille Dubh of Craigowmill (from a painting by Peter Graham).

Ken Brown

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HIGHLAND CATTLE IRELAND Highland Cattle Ireland – My Darlings, My Life and My Loves It is a crisp cold Sunday night in February. I am in the Royal Hotel in Oban, in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.

As I am getting ready for the annual Highland Cattle Society dinner dance, I stop for a moment and I quickly, without thinking, pick up the phone to call Andrew Ewing Haulier. He answers after a few rings. I can hear that he is driving his cattle lorry, no doubt on route to Oban himself. Without so much as a polite hello from me, I say to him “Andrew, I am just phoning you to be on standby, in case I fall in love this weekend …….”.

I live two separate lives. One as a Vice President, Chartered Accountant for IFS, State Street International, a hedge funds banking business, which operates globally across 100 geographic markets and employs 41k employees worldwide and my second life as a crazy, besotted, proud highland cattle breeder in County Longford in the Republic of Ireland.

I have been breeding these stunning highland cattle since 2012 when I first set eyes on them near Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland. I had never seen this breed before despite having spent my life surrounded by all breeds of cattle growing up on our busy commercial farm. My late father Mickey Shaughnessy was a cattle dealer, buying and selling all breeds of livestock at every cattle mart across Ireland. As soon as I set eyes on these highland cattle that day, I begged and begged my beloved father to please allow me to bring home two of these gorgeous animals. He eventually agreed to allow me to purchase and henceforth I became the proud owner of what was the start of my Highland

Cattle family who are now famously known across Ireland, having won multiple prizes and cups at local, regional and national agricultural shows.

Highland Cattle in Ireland My highlands are my life, simple as that. I am passionate about maintaining, introducing and promoting the best pedigree bloodlines within my fully registered Fold of Highlands and across Ireland. I love researching and studying the various progeny within the Highlands. I am always willing to help “genuine” Irish buyers who are passionate about these precious cattle with their queries relating to registration, bloodlines, availability of registered females and bulls/AI straws etc in Ireland and advising them on the whole import process of buying from the UK. With my fellow Irish Highland breeders we are working together to source and breed top quality highland cattle in Ireland. There is a big demand for these rare breed cattle and breeders here in Ireland, we are typically slow to sell our precious darlings. I am in regular contact with Irish breeders here, Alastair Moore, Howard Konich, Shane Jones, Peter Jones, Peter Desmond, Donal O’Mahoney, Jim McDowell, Vincent Moran as well as the Dooris and McKee breeders in Northern Ireland. I assess what bloodlines we have and what registered cattle we have available for sale here between us before assessing if I need to source again in Scotland or England.

One positive element I see is that the Irish buyer is now appreciating and insisting on buying “registered”

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highland pedigree stock. I strongly believe if it were not for the meticulous registration paperwork of the few original Irish highland breeders in the past (legends I call them) including Roy Graham, James Stafford (RIP), Lydia Hilty, D G Weaver, Michael Gottstein and Howard Konich who diligently ensured all their Irish highland cattle purchased in the 1980’s were registered on the society database and left a trail for us new and upcoming Irish breeders to continue this registered pedigree trail here in Ireland.

Scotland’s Influence and Support I regularly visit Scotland and I am in constant communication with the Highland Cattle Society council who are a huge help and support to me in Ireland. I have built up a wealth of Scottish Highland farming contacts including Dochy Ormiston. Dochy has been such a great mentor to me and is always at the other end of a phone and is always quick to set me straight whether I like it or not, with his no-nonsense, straight talking, direct communication style.

“Watch, Listen and Learn, do you hear me” – My Oban Ringside Tale In late 2019 Dochy advised me to go and get myself over to the Oban Spring Sale and to “watch, listen and learn and make sure you take everything in”. I had never been to an Oban sale. On reflection now, not only was it the highlight of my 2020, it was invaluable in terms of what I learned and the fabulous characters and personalities and breeder contacts I met that weekend.

So off I set for Oban – oh my goodness – it was a Highland Heaven Paradise weekend. Fabulous highlands parading about all over the place, I was in a complete daze. Yes, I did what I was instructed to do, I watched, I listened and I certainly learned and I loved every single moment, twisting my neck in the process with far too

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many sudden moves to quickly turn as yet another stunning highland beauty sauntered past me in the United Auctions cattle yard. And yes, I was totally and utterly over-whelmed, I really was not expecting this.

I had brought from Ireland some nice bottles of Irish whiskey for a few of my auld favourite breeders and off I set to see what characters and familiar faces were about.

As I walk around the cattle stalls, I am chuffed at immediately running into my friendly buddy Tom Thomson and Colin Souter; John Singer throws me a large welcoming smile and a dram of Stiff Scotch which I drink fast to calm myself a bit; up floats Donald McNaughton, full of his usual charm and starts arguing and bickering with me, he proceeds to fling me into his beautiful enormous bull and walks off, bold as brass, leaving me stranded with his gorgeous Bull glaring at me in a bed of straw; Alan Prentice swaggers by with his friendly grin and three gorgeous fluffy bulls trailing behind him – I immediately think, I must get a few of them hunky Hyndford bulls across to Ireland; Mel and Matt from Pollock farm gives me a friendly low down on the weekend ahead as I admire their pet bull Charlie, a real sweetheart; poor Angus MacDonald from Ardbhan and Graeme Keep from Chedley cannot get rid of me and my trillion questions as he showcases his beautiful dolls; Roy Abel, Jackie Harrison, Robert Philips and Eva Brown are so friendly and welcoming and helpful seeing my dazed look as I walk around; Angus Mackay I could see is in the ring shouting and bantering at all that pass in his lovely, loud Scottish accent as he is warming up to MC the Show; Anne-Marie, Janet, Craig, Gordon and David from the society have a friendly smile for all that passed as they wish everyone the very best of luck; I introduce myself to Ewan Mackay and show him pictures of some fabulous calves his Angus Mor sired bull is producing in

HIGHLAND CATTLE IRELAND Ireland; I explain to Ewan that his bull is the only “red” AI HI Straw currently available in Ireland; I continue to walk around all the different fold stalls, stopping off at every one of them to admire their cattle; I arrive at the Killochries stall where my heart skips a beat as I see these two soft, brown, beautiful eyes gazing up at me and I fall to my knees to hug her and I think to myself “oh No, No, No, Please God No”…………I am smitten and I am hooked and I am a long way from home. I am in Oban that weekend to look, learn, listen but certainly not to shop.

“Show” day was Sunday, Dochy was the judge. I sat ring side, glued for the day, not moving once as I studied each and every one of the highlands that come into the ring, watching and learning and enjoying the lovely banter of everyone by my side including some fellow Northern Ireland breeders Ruben and John Dooris and Jim and Eileen MacDowell – I had something to learn from each and every one I chatted away to, and I was taking my notes. Dochy Ormiston gave the winning slap that show day to Jon and Queenie Strickland’s beautiful bull K2 of Cladich, lead out by Stuart Campbell.

“Sale” day was Monday, and my heart was racing.

Those brown eyes had pierced my heart and I had no clue back then how to export/quarantine cattle to Ireland.

Fortunately, I had sat down ringside beside two wise men that day, Andy Smith and David Dickson. Both men gave me a briefing on every single animal that came into the ring that day. The sale was moving along fast, time was flying as I watched who was buying and selling and what prices were being commanded. Then my brown eyed beauty sauntered into the ring. She had Killochries, Balmoral and Dunvegan bloodlines, she was perfect, my heart was racing – “Will I bid? Won’t I bid?” and how in the name of the Good Lord do I get her home across the sea if I purchase. I turned to Andy Smith and David Dickson and whispered, “will I go for her” and David mumbled

back under his breath “Go for it”. Unlike any other discreet buyer at a cattle mart, I leapt into the air and put that bid in for my brown eye girl as if my life depended on it – other buyers turned to see this tiny 5 foot, curly haired, Irish girl waving a piece of paper in the air with a face that pleaded “ don’t outbid me, please let me buy her”……to this day I thank Killochries and other bidders for allowing the auctioneer to drop the hammer for me and letting me purchase my brown eyed darling and a few of her pals to accompany her back home to Ireland.

Exporting to Ireland I returned to Ireland from that weekend in Oban with what I felt was a wealth of knowledge and great contacts but also with the confidence that Scotland and the UK was where I could potentially source the best Highland Cattle to introduce to Ireland.

I struggle to find the words when it comes to Thanking the breeders who have trusted and allowed me to purchase and exported their gorgeous highlands to me in Ireland with the help of Andrew and Aileen Ewing, Dumbretton Farm hauliers, who complete all the paperwork and make the entire process as seamless as possible for the seller. I always love to keep in touch with all the breeders and let them know how their darlings are doing and how utterly spoilt and adored they are in Ireland. You all know who you are and I thank you with the greatest appreciation I can offer.

While most who talk to me would say I am obsessed with my Highland Cattle - but yes I am absolutely and unreservedly obsessed. My darlings are my pride and my joy. They are my heartbeat and I just love them. My Highlands walk all over me, they are just so spoilt.

Every day, every Single day, I say, “Thank you God for my Highland Cattle” and “Thank You Scotland, where I fell in love”.

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CHANGES TO TAGGING LEGISLATION Changes to Tagging Legislation Post-BREXIT EXPORTING OR MOVING GB LIVESTOCK TO THE EU OR NORTHERN IRELAND FROM 1 JANUARY 2021

From 1 January 2021, the UK will trade with the EU as a third country and new livestock identification rules will apply for moving or exporting animals.

Under the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU Withdrawal

Agreement, the same requirements will apply for these live animal movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

The UK currently uses the identifier ‘UK’ in accordance with EU rules for Member States. From 2021, we will need to include a visual identifier which displays GB for animals intended for exported or moved to the EU or moved to Northern Ireland.

The following paragraphs explain the export tagging options for cattle, which also apply when tagging animals for movement to Northern Ireland.

To export or move cattle to the EU or Northern Ireland from 2021 identification must now display the GB country code – the options are as follows:

WHERE CATTLE ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WITH A UK TAG PAIR

Cattle are currently double tagged with a pair of ear tags which bear the country code UK and the animal’s individual ID number. One of these tags is a secondary tag where additional information can be added. You should apply an additional (management) tag which displays GB plus the animal’s existing individual ID number.

Replacement tags with the GB suffix can also be applied where animals which have already been registered and not intended for export have lost a secondary tag. You can use any type of plastic tag (e.g. flag tag, button tag) for the additional management tag, but it should be easily read from a distance.

WHERE CALVES ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME

You can apply a pair of ‘UK’ tags which also display a GB suffix on the secondary tag.

These animals will not need an additional management tag given these tags contain the visual GB code. Cattle will no longer need to be accompanied by their passport on export to the EU. You will need to return the passports to BCMS within seven days of export.

If you are exporting cattle for slaughter, they also need to be freeze-branded on the hind quarters with an L mark.

FURTHER GUIDANCE (TO INCLUDE SHEEP AND PIGS) CAN BE FOUND ON GOV.UK AT: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exporting-animals-and-animal-products-to-the-eu-from-1-january-2021 (Amended from DEFRA: International Organisation for Standardisation)

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HIGHLAND CHeCS Cattle Health Schemes: Where do I begin?

Have you heard of CHeCS and seen the certificates but don’t know where to start? Read on! Herds of all sizes and health status can benefit from joining a health scheme. It’s a framework to find out which infectious diseases are in your herd and gives you the opportunity to tackle them.

Cattle Health Certification Standards (UK), abbreviated to CHeCS, is the regulatory body for Cattle Health Schemes in the UK and Ireland. It was set up over 20 years ago by the cattle industry to control and eradicate important diseases of cattle using a set of standards to which all licensed Cattle Health Schemes must adhere. CHeCS do not run a health scheme themselves, they oversee them.

The diseases that CHeCS covers are BVD, Johne’s disease, IBR, Leptospira hardjo and Neospora caninum as well as TB. Accredited free status can be achieved for BVD, IBR and L. Hardjo. For Johne’s disease and Neospora a risk level is given with 1 indicating a herd with the lowest risk of infection. With TB herds progress from a score of 0 to 10, with the higher numbers indicating lower TB risk.

Herds in health schemes have improved herd health, welfare, and profitability as they are actively identifying and reducing disease risks in their herd. They are also following clear guidelines to stop new diseases coming into their herd and managing the risks of adding animals. They also benefit from discounts on testing and being able to display certificates allowing potential vendors to understand their herd status.

The CHeCS technical documents have an evidencebased set of testing procedures to determine whether the included infectious diseases are present in a herd or not.

There is then a framework for reducing or eradicating these diseases. If you are not currently in a health scheme, do you know the status of these diseases within your herd? Discuss it with your vet and perhaps you could do some initial testing. You may be pleasantly surprised, find no evidence of disease and choose to work towards accreditation. It is important though, if you do find evidence of disease, that you discuss with your vet how best to tackle it. This is particularly relevant if you plan to introduce animals to your herd. If for example you have IBR in your herd, but you buy a bull that is free of IBR, it is important to plan with your vet how to protect your new purchase e.g., by vaccination.

It is not necessary to join the health schemes for all diseases at the start. BVD and Johne’s disease are certainly considered

priority diseases due to their significant impact on cattle health and welfare as well as productivity.

Losses from BVD in a beef herd can exceed £45,000 over a ten-year period. BVD eradication is currently a hot topic in the cattle industry with mandatory schemes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland and subsidised screening is available in England and Wales. Studies have shown that cows that test strongly positive for antibodies to Johne’s disease produce calves with an average weaning weight 21.5kg less than that of test negative animals. Cows that are moderate to high shedders of the Johne’s organism produce calves with an average weaning weight 58.5 kg less than that of culture negative animals.

In your herd you may therefore want to start with testing for BVD and Johne’s disease and consider moving forward with the other diseases over time. It may be inappropriate to attempt to progress with Leptospira Hardjo accreditation if you have a high number of vaccinated animals in your herd, or in the case of IBR a non-marker vaccine has been used. Again, a plan can be agreed with your vet. Perhaps stopping L. Hardjo vaccination or switching to IBR marker vaccine and monitoring heifers as they join the herd with a long-term plan of working towards accreditation in five or six years would be a good option.

The biosecurity and quarantine guidelines within CHeCS ensure that if these diseases are not present in your herd, then they stay out. Installation of double fencing or use of an equivalent boundary to provide a gap of 3 metres between scheme cattle and any neighbouring cattle of a lower health status, is essential where scheme participants are following the IBR and/or BVD Accredited free programmes.

If this is not possible for your herd, Vaccinated Monitored Free status for these diseases could be an option.

The CHeCS guidelines and testing framework are suitable for use in every herd, whether a commercial herd or selling pedigree animals. The rate at which you progress with certification is up to you.

Helen Carty BVM&S, Cert AVP (Cattle), MRCVS SRUC Veterinary Services

SRUC Veterinary Services run the Premium Cattle Health Scheme (PCHS), one of the largest CHeCS Licensed Schemes serving pedigree and commercial, beef and dairy herds.

For further information about PCHS please visit www.cattlehealth.co.uk Tel: 01835 822456 Email: pchs1@btconnect.com

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MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY Introduction What right have I to write this paper? I have no qualifications, barely any knowledge of genetics, and know nothing of the great Highland cattle families, nor of yesteryear’s famous bulls. All I bring to the table is experience, starting with writing out all the pedigrees of my school’s pack of beagles 68 years ago, going on to breed foxhounds of top working quality, then breeding racehorses of international championship quality and finally, since 2003, breeding Highland cattle of winning ability at top shows. All I did was observe, think, plan, read and pick the brains of the major players in their different fields. These notes are written in the hope that what I have learnt will be of use to you, especially when you are buying a bull or purchasing stock.

The First Step First of all with the Highlands, I amassed females by buying at Oban or privately, with prices ranging from £250 to 3,000’s guineas. Once I had Highlands from 72 different families which over the years reduced to 40. (Some family lines will not nick to the bull put to them. This number ensures that at least some will.)

I wrote down all individual’s pedigree to four or five generations – an absolute necessity. I got to know the strengths and the weaknesses of my stock. My eye developed and I came to like good sized, well balanced stock with good top lines, correct Highland characteristics and good locomotion. I bred for beef; show was merely a bonus. Willie Maclean was at hand to advise on conformation.

My overriding strategy was to try and improve the female (family) lines. By looking carefully at the pedigrees over and over again, I was soon able to identify the best established families, their breeders and also note the many similarities across the breed’s pedigrees. Just remember them. The more you study them, the more you will learn by heart.

The Second Step – Bull Selection The next and most vital step is to select the right bull for your families – he has got to improve them. The bull will influence your fold for the next two or three years and more. The right bull will improve your fold for years to come; the wrong one can wreak havoc in your breeding.

Analysing a Pedigree Making the right bull choice is the most important breeding decision you have to make. Reading and studying potential bull pedigrees is indispensable. I first look at the top male line. It has to be of unbroken quality, and the more predominant its members the

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better. Recognising predominance is relatively easy. As you study your pedigrees, especially in the fourth and fifth generations, certain bull names stand out because of their frequent repetition, indicating predominance.

I look at each bull in the male line by researching the number of bulls it has sired – all in the Society’s data base. To give a good example of a predominant bull I bought and successfully used was Eoin Mhor of Miungairigh. His record is attached in Appendix 1.

You should analyse all the cows in the prospective bull’s bottom female line as far back as the Highland Cattle Society (HCS) data system provides. Number of calves each cow has bred and, importantly, if the line has produced bulls. A family which has not produced bulls is unlikely to breed one for you now. Then the sire of each cow in the bottom line to determine the quality of the covering sires. Then study the top dam sire line of the bull for four generations, again to determine quality, but not to the same detail. A tip for identifying the quality of some females: a continuous female line with the same name being used (the numbers indicating the longevity of the family), say Dosan Og 55th of Achnacloich or Benmore etc, it suggests it is of a respected family, having been continually bred from for many years and generations by a top breeder.

Similarly, a cow’s name stretching back over the generations could, but not necessarily, indicate a good line, e.g. Molly 6th of Craigowmill, emanating from a line of Mollies from Craigowmill to Cladich. Likewise, you can identify the quality of the ancestral folds. Every pedigree has a weak link and one is more likely to notice it if there are too many unknown breeders in a particular pedigree.

When you have analysed all this information it is time to use the split pedigrees, i.e. a separate pedigree sheet for both the dam and each prospective bull, placing the bull’s above the dam’s.

Buying a Bull Do not buy a bull without seeing or asking an experienced Highland breeder friend to do so for you.

What to look for?

• He must say “Look at me, I am a bull” • Be correct, sound with good locomotion • Has good conformation – capable of winning or being placed at a good show • Be of the right size • Have a bull’s pedigree that has a consistently good top male line and with the other successful names appearing in the body of the pedigree. As an illustration see Appendix 1.

MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY • The Highland characteristics are all good • He is sold with an HCS or a NBA breeding warranty • Be prepared to pay as much as you can afford. A poor buy can wreck your fold for generations to come. Better to have a smaller fold with a good bull than having many cows to put to a bad bull. It is impossible to improve your families’ lines if you use poor bulls.

What to look for when placing the bull and females’ pedigrees together. By now you should have a good idea of what to look for in the prospective progeny’s pedigrees: his top pedigree sire line, dams’ bottom female line, and its covering sires, dam top sire line, frequency of good names, be they individual bulls, or, in general, a predominance of good respected fold names.

Line Breeding and Inbreeding Line breeding is breeding back to the same individuals in the fourth or fifth generations. In-breeding is to the first, second and third generations of good combined pedigrees. Look for the same bull names appearing twice or more in the fourth and fifth generations. From your cows’ pedigrees, certain bull names might stand out – you do not necessarily have to know anything about them. Just repetition on its own tells you much.

For me, Jock of Cullerne stood out in many of my cows’ pedigrees. Consequently, I have successfully bred back to him on many occasions. Beware, however, of breeding back to too many bulls since too many competing strong genes can make a mismatch of the resulting progeny’s genes.

I have found that when reading many hound, horse or cattle pedigrees the position in the pedigree of the repeated male name is important. In a bull’s and a cow’s combined split pedigree, a good sire’s name repeated in the top male line of both pedigrees, or with a sire of a cow in the tail female line often has a high success rate in line and inbreeding. USA Thoroughbred research has shown preference for the selected males to appear closer in the bull’s pedigree than in the dam’s.

I have not seen any research on line or inbreeding to a dam. Suffice to say, when I have done so it usually has been unsuccessful.

I am not against inbreeding, and in the past have bred 2 x 3, 3 x 2, 3 x 3, 3 x 4, 4 x 3, with success.

On rare occasions, I have bred 2 x 2 (i.e. common grand sires) without regret, but when in-breeding the quality, consistency and predominance of the bull is all important. See Appendix 2 for an explanatory diagram.

Weights and Grades They result from a combination of genetics and management. We keep a detailed register for all first sales, including records of weights and grades where applicable. We weigh at weaning and at monthly intervals thereafter until first turn-out. Average Daily Weight Gains throughout are an important management tool. Both good and poor performers are noted against their dams and noted for future breeding purposes. At weaning, dams of those calves falling below our set Average Daily Weight Gain targets are removed from the herd.

The A,B,C Rule For both males and females, I strongly recommend you follow the A,B,C Rule which I learnt from the late Sir Newton Ryecroft, a celebrated genius in foxhound breeding. Take each factor, i.e. Highland characteristics, temperament, locomotion, feet, legs, length, size, top line, udders, teats, maternal ability, pedigree, size etc. and general conformation, and allocate an A, B or C rating to each, rating A = above average, B = average or C = below average. Avoid against breeding from any cow or bull which has a C in its overall rating, e.g. AAAAAC … is unacceptable and should not be bred from, regardless of any other very attractive traits. ABBBB …, AAAB .. , BBB… etc. is ok, but never with a C. This more than anything else has improved the standard of my fold. It has, however, to be ruthlessly applied. There is no room for sentiment.

The above portrays the “mechanics” of my approach to breeding, but there are other important matters to take into account. (a) Decide on what you are seeking to breed – show or beef, size etc. Unless you wish to change an individual feature, try and select a bull of the same type as your females, especially the head. (b) Colour is unimportant and purely a matter of personal preference. I like to avoid any insipid colour. (c) Only once have I bred from a bull for more than two seasons and that was because I failed to find a good enough replacement. In that time, you should find out if he is nicking or not with your cows. If he is not and you keep breeding from him for three or more seasons, you might find you are damaging your fold.

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MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY (d) Dispose of or cross-breed a cow after she has bred you two pedigree heifer calves. This is a personal preference tip given to me by the late Gerald Leigh, the foremost English Thoroughbred breeder of his time, but it may be a different matter if you are purely breeding to sell. If her daughters do not come up to your expectations, by continuing to breed from her you will not be improving her family and you will end up having too many “also rans” in your fold. If they are better than her, you will be improving your fold. If she is a Champion and they are better, a good sale might be a wise decision. This can apply to all fold sizes but not, perhaps, to the owner of just two or three cows. (e) Preferably don’t buy or use a bull until he is a 3yo.

You then have a much better idea of what he is going to turn out to be. Similarly, do not shy away from buying an aged bull, i.e. 4yo+. I have enjoyed good success with the aged purchases of Ruairidh of Glengarnock, Bentalla of Glengarnock and Uisdean of Craigowmill, all of which produced brilliant champions. It is a pity that currently the sale accent is on 2yo bulls. People are virtually buying blind and it can only be detrimental to the Highland breed. When buying privately, make it a condition that the vendor tests the bull for fertility; likewise, when buying at a public sale, subsequently arrange a testing for yourself. (f) Be prepared to cull ruthlessly for temperament, feet, soundness or poor production. Have your stock tested yearly for BVD, IBR, Johne’s and Lepto. If a positive for any, cull the individual.

Should it be Johne’s positive, not only cull it as soon as possible but also both her succeeding calves and her preceding calf. I once bought an Oban Champion heifer in calf to a Champion bull. Perfect? No, the bull calf she was carrying was a BVD P.I. and before weaning he infected all the cows within his group with the result that the embryos they were carrying similarly became P.I. I had to cull all the eventual calves, thus losing a whole crop. Tragic, expensive, and a big hole in our breeding but necessary even though they were all by the brilliant Ruairidh of Glengarnock. Sadly, we did not and could not know until it was too late. (g) Never knowingly “export” any problem male or female beast to another fold. You are not doing anybody any favours and it could be a decision you will have to live with for ever.

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(h) You will have both good and bad luck. Whichever it is, manage it to your best advantage. Occasionally, you might find that a mating which looks good fails to “nick” with inexplicable and sometimes embarrassing results. Nobody is to blame but you should carefully analyse the joint pedigrees to see if you can identify the weak link. (i) Never be too proud to seek good advice. Although I know what I like, I consider myself to be a poor judge, hence it was on his father’s advice of teaming up with Willie Maclean. As my Stockman he was and is invaluable. He is a superb judge, has an excellent eye for buying young stock and has a whole wealth of valuable experience. Indeed I owe much to the Maclean family. Willie’s sister, Mary from whom I made my first Oban purchase, and his brother, Charlie in Hampshire. Charlie was my Highland Cattle Society Fieldsman and produced Iasgair of Mottistone for me to be Champion bull at Oban in 2006. However much you might know, it is always helpful to have a mentor.

Finally, a plea to the Highland Cattle Society. When redesigning the website database, please revert to the four easy to print out generation tabulated pedigrees, and use different coloured type face to denote different sexes in the progeny lists. The present data lay out is insufficient in easily providing the information needed. If I like a bull at a sale, it takes me at least an hour to fully analyse his pedigree. Without the full four generations, and the former colour coding, it takes much longer, leaving not enough time before the sale. I do not see how one can breed successfully and systematically if one is not able to place a full laid out bull’s pedigree to four generation above your cow’s. You then have the full combined pedigrees neatly set out enabling you to “dance” around it. Only then can you see at a glance all the name repetitions, positions in the pedigree and get a feeling of their ancestral folds.

MICHAEL POLAND September 2020

MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY Appendix 1 Eoin Mhor of Miungairigh An example of a Predominant Sire

I bought this bull at Oban for 900 gns in 2006. He was not even in the 2yo championship line up. I could not understand it. He was virtually shouting out “Look at me, I am a bull. I have the size and conformation.” Worried there was something I did not know about, I only used him sparingly as a 2yo, after which he became my main stock bull, siring some exceptional stock. When I had finished with him, I showed him at the Royal Highland and the Great Yorkshire Shows in 2010 where he won the Reserve Male and Male Championships respectively. He was the only nonhome bred I have ever shown, and then only because I intended to sell him at Oban the following February.

As a 6yo he fetched 4,500 gns and again 4,500 gns as a 10 yo at the Whitslaid disposal. As shown below, he exceled as a sire and grand sire.

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MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY 1st Generation Descendants of Eoin Mhor of Miungairigh

Ch Bull, Oban 2011

Eoin Mhor 3rd of Mottistone

Breed Ch, Royal Highland Show 2011 Female & Res Breed Ch, Great Yorkshire 2012 Supreme Cattle Ch, Dalmally 2012

Morag Odhar of Mottistone

Male and Breed Ch, Great Yorkshire 2012 Supreme Ch, Glasgow International 2012 Reserve Male Ch, Royal Highland Show 2012

Eoin Mhor 8th of Mottistone

Ch Bull & Res Breed Ch, Royal Highland Show 2012 Supreme Interbreed Ch, Surrey 2014 Reserve Native Breed, Newbury & Royal Berks 2014 Breed Ch, South of England 2014 Reserve Male Ch, Royal Highland Show 2015 Male Ch & Reserve Breed, Great Yorkshire 2015

Eoin Mhor 11th of Mottistone

Eoin Mhor 15th of Mottistone

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Interbreed Ch, Lorn 2016

MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY 2nd Generation Descendants of Eoin Mhor 8th of Mottistone

Male & Reserve Breed Ch, National 2017 Interbreed Ch, Appin 2017 Breed Ch, Dalmally 2017 Reserve Male Ch, Sale Topper, 10,000 gns, Oban 2018

Eoin Mhor 17th of Mottistone

Ch Female & Reserve Breed Ch, Appin 2017 Female Sale Topper, 4,200 gns, Oban Feb 2019 Reserve Breed Ch, Great Yorkshire 2019

Fern 2nd of Mottistone Sguillin 4th of Mottistone

Res Ch Female, Sale Topper, 4,000 gns, Oban Oct 2017

Eoin Mhor 24th of Mottistone

Breed Ch, Biggar 2018

Eoin Mhor 18th of Mottistone

Reserve Male Ch, Oban 2019

Eoin Mhor 12th of Mottistone

Best Stock Bull, Midland & Southern Regional National Fold Competition 2019 Property of Paul Harris

Eoin Mhor 30th of Mottistone

Reserve Breed Ch, Stars of the Future 2019

Cameron of Sguir Mor

Top price bull (10,000 gns) UA Spring Sale, Oban, Feb 2021

Lynn 12th of Mottistone

Ch Female and Reserve Overall, RHS 2021

Ted of Cawthorne

Male Ch, Great Yorkshire 2021

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MOTTISTONE FOLD BREEDING POLICY Appendix 2 Example of tabulated pedigree Explanation of 2 x 2 etc.

1 2 3 4 Bull C ______ ______ Bull A ______ ______ ______ Sire ______ Bull B ______ Cow L ______ ______ Cow M Progeny Bull C Bull A ______ Bull B ______ ______ Cow L Dam ______ ______ ______ _______ Bull C Cow M ______ i) ii) iii) iv) v)

Progeny is inbred to Bull A 2 x 3 Progeny is line bred to Cow L 2 x 4 Progeny is inbred to Bull B 3 x 2 Progeny is line bred to Bull C 4 x 4 x 4 (in positions I like to see in a pedigree) Progeny is line bred to Cow M 4 x 3

Editor’s Note: Although relatively new to breeding Highland cattle, Michael Poland has had 68 years’ experience studying and/ or breeding beagles, foxhounds and thoroughbred racehorses, all at the very top level, including King’s Theatre, winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond, and runner up in both the Epsom and Irish Derbies, voted the Cartier European Middle Distance Champion 1994.

In 1994, the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association awarded him their Breeder of the Year Trophy. He has been breeding Highlands from 2003 since when the cattle have won the Craig Seller Cup for the Oban Champion Bull four times, Breed Champion at the Royal Highland for two consecutive years, as well as Supreme Champion at the Glasgow International two years running.

Since Isagair of Mottistone’s Oban win in 2006, Michael has bred 21 individual champions. As a matter of principle, he only shows home-bred stock. The only exception was Eoin Mhor of Miungairigh, Champion bull at the Royal Highland Show when he was planning to sell him the next year as a 5yo bull.

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A BRAVE NEW ERA BECKONS! A Brave New Era Beckons!

Without question, we are entering a period of seismic change in the beef industry. This change is hitting us from many different angles all at the same time, and when the industry emerges – and emerge it will – agriculture will have a new look, one fit to carry us forward to a bright future. Our challenges are many, not least Brexit, which necessitates the replacement of CAP funding; the current future uncertainty is weighing heavy. Not only do we not really know what hoops we will need to jump through, we do not know the level of funding we will be able to claim, and we have a feeling that the Government don’t really know either! Funding will undoubtedly be different in the devolved home countries, and the playing field – or the supermarket shelves - will likely be far from level.

There will continue to be debate on environmental aspects of beef production, and rightly so - we should always strive to improve. As yet, there is still no agreement of how to calculate the environmental impact of aspects of beef production, and this is something that needs clarification to plan for the future.

The signs are that we are reaching, perhaps not the end, but a way to live alongside Covid19. The pandemic has been kinder to our industry than it has to others. The British public have been shown a stark vision of what the future without the ‘key working’ farmer might be, and the patriotic support for home grown has seen our industry benefit in terms of education, value, welfare and price. It remains to be seen what the post-pandemic normal looks like, but we are optimistic that the future has a positive outlook.

The press has been largely negative regarding the Australian trade deal. The trade deal is happening. Rather than expend our energy fighting the inevitable, we should ensure that safeguards are in place to maintain standards in production.

We must be realistic and accept that we need to import beef – and, of course, we do also export a reasonable quantity too. It is vital that all imports – from Australia or elsewhere - are produced to a minimum of UK welfare and production standards, and that lower quality imports are not used to push our home-grown prices backwards. Keeping the support of the great British public is of major importance.

This deal opens a much bigger debate on how to solve the dilemmas in beef production in the UK. Unconfirmed noises from some UK devolved governments appear to imply that they want to - or will - reduce domestic production to help them reach their carbon targets in their own countries. England, with her much higher population, is naturally the biggest UK consumer, and Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland export 60-70% of their beef production here. Any reduction in domestic production will mean that the beef shortfall has to be covered elsewhere, opening the door for more imports from the likes of Australia, and the corresponding increase in carbon that transportation from the other side of the world involves.

The idea behind reducing domestic production appears to be that we will eat less beef to compensate. Whilst this may reduce slightly over time, it is likely that the increase in population will keep pace with consumption reduction for the foreseeable future. The ‘carbon-friendly’ devolved governments would just be transferring their carbon load elsewhere. This local threat will be far more damaging to long-term UK beef production than the Australian deal. The devolved governments who are lamenting its introduction at Westminster should get their own house – and mathematicians - in order first.

Decreasing domestic production will open doors for all imports, not just the Australians. It currently takes a national herd of nearly 1.4 million suckler cows to produce our import requirements. It is imperative that our devolved governments realise the need for a UK approach, not an individual one.

Alternatively, we will be faced with the ludicrous scenario where we produce less, high-welfare beef in the UK to meet dubious carbon targets, but ship in lower standard product from the other side of the world.

So, a brave new era beckons. Some breeds will be able to adapt better than others, and perhaps none more so than the Highland. The ability to turn heather-covered hills into high value protein for human consumption, is an advantage few have. Add to this the environmental benefits of the management that comes with grazing the uplands, and the Highland breed could and should be at the forefront of the future of beef production.

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FEARN FARM FEATURE In terms of the development of our Highland cattle fold its very much early days, our initial purchases arrived in February 2020 from Allanfearn and Achterneed near Strathpeffer two black and two red heifers which settled in quickly.

Subsequent purchases again two reds and two blacks arrived from Cailaich on Mull a year later brought the numbers of our small Morangie fold up to eight.

It would be fair to say that I had guidance, the legendary cattle man Jimmy Laing is a good friend and mentor and was delighted to be able to offer his services assisting with procurement. He’s always up for a road trip and has kept me right/led me astray on more than one occasion.

Starting a fold of highland cattle wasn’t ever really in our plan at Fearn we have plenty on our plate, between our own Beef Shorthorn and Luing cattle, Luing cattle we look after for others, a large-scale sheep enterprise plus 500 acres of arable crops.

Reflecting on why we bought our first highland cattle initially there were two reasons but once the idea was hatched more became evident as I will explain.

In 2020 we completed holiday accommodation on farm which sleeps 10 or 4 people or 14 when the adjoining door is opened, we wanted to give our visitors an experience to remember and what better way to start your morning than to have a Highland heifer peering in through the window. Unfortunately, due to Covid, visitor numbers were limited last year but bookings are much better in 2021 and the highland heifers have certainly proved quite an attraction.

Our second primary reason and that links to the fold name Morangie relates to Glenmorangie distillery and Morangie farm located just five miles away north of Tain.

We have a great working relationship with the distillery, we lease their farm from them which surrounds the distillery and straddles the A9 on the NC500 route and we felt that highland cattle next to the distillery and the main road would complement the experience of everyone whether local, visiting on holiday or passing through the area.

It’s vital for us as a business moving forward that we work closely with other forward thinking businesses like Glenmorangie (think Orangee when you pronounce it), we grow barley which ends up with them via the maltings which produces some of the finest whisky in the world, we then utilise by-products such as draff to feed our cattle in the winter and digestate which we spread on our land reducing fertiliser inputs.

Whilst there is value in keeping cattle to enhance tourism opportunities, they need to pay their way, adding value through selling our products to the general public is something that we are doing more and more of, demand for our beef and lamb boxes has risen during covid and Highland beef will sell very quickly.

Who knows where we will go with the fold, our initial thoughts would be to increase numbers to 1215 cows which would handle the rough grazing beside Glenmorangie distillery but we are open minded and will see where the journey takes us.

As a family it’s great for us to have the complete set as it were, Beef Shorthorns, Highlands and Luings whose stories are intertwined over time all bring something different to our faming enterprise.

It’s also vital that we enjoy what we do, there’s no doubt that the characters we now have in our small fold contribute to our wellbeing, making us smile on a regular basis, please come and see us and them, we might even persuade Jimmy to join us for a dram, Glenmorangie of course!

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KITCHEN COOS & EWES Kitchen Coos & Ewes The saying that ‘travel broadens the mind’ should be the strapline for Neale and Janet McQuistin’s farming business which is situated in the Southern Uplands in Wigtownshire.

Highland cattle and Beltex sheep are an unusual mix of livestock to find in a region of Scotland that is synonymous with Galloway cattle, Blackface sheep and Scotch Mule ewe lambs. In fact, it’s an unusual mix of livestock to find on any farm!

Winning the first prize rosette in the Scotch Mule ewe lamb section at the Royal Highland Show, on three occasions at the turn of the century, is testimony that Neale and Janet know a bit about breeding Blackface ewes with Bluefaced Leicester rams. However, it was exporting Mule ewe lambs to France and Belgium during the 1990s that led onto Beltex sheep coming to High Airyolland.

After several years of exporting Scotch Mules to France during the mid-1990s a Belgian farmer, who was farming in the Loire Valley, invited Neale to see his large flock of Scotch Mules. Neale remembers the Mule ewes looking very impressive but when he saw the Beltex lambs that were running behind them his first thoughts were that this breed must have a great future in the UK. The Belgian farmer, who by this time had become a good friend, had lots of contacts back in Belgium, so it wasn’t long before some top quality Beltex sheep arrived at Airyolland farm.

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Twenty-three years later Beltex sheep are the main sheep enterprise at Airyolland and Neale and Janet have broken the record price for females twice in the past and still hold the record price for males at 65,000gns paid for Airyolland Castro. Neale freely admits that it’s teamwork that makes the dreamwork at Airyolland.

Janet is so meticulous when it comes to the healthcare of the sheep, she has an amazing memory for bloodlines and a great judge of stock as well.

If the journey towards breeding Beltex sheep was driven by a business head the road that led to Highland cattle coming to Airyolland had more to do with the heart.

KITCHEN COOS & EWES It was on a fishing trip to the Knoydart peninsula in 2005, organised by Ken Fletcher of the Scottish Farmer variety, that Neale went fly fishing for Sea trout early one morning and ended up catching the Highland Coo bug.

Neale recalled: “I had just got settled into a nice casting rhythm when the tranquillity of the morning was interrupted by the screeches of a plain wire fence getting tested to destruction. Just at that a bunch of highland cows pushed their way through the old fence and waded right into the pool where I was fishing.

However, instead of being angry I reeled in my line and sat down on the riverbank to enjoy the fantastic sight of seeing such super animals going about their business”.

It was to prove to be a lifechanging moment. Later that same day, after a dram or three, a deal was struck to purchase three of the cows he had seen at the river that morning.

The single malt that was used to help the trade negotiations had clearly not been used to think through the transport arrangements! It took another three years to organise the logistical challenge of getting the cattle onto a boat at Inverie and ship them to Mallaig and then on to Wigtownshire - but they did finally get to Airyolland farm in October 2008.

In the meantime, shortly after the fishing trip, Neale went to Oban in the autumn of 2005 and bought 5 in calf heifers to get the Airyolland fold started.

Sixteen years later the farming couple are now using the same principles they used to breed Scotch Mule sheep to breed their cattle. Some of the 30 Highland cattle on

the hill are crossed with a Whitebred Shorthorn Bull to breed replacements for their other herd of 50 cattle which is run on the inbye part of the farm. The Whitebred Shorthorn X Highland cows are crossed again with a Simmental bull and the females out of that cross are sold as bulling heifers when they are two years old.

All the cattle are high health status, so the females are easily sold from farm to farm through United Auctions.

The couple’s latest venture into agritourism is even more complex than the mix of livestock on their farm. It was only after the McQuistin’s three children graduated from university and headed off into the world to put their various degrees to good use that Janet retired from her job as a schoolteacher to fulfil her lifelong ambition to be a fulltime farmer.

Neale then got his opportunity to pursue his ambition to do something connected with tourism. However, at the heart of their decision to diversify in 2017 was a genuine concern about the effect that Brexit might have on their farming business.

When the UK voted to leave the EU their business was heavily dependent on Beltex sheep which are pivotal in satisfying the demand from mainland Europe for top of the range prime lamb carcasses. Neale was convinced that trade negotiations between the UK and the EU would eventually break down over fishing rights and the UK would be out without a deal at the end of 2020. This in turn would lead to the complete collapse of the UK sheep industry if WTO tariffs came into play.

All that is history now and Neale and Janet have no regrets over going into agritourism.

Kitchen Coos & Ewes is a home-grown tourist attraction that combines the farm’s eclectic mix of livestock, Janet’s love for baking and the couple’s passion for sharing their experience of all things farming.

The principle is simple. Visitors are taken on a guided tour, in a purpose-built trailer, to see the farm animals and they get to enjoy farmhouse baking before they leave.

Neale recalled: “We noticed that every time our Highland cows were close to the road cars would regularly stop and people would get out to take photographs. It was obvious that Highland cows have a very powerful attraction”.

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KITCHEN COOS & EWES the application process was lukewarm, to say the least.

So, they decided to ditch LEADER and push on anyway without applying for any grants.

Without investing too much in infrastructure the bare bones of the business were established and a trial period to test the market was initiated. Consequently, the first paying visitors pulled into their farmyard in August 2019.

That trial period was very encouraging so a large people carrying trailer was ordered and work was started to renovate an old traditional byre to accommodate visitors. They had no idea what was about to happen in the early months of 2020! The big plan was to have a formal launch of their business in May 2020 but COVID-19 put an end to that idea.

However, it was during the first lockdown that the Kitchen Coos and Ewes social media presence took off.

Janet already had 7,000 followers on her @airyolland Instagram account, but business advisers had previously recommended that Facebook would be the best way to promote their new tourist attraction.

When the cows started to calve in April 2020 Neale tried out the Facebook Live feature while he was checking the cows in the morning. Broadcasting live at 6am from the calving field soon caught on with thousands of people around the world who were confined to their houses during lockdown.

In the space of a year their followers on FB grew to 6,500. During that same time Janet also created a Kitchen Coos & Ewes Instagram page and a Tik Tok site.

When tourism did eventually open up for a few months during 2020 there was lots of pent-up demand for the KC&E farm experience. Neale said: “We were astonished at how far people will travel to come and visit our farm and when they stay somewhere locally it all helps to boost the local economy. One couple drove up from London stayed one night in nearby accommodation and drove all the way back home again after enjoying their visit”.

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The tourist trade has also latched onto the KC&E farm experience in Wigtownshire. The first coach party on the ‘Coos & Castles’ itinerary arrived at the farm at the end of June this year with another three coaches booked in for September. A contract has also been signed with an American tour operator that has requested 25 dates during 2022/23.

Having no previous experience in tourism the last few years have been a challenging but very exciting time for the McQuistins. They are in no doubt that their fold of Highland cattle is the big hook that makes their agritourism business work. However, Neale and Janet are resolute that being a working farm is also vital to the future success of their tourism venture.

Highland cattle play a major role in their crossbreeding program which produces suckler cows that are designed to live outdoors all through the year. They are also vitally important for grazing areas of land on their farm that are being managed under their current environmental (AECS) scheme.

As Neale & Janet say: “There is no other breed of cattle that can deliver the same level of benefits in all three areas of beef production, land management and tourism”.

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REGENERATIVE FARMING Climate change and the role of regenerative farming There is no doubt that agriculture practices have had a major role in the build up of CO2 in the world’s atmosphere.

Depletion of grassland leading to desertification, the turning soil to dirt has brought us to the current situation where it is now forecasted that, globally, we have only sixty harvests left. Although the problem has been with us for centuries, the recent increase is mechanization allowing more tillage; the overuse of pesticides and the increasing use of artificial fertilizers have all contributed to bringing us to this situation.

Overgrazing and under grazing of livestock have also played their part in soil depletion and soil run off with perhaps the most obvious example being the deforestation of the Amazon’s clay soils allowing the now unstable thin organic matter to run off, leaving behind a dirt so devoid of life that it may never recover.

But perhaps, world wide, it has been the movement away from mixed farms to the development of industrial farming that is causing the most damage.

Industrial farming separates the raising of livestock from their feed source and houses cattle in feedlots at densities that make it impossible to safely deal with their effluent. They then import grain, often from developing countries - grain that could have been consumed by humans. 50% of the world’s crop goes to feed livestock.

I believe this type of farming is one of the main causes of human migration, where large areas are ploughed up for monocultures causing desertification and displacing people from the land.

The negative press cattle farmers and ranchers have suffered is beginning to be better understood as not being the problem of the cattle but the way in which they are raised. In Scotland we start from a good position with some of the lowest CO2 outputs in the world from our suckler cattle. However, we have the opportunity to improve from simply being carbon neutral to actually decreasing the legacy load of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/ why-ploughing-is-such-a-bad-idea-62956c17967c

Recommendations. Ref: - “Dirt to Soil” Gabe Brown.

Principle One: Limit Disturbance The first principle is to limit mechanical, chemical and physical disturbance of the soil. Where in nature do we find mechanical tillage? Nowhere of course!

Humans have been tilling the soil for thousands of years, and as modern technology has increased our ability to till more acreage faster, and deeper, the damage done has become more serious. Widespread tillage may make certain tasks easier for the operator, but it destroys soil structure and function. In his book Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, Dr. David Montgomery notes that the demise of civilizations throughout history has been tied to the degradation of their soil resources.

The principle contributor to that degradation was, of course, tillage.

Principle Two: Armor the Soil Surface The second principle is to maintain armor (of plant residues) on the soil surface. Where in a healthy ecosystem to you see bare soil? Your response might be “Gabe there are plenty places where the soil is bare!” Sadly, yes, but is it healthy soil? If the bare soil was normal in nature, then why do weeds grow whenever we till an area? Nature is trying to cover the soil! The truth is there should not be many expanses of bare soil, because bare soil is a sure sign of a dysfunctional ecosystem. I often hear producers who live in drier environments claim that their area has always had some areas of bare soil. But historical records, including old journals, show us that even areas we consider deserts were once covered with vast grasslands.

Principle Three: Build Diversity The third principle is to promote on as many fronts as possible.…. If you want to improve your soils, you must add diversity either by diversifying your crop rotation or by adding cover crops. My good friend David Brant tells everyone who will listen that the biggest improvement to his soil occurred when he added winter wheat to his corn/soybean rotation.

The benefit wasn’t just from adding wheat; David also planted a diverse cover crop immediately into the wheat stubble after harvest. The cover crop is what made the biggest difference. Instead of the soil biology feeding on root exudates from only two species (corn and soybeans), it feasted on well over dozen species. Think of the amount of carbon cycled due to all these living plants.

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REGENERATIVE FARMING Principle Four: Keep Living Roots in the Soil The fourth principle is to maintain living roots in the soil as long as possible throughout the year. I am always disappointed when producers harvest a grain crop and then leave the land sitting idle without and living roots until the following year.….. other growers had not learned the importance of pumping liquid carbon into the soil to sustain soil biology. Here’s an analogy: A farmer would never leave their livestock unfed for months at a time. Why, then, do farmers not think to feed their “underground livestock” throughout the winter?

Principle Five: Integrate Animals The fifth principle is to keep animals present in the agricultural landscape. Another tragic flaw of the current production model is the removal of animals from the landscape. Take a look back at how our grandparents farmed a century ago. Nearly every farm had beef or dairy, along with hogs and poultry. Horses were used as draft animals. Today we have moved the poultry and hogs into confinement buildings, the beef into feedlots and the dairy into very confined operations. In many parts of the world, one can drive for hundreds of miles without seeing a fence, let alone an animal.

What difference does it make? To answer that we must understand how soils were formed. Centuries ago, tens of millions of bison, elk, deer and other ruminants roamed the North American continent. These ruminants took a bit of a plant here and another there, causing these plants to release root exudates in order to attract biology that supplied the nutrients needed for regrowth. The presence of predators kept the ruminants on the move, and they did not return to the same spot for long periods of time. The plants thus had ample time to fully recover, all while pumping massive amounts of carbon into the soil. (As noted previously a plant that has been grazed will photosynthesize more and pump more liquid carbon into the soil compared to a plant that has not been grazed.) Add to this the myriad of insects, birds and other wildlife that also lived in these environments, and it all added up to a very healthy, optimally functioning ecosystem.

Today, with grazing animals almost entirely removed from the world’s grasslands, there is much less carbon cycled through the system. There are those who blame cattle for climate change. The viewpoint is too simplistic; it does not take into consideration the larger picture of how the ecosystems function. The best-proven way to transfer massive amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and into the soil is by maintaining a

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landscape that includes grazing animals. It is not the cattle that are the problem, it is our management of them! I thoroughly enjoy debating with vegetarians and vegans as to the importance of animals on the landscape. My contention is that if they are truly concerned about the health of the ecosystems, they have to recognize the benefits grazing ruminants provide, even if they choose not to partake in eating meat. One of the best presentations of this argument is put forward in the book Defending Beef by Nicolette Hahn Miman.

Integrating multiple species of animals throughout Brown’s Ranch has led to much larger amounts of carbon in our ecosystem. This not only improved soil health, it has also a significantly increased our profitability. I speak to hundreds of farm families every year who lament that they are not making a profit.

When I ask them about their model of production, I usually discover that they do not run livestock on their land. I encourage all operators to take advantage of the many benefits animals offer.”

I make no apologies far plagiarizing Gabe Brown as his five principles give as an excellent start to understand how we can capitalize on the profitability of suckler cow farming and at the same time capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide. The challenge is to look at his principles and determine where they are relevant to Scottish beef production and determine best practice taking into account our climate and varying land resource.

Supply Chain Development Strengths • The Scottish beef industry is currently one of the lowest carbon dioxide emitters in the world although it still has the capacity to improve.

• Scottish grassland is, generally, in a high rainfall area, producing grass throughout the season.

• Hill cattle are normally supplied water from natural sources, not relying on community water supplies with their incumbent energy and treatment requirements.

• Hill cattle graze grassland that would not be suitable for growing crops.

• Scottish beef enjoys a worldwide reputation for quality.

• Good choice of breeds and cross cattle to suit different environments and management systems.

• Ability to grow high quality grass for forage and conservation. Quality grass that would allow us to increase our volume of grass finished beef.

REGENERATIVE FARMING • Increasing consumer interest in “farm to fork” creating the opportunity for producers, in particular small producers, to sell direct.

• Scottish beef is a high value high price product.

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Native breeds perform well on a grass-based diet and can finish on quality grass.

• Advanced 50K DNA provides early data for breeding stock performance.

Weaknesses • Cost of production of suckler beef is amongst the highest in the world. Even the top third of producers make little profit before subsidy.

• Small number of abattoirs where the eight largest cover some 88% of the kill and predominately work with the large UK retailers.

• Serious lack of capacity in boning out and butchering for the direct farm sales market.

• Poor use of the fifth side and poor consumer market for offal.

• Thirty-month rule, requiring boning out at abattoir or licensed premises being taken advantage of by profiteering at the expense of the small butchers.

• Some native breeds are slower to mature but have better stay-ability (productive life span).

• Consumer perception that cattle are a large contributor to greenhouse gas.

• Lack of opportunity for new entrants into agriculture.

• Current carcass grading system does not take into account quality.

Opportunities Pasture Grazing Pasture grazing involves mimicking nature (see Gabe Brown above), where dense groups of cattle are regularly moved from paddock to paddock with long paddock rest spells to allow the paddock grasses to recover.

Provided the cattle are introduced when the grass is well established and then moved while there is at least six inches of grass remaining, their grazing and trampling effect will rapidly increase the organic matter in the soil.

The density of cattle per acre will be increased as well the live weight gain of growing cattle and there will be an improvement in the lactation of nursing cows.

Weed control will be improved along with an improvement in soil biology due to improved activity of fungi, protozoa, nematodes and earthworms. This is the activity that builds topsoil and captures carbon.

Large manure concentrations that cause air and water pollution are prevented by rotational grazing where the cattle spread the manure across the pasture and soil microorganisms recycle it back to the ground without creating odours or polluting runoff.

A 1% increase in soil organic matter will capture ten tons of carbon dioxide per acre and improve water retention by twenty-six thousand gallons per acre!

Zero or Reduced Tillage

Apart from the damage tillage does to the soil structure and the carbon it releases, tillage is expensive requiring machinery use, labour and fuel.

Tillage will make the ground more tender and, in our wet conditions, can put the pasture out of productive grazing for some time.

Over-seeding can be achieved by slot drilling, tine harrows or simply by feeding the livestock seed through the mineral feeder.

Over-seeding allows us to introduce herbs and legumes on a regular basis building up multi-species grass lay that will perform with little or no artificial fertilizer.

To get the best results it is important to pay attention to soil acidity, potash, phosphate and mineral requirements.

Now instead of releasing carbon from the soil we are well on the road to capture carbon.

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REGENERATIVE FARMING Time to Finish Beef Cattle The argument for reducing the time to finish beef cattle has already been well made and improved genetics from DNA and performance recording should be a key target. The management methods used to shorten finishing times may well be counter-productive: • Grass finished beef will usually take longer to finish than beef grown on a high grain diet.

• Grass-fed cattle have a pH of 6.4, which is only slightly acidic (nearly neutral). When cattle are fed grain, their stomach acidity increases to a pH of 5.8 - 5.3. If the E.coli that occurs naturally in the rumen of cattle adapts to the high acidic environment, it can then survive in the high acidity of the human stomach. Grass fed cattle reduce our risk of E.coli in the event of contaminated food or water. E.coli from grass-fed animals therefore represents a much lower risk to humans than that of grain-fed animals.

• Grass finished cattle have a much lower carbon footprint than grain fed cattle as the raising of grain often exposes acres of bare soil to the harsh, oxidizing effect of atmospheric oxygen leading to conversion of soil carbon to carbon dioxide, which is then released back to the atmosphere.

• Slower maturing times generally produce better quality, tastier meat, which is becoming increasingly popular with top chefs.

• Out-wintered cattle will tend to grow more slowly than housed cattle but they will often have a natural water source and do not require bedding or slurry management. Their time spent growing will be more than compensated their reduced daily carbon footprint.

• Meat tenderness of older cattle can be managed by better DNA selection using the tenderness trait.

• Hardy native breeds that can optimize rough grassland and out-winter tend to have longer times to finish than their lowland cousins. Breeds would include Highlanders, Galloways and their crosses.

• Organs from feedlot cattle are often rejected because of liver abscesses due to the high acidity caused by the process of digesting large amounts of grain.

Calving Younger Reducing cost by calving earlier should, in most pure breeds and commercial cattle be possible by calving at the age of two. The safe advice is to bull the heifer at 75% of adult weight. If the objective is to lower the carbon footprint by reducing the number of replacements, then stay-ability also becomes a serious

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consideration. Stay-ability can be improved through the breeding program and the use of DNA. Highlanders are often calved at four years old, but provided the heifer reaches 380 Kg at bulling there is considerable benefit in calving at three years old. Stayability of Highlanders is exceptional with average life more than sixteen years and cows often making it to twenty, having produced a calf every year.

We believe the fertility and stay-ability of the Highlander more than compensates for the later calving and her ability to convert low quality forage helps to keep her carbon footprint to a minimum.

It may be worth considering, when calving outside, to wait till the late spring or early summer, when the grass is established. This, coupled with paddock grazing, may help to reduce the risk of Jhones spreading and should produce better colostrum and improved lactation.

Abattoir Availability The small numbers of large centralized abattoirs reduce competition and create transport miles for many rural farms. Although we understand the profitability problems associated with small or mobile abattoirs, traceability would improve and the ability to properly identify offal may make it possible to develop new markets. Shorter distances would reduce transportation costs and reduce animal stress, improving the quality of the carcass.

Small-decentralized abattoirs should have boning, butchering and packing facilities.

Attracting Young Entrants The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board apprentice wage rates have a negative effect on the recruitment of young people into a proper apprenticeship. The idea that an agriculture apprentice should, after one year, be on the same rate as an adult is at odds with any other skilled trade.

The content of vocational training, for what is now a highly skilled job, should be for the duration of four years.

Craft and technical apprenticeships should be available where both involve a combination of on the job and college work. Both qualifications would lead to the option of gaining a BSc or further post graduation qualification.

Winter grazing of moorland using boundary control GPS collars could be an alternative to muirburn and would provide a source of employment for young stockmen and stockwoman. Cattle would be moved off before calving and the arrival of nesting birds.

The increase in the invertebrate population, created by the cattle, would have a beneficial effect on the biodiversity, right up to birds of prey. E.g. Each 500 Kg hill cow generates 125kg of invertebrate life per year.

Share farming on cattle farms, using QMS benchmark

REGENERATIVE FARMING to determine labour share, would provide a gradual entry to becoming self-employed.

The use of cattle on arable farms to take out cover crops could provide an opportunity to young farmers.

We have already seen positive results, with sheep, backend grazing winter cereals.

Traceability It is essential to introduce EID tags if full advantage is to be taken of new technology. Bluetooth connection between reading wands and weigh heads simplify cattle identification, weight recording and dosing.

Software using cloud computing allows any device, laptop, tablet or mobile phone to be used by any member of the team, wherever they are.

Good cloud systems allow health, performance, paddock movement and health status records to be viewed at animal level. Breeding records, calving performance and ancestry should all be available.

Cattle Health The Scottish initiative to eradicate BVD should be followed by similar initiatives for IBR and Jhones.

Johnes presents the biggest challenge and would require a database that would ensure the offspring of the positive cow could only enter the food chain and

not be sold to breed on.

IBR control should be easily implemented with marker vaccination.

Multi species grassland and paddock grazing should have a positive effect on cattle health through the reduction in the worm load.

DNA selection can, not only, improve production but can be a useful tool in selection for health and stay-ability.

Conclusion It is clear that grass-fed cattle, particularly hill breeds have significantly less carbon footprint (arguably carbon negative) compared to grain-fed, feed-lot animals. This presents an exciting future for breeds like Highland cattle and their crosses to become an important contributor to Scotland’s climate change targets, whilst at the same time, providing a high quality, locally produced food source.

Given the amount of unused, rough ground in Scotland, consideration should be given to make access available to these areas in order to regenerate the natural ecosystem. The effect would be to improve the photosynthesis of these grasses, creating a habitat with improved biodiversity, more capable of sustaining life and increasing carbon sequestration.

This policy could also provide a real opportunity to young entrants to enter the agricultural world by utilising otherwise unusable land. To be able to manage this environment, the capital incentive to young entrants would need to include the financing of an ATV fitted with tracks, boundary fences and GPS control collars.

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ROBERT & WENDY PHILLIP Winners of the ‘Beef Farmer of the Year’ - Northern Farmer Awards 2021...Robert & Wendy Phillip Robert Phillip bought two Highland cattle 17 years ago as a birthday present for his wife, in his words to “stop her buying any more ponies”.

The rest, as they say, is history ...the Phillips have gone on to become on the country’s biggest producers of Highland beef.

“We’ve never had any ponies since,” said Mr Phillip.

The couple farm both owned and rented land – 120 acres at Green Farm, plus another 160 acres close to Hellifield, with more than 900 acres on other sites, including at Pen-y-ghent and Malham.

When the original pair of Highlands were purchased, they were milking 120 Holsteins and Friesians three times a day, but Mr Phillips was looking for a change of direction.

In 2005, the dairy herd was sold, they rented more land and purchased 35 head of Highland cattle from Oban sales and also privately. The milking parlour and tanks and equipment were all sold and the buildings converted to a cattle handling system.

They began showing the Highlands and meeting other like-minded Highland breeders.

The herd was soon up to 85 pure bred breeding cows and Hellifield Highland Beef was created on the back of that.

Over the last six years, as well as breeding their own stock, Robert has bought about 60 animals of pure bred young stock direct from a breeder on the Isle of Mull.

In November 2019, 130 finished stock went to Waitrose for branded Highland Beef and the Christmas market. Both steers and heifers are sold aged between 18 and 40 months with a minimum live weight of over 400kg.

They are also selling through Swaledale Foods and

direct to the public through their farm shop, and supply pubs and restaurants locally, in Manchester and London.

The couple have three daughters – Sarah now farms with her husband on the North York Moors, Rachel lives with her husband in Edinburgh and Laura is a practice nurse and lives locally with her husband, who works for a farm contractor.

The Phillips said they were shocked and amazed to be named as the Northern Farmer’s Beef Farmer of the Year, and thanked all those who have helped during a recent period of ill health for Robert, particularly Andy and Sarah Lambert. “People have been fantastic,” he added.

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THE BRETMOOR FOLD

Bretmoor

Rekindling the Auld Alliance in the French Alps !

Born in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, Nancy Armstrong left Scotland to settle in France over 30 years ago. Per the adage « y can take the Lassie oot Société Civile d’Exploitation Agricole o’ Scotland but y cannae take Scotland oot the Lassie” Nancy returned home regularly for Common Ridings and family gatherings, her Hawick tongue remaining as broad as ever.

Nancy’s husband, Gilles, comes from the area of Aubigny sur Nère, nicknamed « The City of the Stuarts » since the burgh was donated by Charles VII to the Stuart family during the Hundred Years’ War to seal the FrancoScottish (Auld) Alliance. Every year in July, Aubigny stages a Franco-Scottish Festival, a sort of Common Riding à la française ! offering a surreal spectacle of kilts and bagpipes deep in the French countryside.

Harking back to this joint and deeply rooted Scottish Heritage, Gilles and Nancy decided to carry forward the Auld Alliance by recently founding the BRETMOOR FOLD and have thus become listed breeders of Scottish Highland Cattle and probably one of the very last importers of Highlands to France prior to Brexit.

Bretmoor (« Bret » being the hamlet where they live, and « Moor » .. well, rather obvious, but a place near Hawick that is very special to Nancy! ) is nestled in the heart of the Chartreuse Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Grenoble.

With the expert help and guidance of the Scottish Highland Cattle Society (and a special mention to Robin Chilton, who spent many an hour coaching them on Whatsapp ! ), Nancy & Gilles hand selected their foundation stock in the Summer of 2020 from renowned Scottish

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breeders such as Woodneuk (Barrhead) and Cladich (Argyll) and welcomed the small fold of four heifers, two cows and Clyde, the bull in December 2020, brought to them by Border livestock hauliers A.J. Ewing in Annan.

“We are new to HIghmand breeding and we have everything to learn. We were so very impressed by the welcome and the help and advice we got from Elisabeth Mitchell at Woodneuk and Stuart Campbell from Cladich” commented Nancy. “They really went out of their way to ensure that we found animals that would suit us and did everything they could to facilitate the importing process”.

The Bretmoor Fold has two main objectives. First and foremost, it aims to valorize, promote and develop the genealogy and bloodlines of the Scottish Highland, which is recognized as a breed in France since July 2018.

Selected for their authentic pedigree and easy handling, the Bretmoor Highlands will offer prime genetic additions to existing folds in France.

THE BRETMOOR FOLD The Bretmoor Fold is expecting its first two calves early this Summer (Fiona 3rd of Woodneuk x Clyde of Woodneuk & Backy 42nd of Woodneuk x Eoin Mhor 28th of Mottistone).

Secondly, Highlands being so hardy and docile, they will thrive in the weather conditions found in the French Alps. Given their natural grazing habits, they will be perfect partners for nature conservation projects and land management schemes and they have already aroused significant interest by local and regional authorities for that very purpose.

Fiona 3rd of Woodneuk.

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SMILE.....

Smile, You’re Supposed To Be Enjoying Yourself!

Two young heifers, a gift from my husband for our Silver Wedding Anniversary, I named them Molly & Dolly. I had the idea that I might like to show them but I hadn’t got a clue what to do. I didn’t need to worry. I found good friends and brilliant Mentors in Marion & Geoff Scotcher and together with their British White Cattle they taught me all they knew and I can’t thank them enough. I think the single most important thing they instilled in me was. “If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” They have very high standards and I try to live up to them at every show I attend and that’s how it all started.

Here we go. It’s 1am. It’s all going around and around in my head. What if my animal runs off? Kicks the judge? What if I make a complete fool of myself? I turn over and try to sleep. 2am. my head is still buzzing.

Do I need to get more halters? More shampoo?

3.30am, just go to sleep. Have I sent in the right form?

Did I send the money? 5am. What if? What if? I jump as the alarm wakes me from a deep sleep. I look at the clock, its 6am, time I was up. Oh well, only two weeks to go to the show!!

It’s the night before we leave for the show. Have I got everything? My stomach is churning. I go through the box and check it all again. Have I got enough loo roll? 1, 2, no, best put in another 6. Just in case! My husband says the box contains everything including the kitchen sink. I finally go to bed and try to sleep. No chance. Am I sure I put everything in? Maybe I should have bought more white coats. Will we have enough straw? Did I put enough blue ropes in? Just go to sleep.

Its 4 am the alarm is going off. Good, now I can get up and do something. My stomach in going round and round, I’ll just pop to the loo again. Can’t eat anything, can’t stop shaking. I’m off straight down to the girls. As I brush them, all the stress fades away. I’m in another world. Anyone watching me must think I’m mad as I chat away to them. I wash and blow dry them. They look lovely standing there.

Everything is packed and the cattle are loaded. We’re off. Have I got loo roll in my pocket? My nose is running like a tap. As we arrive at the show ground my nerves are getting the better of me. Where are the loos? We find our spot and settle the cattle in and make sure everything is ok.

Off to bed we go - it’s been a long day. I lay in the dark thinking about everything that might go wrong.

Are the cattle OK? Is that one of mine making that

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noise? What if they get loose? Or worse! Is it time to get up yet I ask my friend Jane. Not yet, comes the reply. The night drags on. “Is it time yet?”

“Not yet.”

“What time can we get up?” 5am I’m told. “Is it time yet?”

“No, go to sleep”. The alarm sounds. I’m up and into my clothes, loo roll in my pocket, (just in case) nose streaming.

I needn’t have worried; there they all are, lying down quite safe and happy. Of course they are why wouldn’t they be? The next couple of hours are manic. Washing, drying, brushing, halters on. Don’t forget the numbers.

I have a great team of people around me and we all work well together, so everything gets done. “What’s the time? Quick go and change. I’m ready. Don’t forget loo roll in pocket, (just in case). The stewards are here it’s time to go.

As I walk out I feel my legs turn to jelly, I can’t stop shaking, and I’m feeling very sick. It’s OK just hold on, don’t let go. Oh no! I didn’t mean stop. Was the judge looking? It’s our turn, as I walk up my mind goes blank. I hope he doesn’t ask me anything (a little tip, always write the date of birth on the back of your number). Walk on, is he watching? I hear a familiar voice from the crowd say “Smile you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself”. (It’s Marion & Geoff, come to support me.) I missed it, did he point to me? We are all lined up. Please don’t move me down? I don’t believe it; the judge is shaking my hand and giving me a rosette. Hurray! Now I have the biggest smile on my face you could ever imagine.

It’s over, gosh I’m hungry. I can’t wipe that silly grin off my face. We won!

At my first show my heifer Molly came last but it didn’t put me off. I have gone from strength to strength culminating in winning the Highland Cattle Society Small Fold trophy. I still pinch myself. It was an unbelievable year and for all this I have to thank my husband without whose hard work none of this would have been possible.

I have met a lot a people and learnt a lot along the way. I have found that people are always happy to give advice and always willing to help in any way they can, I have had a lot of fun, but I think the best thing of all is that I have made a lot, of good friends.

Sandie Tedbury Hardham Highlands (Loo roll in pocket, just in case)

SMILE.....

All smiles.

Safe and sound.

Stock bull for sale, buyer

to collect.

A well earned

rest.

What did he ask me?

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HCS & DNA TISSUE TAGGING DNA Tissue Tagging and the use of Genetics EAR TAG SAMPLING For those with pedigree animals you will know that the Highland Cattle Society have asked for tissue samples at birth notification or registration for all calves born this year and onwards.

Primarily this is to use genetics going forward to improve the integrity of the herd book. But already, semen for export comes from bulls whose sire and dam have had DNA recorded. Demand is also coming from the export market where complete parentage is often required by DNA validation (both sire and dam). There are also signs that this will in future be required across the beef supply chain. (Not only NO HORSE MEAT but complete parent traceability).

A further reason is to eventually use genetics to calculate Genetic Estimated Breeding Values for Highlands. This is a much longer term view, which will need many samples and also recording of physical characteristics of the animals (called phenotypes).

Before we go any further, just a quick reminder of how we need you to do it.

A tissue sample should be taken from every calf (this sample is separate from any other sample you might take, for example for BVD) and the samples sent to the Society office for recording and forwarding to the laboratory for storage and testing. Once you have the ear tag sample, please store it in a cool, dark place until you are ready to send it. It is recommended you send them within 3 weeks of them being taken. Pop them into a padded envelope along with a DNA Tissue Sample Form, filled in for each animal. This form is not for registration purposes; it accompanies your sample to the laboratory.

You still need to register your calves in the usual way.

One way of starting to use the tissue samples beyond simple parentage verification is to measure certain genetic traits. The Society is initially looking at the genetic traits produced by Neogen’s, Igenity Beef scheme. Neogen has produced sixteen traits from taking DNA and physical measurements from 1,000s of animals produced by all sorts of methods (ie feed lots, open range) all of which are commercial cattle. There were no Highlands in the samples they used.

If you do Igenity Beef (and Seek Sire) then you do not need to send your sample to the Society but you do need to fill a form that tells the Society you have a direct relationship with Neogen.

Ownership of the sample and any DNA test results remains with the breeder although the Society reserves the right to use the database that results from all the

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DNA profiling.

To get the ball rolling, a benefactor has kindly funded Igentity Beef for this years’ bull registrations taken from hair samples.

All this is very new to us and will take time, but it’s important because most Breed Societies are now using genetic characteristics in some way to help breeders with their selections.

So why would you do Igenity Beef?

Well, the first thing may just be curiosity. Or to select the heifers you want to breed from, or to promote your animals, or to help the society to build up a bank of data for further analysis.

Below are the traits that are measured by Igenity Beef and what they mean. (This is from a Society Bulletin).

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The traits that are measured are as follows: Birth Weight (BW). Higher score is higher birth weight potential. Heavy calves can cause calving difficulties but also have more growth potential.

(Calving Ease Direct (CED) or Calving Ease Maternal (CEM) in selection indexes are preferred over BW alone.)

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Calving Ease Direct (CED). Greater probability calf will be born unassisted out of a first calf heifer, including birth weight and shape of calf. A higher value means greater calving ease.

• Calving Ease Maternal (CEM). Includes all genetic factors that impact a first-calf heifer’s ability to calve unassisted, such as pelvic area and her genetics for birth weight. A higher value is more calving ease.

• Heifer Pregnancy Rate (HPR). A heifer’s potential to conceive during breeding season, relative to other heifers. A higher valve is desired.

• Milk. Kg of calf weaning weight due to dam’s milk production. Optimize “milk” to the forage environment.

• Stay-ability (STAY). The chance the heifer will remain in the herd as a productive cow until at least six years of age. A higher value is desired.

• Docility (Doc) Genetic potential to be calm or to have calm offspring. Higher value indicates a higher probability of an acceptable disposition.

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Weaning Weight (WW) Difference in average 205day weight. The higher the number, the greater the weaning weight of calves.

HCS & DNA TISSUE TAGGING • Average Daily Gain (ADG). Based on Kg gain per day. The Igenity Daily Gain (ADG) identifies potential for post-weaning growth.

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Yearling Weight (YW). Difference in average 365day weight. The higher the number, the greater the yearling weights.

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Residual Feed Intake (RFI). This is an indicator of feed efficiency. It is the difference in an animals’ daily consumption of feed to achieve the same level of daily gain. Lower RFI indicates greater feed efficiency.

• Marbling (Marb). The higher the marbling the higher the quality grade.

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Rib-eye Area (REA). Rib-eye area as measured on the carcass. REA measures the area of muscling at the 12th rib. Larger REA progeny have more muscle and higher percentage of retail product.

• Fat. Back-fat as measured on a carcass. Fat thickness is scored as depth of fat over the rib-eye muscle at the 12th rib. Higher fat thickness score equates to lower lean yield.

• Tenderness (Tend). Genetic potential for beef tenderness. A higher 1-10 score is more tender.

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Hot Carcass Weight (HCW). Un-chilled weight of a beef carcass. The higher the HCW, the greater the dressing out percentage.

So how could you use your results?

Well within your herd you may want to decide which heifers or bulls to keep for the future; and use these results to do the selections. You may want to breed from animals who have the greatest stay-ability score or have the best easy calving index or docility, Remember though this is only part of the story, nature versus nurture. If you keep your animals on nothing then they won’t grow, if you finish them on different feed stuffs you could increase the marbling, It also doesn’t cover conformation or breed standards, they could have the best genetic scores ever but can’t walk well, or may have bad feet, look ugly or have wonky horns.

For more information or discussion ask Iain Graham, one of the HCS Trustees, who is leading this project. Iain’s email is iain.graham@ highlandcattlesociety.com and his contact numbers are 01505 873122 or 07808 056403.

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NEOGEN GENOMICS NEOGEN® Genomics are pleased to be working with the Highland Cattle Society NEOGEN’s solutions can be found at every step of the food chain, around the world. Providing the most comprehensive range of solutions for the food processing, animal protein and agriculture industries, not only protecting the world’s food supply, but also allowing our customers to produce more efficiently and effectively than they could before.

Providing genomic solutions inside the farm gate, our services give producers the information they need to make the best decisions for their herds. Results from our testing options allow users to make educated breeding decisions, from improving the efficiencies of herds to verifying parentage and identifying bacterial strains associated with disease outbreaks.

NEOGEN has six laboratories located around the world to place its facilities close to our customer base in the USA, Europe (Scotland), Brazil, China, Canada and Australia.

These labs are fully integrated and work together every day. This footprint across the world means that the capacity is greater than any other DNA testing service provider and ensures rapid and consistent turnaround times in both processing and reporting.

Our customers can choose solutions from our extensive testing portfolio to make profitable choices about their animals. Our many services include: • DNA screening for parentage, Igenity® Beef commercial traits, genetic recessives and causative mutations such as Myostatin and coat colour • Genotyping to determine genetic merit & genomic breeding values All Highland cattle samples requiring Parentage testing should be sent to the Highland Cattle Breed Secretary together with the DNA sample submission form. These will then be forwarded to the NEOGEN Genomics European laboratory for processing.

Parentage Testing As breeders a key requirement in today’s markets is parentage verification not only for pedigree registrations but also for traceability. There are two types of DNA profiles used for parentage testing: • •

markers simultaneously on any individual animal.

Using NEOGEN’s range of GeneSeek® Genomic Profiler™(GGP) SNP chips, these much larger SNP profiles can simultaneously be used for both genomic evaluation and for SNP parentage verification.

Microsatellites (sometimes known as STR) SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms)

Microsatellites have been used for DNA parentage verification since the 1990s. They consist of a small panel of approximately 15-20 repetitive DNA markers sometimes known as Short Tandem Repeats (STR).

This small DNA profile is only useful for parentage verification.

This technology has recently been superseded

by SNP technology. With the advent of SNP chips, it is now possible to test tens of thousands of SNP

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Figure 1: Parental animals retested with SNP to accompany their existing STR results so that next generation can be immediately tested with SNP.

Figure 2: Offspring animals tested with both SNP and STR so that they are compatible with the historical parentage in the database as well as their own future offspring going forwards.

The Highland Cattle Society’s database has many historical sires with STR profiles and one of the issues with starting to use SNP profiles for parentage testing is that they are not “backwards compatible” with the old STR. Therefore, it is necessary to transition the database from the old STR technology to the new SNP technology.

This can be done using a few different approaches. If a sire or dam only has an historic STR profile available, then a combination of SNP and STR profiles can be utilised to carry out verification. NEOGEN can either create a SNP profile on a parent if a new sample can be provided (Figure 1) or, if a new sample cannot be provided, NEOGEN can provide an STR profile as well as a SNP profile on the offspring to enable accurate verification (figure 2).

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NEOGEN GENOMICS Parent Verification is a process which utilizes DNA markers to exclude incorrect parent(s). NEOGEN utilizes more than 200 SNP markers for parentage profiles.

The first instance where parentage is carried out is usually a simple sire/calf or dam/calf one-way comparison.

At each location in the genome the calf has two copies of a gene. One from their sire and the other from their dam.

So, with the example below, we can confirm that Sire B and C both “qualify” to the calf without consideration of the dam, but sire A is excluded at SNP 3 and 5.

Once we factor in the Dam, Sire C excludes at SNP 2 since the dam only has “A” allele to contribute to the progeny which means the sire would need to provide the G. When the calf is compared to sire and dam, it leaves Sire B as the only qualifying sire. Using the Sire and Dam to verify a calf’s parentage is known as a trio test.

We refer to this process as parent verification, as we verify that the parents provided are possible ancestors of the calf.

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HIGHLAND CATTLE DROVE

HIGHLAND CATTLE DROVE 5th September 2021 The Rotary Club of Aberdeen - St Fittick, along with Jim and Sheila Fraser of Tilbouries fold, organised a Highland Cattle Drove to raise funds for Rotary Charities, with a donation to the Highland Cattle Society.

The drove took place on September 5, 2021, and walkers were joined by a regiment of Alan Breck’s Jacobite Soldiers and pipers. They followed a small drove of Highland Cattle over the hills to Birse Castle, a distance of 10km. Climbing 1000ft. on a forest and hill track.

For hundreds of years the Highland Cow has been vital to the Scottish economy, walking hundreds of miles from the highlands of Scotland to the grazing lands in England.

The drove followed in the hoofsteps of our ancestors to raise money for Rotary and its work.

A whopping £11,800 has been raised, so far, for Rotary Club Charities.

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The Board of Trustees would like to thank Jim & Sheila Fraser and family - Tilbouries fold, for providing the wonderfully well behaved cattle and for all their hard work helping to organise this event. Trustees would also like to thank Alastair Brodie from The Rotary Club of Aberdeen - St Fittick, for all his hard work pulling this event together.

A huge thank you to The Rotary Club for their very generous donation of £1,000 to the Highland Cattle Society. This generosity will help our society work towards our charitable aims and objectives.

Well done to all the walkers and a huge thank you to everyone who donated.

Rotary unites 1.2 million people of action throughout the world.

Each day their members take action globally and locally pouring their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact.

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ALL ABOUT BULLS

ALL ABOUT BULLS If you have a small fold of cattle with two or three cows should you buy a bull, and if not what do you do if you want calves?

There are several options all with their pros and cons.

You could: • Buy a bull Lease a bull • • Share a bull • Use AI Firstly though, consider how much land you have. If you buy a bull, you need to have somewhere to put your bull away from young heifers and eventually his own daughters …why? Heifers can start cycling at around 7 months and most people do not want to breed with their heifers until they are mature enough (a good 75-80% of their final weight AND approaching 36 months old or older is the norm for Highlands) nor do they want their bulls coming on to his own offspring.

Also, you may want to have your calves in spring so when the bull goes in with the Mums is a consideration, you may want to keep them apart until the right date.

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Wherever you put your bull needs to be secure… a meagre fence separating your bull from the girls might not be enough…here speaks one who knows!!

Leasing a bull could overcome some of this if you can find one close enough and available when you want it. But…and this is a big but: Are you in TB free area? If not, you have all the TB issues to deal with.

The lessors may not want to risk their bull coming to you in the first place. In any event if the bull is coming from England or Wales, he will need to be TB tested before moving, and you must keep him for 60 days before you can TB test him again before he goes back and or he may have to have a post movement test. It all depends on what type of TB area you are in and what the rules are at the time.

What if he fails his TB test? You would be wise to have an agreement in place to cover anything untoward that might happen to the bull.

In a TB testing scenario, if he tests inconclusive there are consequences; such as isolation and further tests and the fact that any animal testing inconclusive cannot ever move from that holding unless it is to slaughter, depending on which type of TB area you are in and type of TB holding you are classified as. The rules continue to change and the TB

ALL ABOUT BULLS areas redefined, so it is always best to check.

Obviously sharing a bull will also have the same considerations.

That then leaves you with the AI option which gives you several advantages but also some negatives.

Let’s deal with the negatives. Do you know when your cows are cycling? If you do and they are easily handled, then things should be easy. If you don’t and want to AI your cows all at the same time then you can ask your vet to synchronise your cows. This involves using hormones to induce their cycling which gives you a known date for AI. You also have to arrange with your local technician for their insemination and also have the straws with the technician at the correct time.

All this, plus the straws, cost money. Straws can cost upwards of £20 plus, then there is transport, technician and storage fees together with the vet costs. However, this means that you can vary which bull you use for which cow. There are several straws available, look at the Highland Cattle Society website

or contact UK Sires or Genus. You can look at the bulls’ confirmation, his pedigree and possibly his off springs and seek advice before deciding which bulls to use.

You can compare the cost with buying your own bull. If you only have a few cows that are easily handled, then together with the option of using different bulls, AI may be cost effective, and you have a greater genetic selection. If you buy just one bull it may have to replaced after a few years if you retain his heifers, so that’s another cost to be considered.

If you want to buy a bull then I would say, look at his genetics, his parents and his off springs, study his confirmation and his locomotion; ask questions about his feeding, ask for his semen to be tested and again seek advice! Oh, if you are breeding pedigree animals to be registered then make sure he is registered or at least birth notified with his tissue sample recorded with the Highland Cattle Society.

Jacky Harrison

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NEW MEMBERS We welcome members old and new to the Annual Breeders Journal 2021 and especially to those who have joined during the past year.

Alastair & Linda Moore.......................................... County Tyrone.......................................... Maynecurragh fold Alexander Smith.................................................... Bathgate..........................................................Addiewell fold Alison Boyle........................................................... County Down.............................................Ballycopeland fold Alison MacKenzie................................................... Skye.................................................................. Dùn Bàn fold Andrew Thomson.................................................. Barrhead.......................................................... No fold Name Ashmead Fishery Ltd.............................................. Somerset.......................................................... Ashmead fold Ash Tree Farm........................................................ Ashbourne......................................................... Fraxinus fold B. E. Services.......................................................... Halkirk........................................................ Bardnaheigh fold B M Wills............................................................... Yeovil..................................................................Kassalic fold Bannockburn Highlanders...................................... Stirlingshire................................................ Bannockburn fold Brendan Cullinane.................................................. Co Waterford......................................... Pembrokestown fold Bullock Farms Ltd................................................... Congleton.........................................................No fold name Carl R Baxter.......................................................... Hexham............................................................No fold name Cliffe Farm Highland Fold Ltd................................. North Yorkshire.............................................. Cliffe Farm fold Coombe Lodge Estate............................................ Bristol................................................................Rudgend fold Craig Kirkwood...................................................... Stirlingshire...................................................... Beebroch fold Croft Cottage......................................................... Harrogate.................................... Picking Croft Highlands fold Crofthead Fold....................................................... Strathaven....................................................... Crofthead fold D Blyth & Son Ltd................................................... Leven............................................................... Claireville fold D S & B J Mitchell................................................... Morayshire.....................................................Morayview fold D & V Nuthall Ltd................................................... Stockenchurch........................................ Old House Farm fold David McKelvey...................................................... County Tyrone......................................... Derg Highlands fold David Powell.......................................................... Llangammarch Wells.............................................. Epynt fold Eion og Brown ...................................................... Islay......................................................................Cruach fold Mr & Mrs E W Griffiths........................................... Wales................................................................ Ty Gwyn fold Frances Ward......................................................... Staffordshire............................................ Spring Roaches fold Forgieside Zwarbles................................................ Keith............................................................... Forgieside fold G H & H R Palmer................................................... Norfolk...........................................................Blackwater fold G & S Cron............................................................. Eyemouth.................................................... Ayton Castle fold Glenure Estate....................................................... Appin......................................................................Cnoc fold Great Oak Highlands.............................................. Kilkenny....................................................... Dair Iontach fold Ham Wood Farm.................................................... Somerset....................................................... Ham Wood fold Highlands of Astbury Ltd........................................ Astbury.......................................... Highlands of Astbury fold I & A Forbes & Son................................................. Inverurie............................................................Lawfolds fold Iain Thomson......................................................... Barrhead.......................................................... No fold Name Inchyra Estate........................................................ Perth....................................................................Inchyra fold J T Lamb................................................................ Keswick.................................................................. Burns fold

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NEW MEMBERS James Peterson...................................................... Argyllshire........................................................ No fold Name James Pirie (A Firm)................................................ Fraserburgh.............................................. North Craighill fold James Taylor & Son................................................ Morayshire................................................ Wellhill Culbin fold Joe & Amy Durman ............................................... Llandeilo............................................................ Tyr Bont fold John Cartwright..................................................... Shropshire...................................................... Moss Farm fold John & Larraine Cairns........................................... Cumbernauld................................................... No fold Name Jonathan Buchanan................................................ Co. Tryrone..........................................Hollyhill Highlands fold K. A. & R.W. Bunning............................................. Wales.......................................................... Brongelynen fold K. Dunkley............................................................. North Yorkshire.................................................. Oakside fold L & S Morgan......................................................... Devon................................................... Shelleys-Orchard fold Laura Anderson..................................................... Co. Tyrone.........................................................No fold name Little Keills Holdings Ltd.......................................... Argyll............................................................. Cille Creag fold M & T Charlton...................................................... Shropshire........................................................ No fold Name Mahoney Holding.................................................. Ellon.................................................... Mahoney Holding fold Malcolm MacAulay................................................ Isle of Lewis...............................................The MacAulay fold Mark Luscombe..................................................... Skipton.......................................................... Brandcliffe fold Matthew Sharp...................................................... Cheshire......................................................... Holly Head fold National Trust Wicken Fen...................................... Ely................................................................. Wicken Fen fold Oulton House Farm Ltd.......................................... Norbury........................................................ Woodbrook fold Partneriad Drws y Nant.......................................... Wales...................................................................... Aran fold Peacehill Farming Ltd.............................................. Newport-on-Tay................................................. Peacehill fold R C G & E C Lywood............................................... Shropeshire.................................................Heath House fold Rachel Lacey.......................................................... Co. Limerick......................................................Glenquin fold Robert & April Fowler............................................. Aberdeenshire................................................. Mid Beltie fold Robert & Jane Steer............................................... Orkney............................................................. Miry Park fold Stuart & Ruth Robertson........................................ Inverurie......................................... Berrydrum Highlands fold T G & DA Jones & Son............................................ Abergavenny..........................................................Gwyn fold Tomagri................................................................. Northants......................................... Colready Highlands fold.

The Buffalo Farm.................................................... Fife................................................................. Nanamikki fold Thornighall Farm.................................................... Lanark..........................................................Thornieghall fold Toseland Hall Farm................................................. St. Neots........................................................... Toseland fold Tracey Cater........................................................... Warwickshire.................................................Pippenford fold Tullinamallogue Farm............................................. Northern Ireland......................................Tullinamallogue fold Urquhart Farms...................................................... Fife....................................................................Urquhart fold Veronica Williams................................................... Wales................................................................. Deri Isaf fold Laura Williamson................................................... Bishop Auckland............................................Benty Close fold James Williamson................................................... Notts.................................................................Kings Hill fold Richard Wilson....................................................... Hexham.............................................................. Sundby fold William J Annett.................................................... Oldham....................................................... Bowk House fold Wolf Meadows Farm Ltd........................................ Devon..................................................... Wolf Meadows fold

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MEMBERS’ LIST SCOTLAND A J R Farms LOGIE Milton of Collieston, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB41 8RG T: 01358 751752 | M: 07714 299150 E: sales@ajrfasteners.com Roy Tylden-Wright Abel UBHAIDH The Roundhouse, Uvie Farm, Lagganbridge, Invernessshire, Scotland, PH20 1BS M: 07811 322722 E: roy.tylden.wright@gmail.com Ian Adams BRATHENS Lochton of Leys Farmhouse, Lochton, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB31 5QB T: 01330 826011 | M: 07740 584083 E: ian@aberdeenshirehighlandbeef.com Catherine Adams SOMERLED Mount Pleasant Farm, Isle of Kerrera, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4SX M: 07770 817909 E: catherineadams171@gmail.com Mrs Jan Alder CRAIGIERAY Carpenters Croft, Sauchenloan, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB51 8YP T: 01464 841347 | E: craigieray.jan@gmail.com Mrs Kathleen Allen RUDHA NA SITHEAN 18A Kirkibost, Great Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS2 9LX T: 01851 612396 Mr JI Anderson RORO Roro Estates, Glenlyon, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2PW T: 01887 866292/866216 Mng

Ardmarnoch Management Ltd ARDMARNOCH ESTATE Ardmarnoch Estate, Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland, PA21 2ER T: 07979 264972 E: graham@ardmarnoch.co.uk

Allan D Baird LANGHOLM Langholm Farm, Corraith Road, Symington, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA2 9AT T: 01563 830260 | M: 07920 088300 E: georgina12323@aol.com

Ardoran Marine ARDORAN Per Mr Colin Robertson, Lerags, By Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4SE T: 01631 566123 | M: 07918 601549 E: colin@ardoran.co.uk

Balmoral Estates BALMORAL Att: The Resident Factor, Estates Office, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB35 5TB T: 01339 742551 - Moira McDougal E: farm@balmoralcastle.com

Ardura Estate ARDURA Ardura, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA65 6BD T: 01680 812199 E: davidshooker@gmail.com

Balrownie Farm BALROWNIE per Kevin, Ryan & Dylan Carnegie, Balrownie, Menmuir, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, DD9 7RG T: 01356 648648 | M: K-07764930208 R-07912044986 E: kevin@carnegiefuels.co.uk

The Armstrong Family BALEMARTINE Farmhouse, Balemartine, Isle of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland, PA77 6UA T: 01879 220373 | M: 07801 503095 E: fiona.armstrong1@btopenworld.com Ashmore and Strone Estate Ltd ASHMORE FAO: David Woodcock, The Estate Office, Romadie, Bridge of Cally, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7LG T: 01250 886262 | M: David 07907 600407 E: asel@btconnect.com John Ashton Newhouse, Heights of Inchvannie, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV14 9AE T: 01997 421447 | M: 07768 234589 E: allanfearnhighlanders@gmail.com Auchnacraig Estate AUCHNACRAIG Auchnacraig, Lochdon, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA64 6AP T: 0131 226 7744 | E: richard@deklee.co.uk

R & N Barclay HARESTONE South Road, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB52 6XF T: 01464 821738 | M: 07835 696603 E: magnus.barclay@hrntractors.com N & G Bark NETHERHALL Skirling Mains Farm, Skirling, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML12 6HF T: 01899 860225 BOH Estates BOH ESTATES North Gate Lodge, Haddo, Inverkeithny, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB54 7XB T: 01462 851621 | M: 07960 362611 E: dmcb1@me.com B A Bateman HALLHILL Hallhill House, Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA9 1AB T: 01505 703559 E: jessica.bateman@btinternet.com

Matthew Auld West Plann, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA2 0EF T: 01563 525905 | M: 07919 228070 E: moragauld@gmail.com

Beinn Dorain Farming LLP c/o Laurence Gould, Buchan House, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, KY11 8PL

The Anderson Family BAIDLAND MAINS Baidland Mains, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA24 5HS T: 01294 832581 | E: fm-banderson@outlook.com

Jan Baird REDFORD Redford House, Maddiston, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 0BT M: 07968 200912 E: janbaird@hotmail.co.uk

Mr Charles Bell DRUMCROFT Drum Croft, Maud, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 5RW T: 01771 644386 | M: 07803 133482 E: jeanandcharlesbell@gmail.com

The Applecross Trust APPLECROSS Michael Summers, Estate Office, Applecross, Strathcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland, IV54 8ND T: 01520 744276 | M: 07368 269331 E: michael.summers@btconnect.com

Alexander S Baird BIRKHILL per Stan Sadler, Birkhill Farm, Nemphlar, Lanark, Scotland, ML11 9JB T: 01555 860244 E: stancsadler@hotmail.co.uk

Phil Bertin EILEAN NA HEARADH Tigh Ghrosacleit, Leac A Li, Isle of Harris, Scotland, HS3 3EH M: 07714 408599 E: philipbertin83@aol.co.uk

Mr D M G Anderson Orchard House, Chirnside Station, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland, TD11 3LJ T: 01890 818984 | E: dmganderson@hotmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mr ICR Bett KINGENNIE Kingennie House, Kingennie, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, DO5 3RD T: 01382532141 E: iain.bett@btinternet.com E & S M Bignal KINDROCHAID Kindrochaid, Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, PA44 7PT T: 01496 850330 E: ericbignal@cali.co.uk Mr & Mrs A Blackburn ROISBHEINN Braecock Mill, Caputh, by Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, PH1 4JG T: 01738 710714 | M: 07818 073031 E: alanblackburn149@btinternet.com D Blyth & Son Ltd CLAIREVILLE 5 Holdings, Balcorme, Windygates, Leven, Fife, Scotland, KY8 5RZ T: 01333 352165 | M: 07967 008352 E: lindablyth@aol.com Alan G Bosomworth 43 Dalveich, Taynuilt, Argyll, Scotland, PA35 1HN M: 07568 568310 E: bosomworthalan@gmail.com Julian Bowman WINDY HOUSE Windy House, Lower Newport, Caithness, Scotland, KW7 6HA M: 07765 823742 E: jules@windyhouse.co.uk Braesgill Ltd HOPE Att: Mr Allan G Mackay, Hope & Melness Farm, c/o 139 Skinnet, Talmine, Melness, By Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, IV27 4YP T: 01847 601207 | M: 07766 762697 E: allan.g.mackay@btinternet.com Simon Breasley 36 McNabb Street, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, FK14 7DL T: 01259 740300 | M: 07818 694788 E: thyme.consultants@btopenworld.com Mr John S Bridge BEN VUIRICH The Hillocks of Borland, Blacklunnans, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7LA T: 01250 882362 | M: 07793 315066 E: bridgeatcloquhat@aol.com Sam Brooke ARDTRECK 28, Fiskavaig, Carbost, Isle Of Skye, Scotland, IV47 8SN T: 01478 640773 | M: 07775 953252 E: sam@viking-traders.co.uk

Mrs Jean & Miss A Brooks LISMORE Killean Farm, Isle of Lismore, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 5UG T: 01631 760208 | E: liosmor@me.com

Guy Buckle Leafield Farm, Dalton, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, DG11 1EA T: 01387 750357 | M: 07732 214841 E: guybuckle@hotmail.co.uk

Mr K W W and Mrs E M Brown CRAIGOWMILL Ledlanet, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland, KY13 0RR M: 07899 877001 | E: craigowmill@gmail.com

Friarshawmuir FRIARSHAWMUIR Friarshawmuir Farm, Selkirk, Scotland, TD7 4PZ M: 07737 691482 E: jane@friarshawmuir.com

Mr A Brown BEINN GHLAS Larglanglee House, Crocketford, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, DG2 9ST T: 01556 690252 Gavin & Anna Brown SPRINGFIELD (LEADBURN) Springfield Farm, Springfield Road, Penicuik, East Lothian, Scotland, EH26 8PR T: 01968 670397 | M: 07776 198979 E: anna.borth@btinternet.com Katherine Brown INNISCHOARACH Innischoarach Estate, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, FK21 8UA T: 01833 621157 | E: kate@uhdl.co.uk Scott & Alison Brown SUNHONEY Mains of Landberry Farm, Echt, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB32 6XD T: 01330 860866 | M: 07824 358210 E: alison_fraser31@hotmail.com Mr Eion og Brown and Mr Angus Mackay CRUACH Aoradh Farmhouse, Gruinart, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, PA44 7PR T: 01496 850496 | E: e.brown672@btinternet.com Ms Anna M Bruce 6 B Rowans Gate, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA2 6RD T: 0141 887 1433 C.P & M.P Bruce KYNEDOR Bogside, King Edward, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB45 3LX T: 01261 821244 | M: 07801 698787 E: chazz125@hotmail.com Mr D Buchanan SHENAVALLIE Shenavallie, Benderloch, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1QU T: 01631 720240 | M: 07881 691427 E: shenavallie@hotmail.com Mrs Mary Buchanan Croftlea, 17 Duntaylor Avenue, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2BX T: 01887 829411 E: james_buchanan1210@btinternet.com

John & Larraine Cairns Millcroft Farm, Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G67 4AG T: 01236 873280 | M: 07817 173686 E: assuredtech@btinternet.com Mr James Caldwell KILMARONOCK Badshalloch Steading, Badshalloch Farm,

by Gartocharn, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, G83 8SB T: 01360 660208 E: info@jcjgroup.co.uk John Callaghan 21 Bonhill Road, Flat 5, Dumbarton, Scotland, G82 2DH M: 07984 201116 E: jcallaghan852@gmail.com Mr David D Cameron SEVERIE 45 Snowdon Place, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK8 2JY T: 01786 586310 | M: 07708 307125 E: david@agmscotland.co.uk Glen Nevis GLEN NEVIS per E A Cameron, Glen Nevis, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH33 6SX T: 01397 705181 (office) E: eac@glen-nevis.co.uk Mrs Anne Cameron GLENOGLE Old Auction House, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH6 2LN T: 01764 679195 E: cybergranne@btinternet.com Mr J & Mrs W Cameron CAMERONS Glenmachrie Farm, Glenlonan, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4QE T: 01631 770364 E: wilmacameron@btconnect.com James Cameron HIGHFIELD 18 Davidson Drive, Dingwall, Scotland, IV15 9LP M: 07974 649078 E: jcc.planthire@gmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST John Cameron LOCHNESS Balmacaan Farm, Drumnadrochit, Inverness, Scotland, IV63 6UP T: 01456 450778 | M: 07859 827975 E: balmacaan@hotmail.com

Andrew Clotworthy INVERALTON 1 Vine Park Drive, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA3 2SQ T: 01563 541738 E: diggerman220@yahoo.co.uk

Stuart D. Campbell KEILLMORE Keppochan Farm House, Cladich, Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1BQ T: 01866 833287 | M: 07786 621705 E: stuart.campbell@highlandcattlesociety.com

M. G. Cockram Fersness Farm, Eday, Orkney, Scotland

Mr D Campbell 72 Camaghael, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH33 7NF T: 01397 703322 Anne-Marie Carruthers Scotland T: 01786961122 E: anne-marie@highlandcattlesociety.com Mr Patrick Casey CASEY Gaitnip Farm, St Ola, Orkney, Scotland, KW15 1SX T: 01856 874175/870150 E: anjo1@btopenworld.com

Blingery Farms BLINGERY Blingery Farm, Mains Cottage, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, KW1 5SF T: 07761 244936 | M: 07761 244936 E: morvencoghill@hotmail.co.uk Messrs M & J Coghill ACHREAMIE Achreamie, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, KW14 7YB T: 01847 811433 | M: 07779 876818 E: coghill297@btinternet.com Cnoc Fold, Glenure Estate Ltd CNOC Cnoc Lodge, Creagan, Appin, Argyll, Scotland, PA38 4BQ T: 0032 85 712134 | M: 0032 473 622386 E: sandrinecollinet@gmail.com

Mr James Corbett LOCHBUIE Lochbuie House, Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA62 6AA T: 01680 814214 | E: jim@lochbuie.com Mrs Heather Corrigall EARN No 4 Culnaha, Nigg, Easter Ross, Scotland, IV19 1QP T: 01862 851229 | E: heather@corrigall.co.uk Douglas and Hilary Crane GRAY BRAE Gray Brae Farm, Leadburn, West Linton, Peebleshire, Scotland, EH46 7BE T: 01968 670947 | M: 07831 586 653 E: graybrae@aol.com R & E Crawford RHUBODACH Stuck Farm, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA20 0QL T: 01700 502803 G & S Cron AYTON CASTLE per Garry & Sheila Cron, Garden House, Ayton Castle Estate, Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland, TD14 5RD T: 01890 781090 | M: 07715 902817 E: gjcron@yahoo.com

Mr & Mrs J Caven OFFERANCE FOLD Offerance Farm, Gartmore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK8 3RZ T: 01877 382244 | M: 07770 471202 E: cavens@jcaven.co.uk

Conaglen Est, Broadlands Properties Ltd CONAGLEN per David Mosgrove, Aryhoulan Cottage,Conaglen Estate, Ardgour, Invernessshire, Scotland, PH33 7AH T: 01855 841321 E: dmosgrove@broadlandproperties.co.uk

Mr A Cheape FOSSOWAY Middleton Farm, Fossoway, Kinross-shire, Scotland, KY13 0PB T: 07974 357795 E: a.cheape@langley-taylor.co.uk

Connon Brothers Ltd TIPPERTY Tipperty Ind Centre, Tipperty, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB41 8LZ T: 01358 720320 | M: 077440 043222 E: karen@connon.co.uk

Mrs Fiona Cruickshank BALNASTUARTACH Balnastuartach Farm, Calvine, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, PH18 5UD T: 01796 483279 E: enquiries@ bruarconstructionandrestorations.co.uk

Lower Letham Ltd HOUSE OF NAIRNE House of Nairne, nr Tullybelton, Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland, PH1 4PT T: 01738 787850 E: jandmrclark@btinternet.com

Tordarroch Estates TORDARROCH Farr, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV2 6XF T: 01324 812914 | M: 07711 048866 E: john.a.c.cooper@btconnect.com

Ian Cruickshank Balnastuartach Farm, Calvine, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, PH18 5UD T: 01796 483279 E: enquiries@ bruarconstructionandrestorations.co.uk

Ailsa Clark AM BLAR MOR Blairmore Farm, Fowlis Wester, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, PH7 3NW T: 01764 683789 | M: 07919 416040 E: ailsa@blairmorefarm.com

The Culloden Fold CULLODEN c/o Mr John Cooper, Tordarroch Castle, Farr, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV2 6XF T: 01324 812914 E: john.a.c.cooper@btconnect.com

Fione A. Cruickshank FIONE’S HIGHLAND FOLD Middleton of Fonab Farmhouse, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, PH16 5ND T: 01796 473251 | M: 07538 667544 E: fionecruickshank@hotmail.com

M D & S A Clarke ASHIEBURN Williamwood Farm, Kirtlebridge, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Scotland, DG11 3LN T: 01461 500213 | M: 07833 627849 E: saclarke@williamwoodfarm.co.uk

Strathearn Fold STRATHEARN Tordarroch Estates, Farr, Inverness, Scotland, IV2 6XF T: 01808 521462 | M: 07711 048866 E: john.a.c.cooper@btconnect.com

Culachy Estate Management Ltd CULACHY per Bidwells, Carn Dearg House, North Road, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH33 6PP T: 07320 366573 | M: 07867 775034 E: fort.william@bidwells.co.uk

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Thornighall Farm THORNIGHALL Thornighall Farm, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML11 0RL M: 07867 653927 | E: scrozier76@gmail.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Caroline Cuthbertson JEDDERFIELD 4 Ivanhoe Road, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, EH45 9BB T: 01721 723453 E: cuthbertson941@btinternet.com

Robert Dixon KILBRIDE Kilbride Farm, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8QE T: 01546 605234 E: kilbridefarm@btconnect.com

Mr D E Darroch ARDFARNAL Inver Lodge, Graighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll, Scotland, PA60 7XX T: 01496 820223| E: darochjura@aol.com

Miss Alex Doak MUIRFOOT Silverwood House, Cleghorn, Lanark, Scotland, ML11 8NZ T: 01555 661425 | E: alex_doak@hotmail.co.uk

Miss Jill Davis FRIARTON South Friarton Farm, St Martins, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 6AH T: 01821 640611 E: jmd36@btconnect.com

Callum Donaldson COMMORE Commore Farm, Neilston, Glasgow, Scotland, G78 3DA M: 07775 334671 | E: commorefarm@gmail.com

Anastasia Delap ACHADUNAN Achadunan, Cairndow, Argyll, Scotland, PA26 8BJ T: 01499 600238 | M: 07900 388366 E: tuggy@fyneales.com Delnabo Estate DELNABO per David Taylor, Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, AB37 9HT T: 01807 580366 E: ktdelnabo@btinternet.co.uk Dempster Family TEAGHLACH Blackpark Lodge, Bridge of Cally, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7LQ T: 01764 650024 | M: 07748 231406 E: donaldmdempster@gmail.com Lord Denham DUNACH Dunach Estate, Glenlonan, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4QE T: 01631 770364 E: dunachestate@btconnect.com Linda Dennis 18 Park Avenue, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbys, Scotland, DE4 2FX T: 01629 733009 | M: 07896 962632 E: kandldennis@tiscali.co.uk Veda Dewar & Kenneth Wood WITCHES CRAIG Witches Craig, Blairlogie, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 5PX T: 01786 474947 M: (K) 07917 760118 / 07713 248710 E: info@witchescraig.co.uk Mr D R Dickson LYNTOUN Hamilton Hall Lodge, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, EH46 7DB T: 01968 660347 | E: lyntoun@gmail.com

Alex Douglas HUNTERLEES Hunterlees House, Hunterlees Road, Glassford, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML10 6TS T: 01698 886556 | M: 07841 595292 E: alexd1288@hotmail.com Douglas and Angus Estates DOUGLAS Estates Office, c/o Allan Telford, Newmains, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML11 0RH T: 01555 851536/01890 882618 M: 07896 660596 E: office@daestates.co.uk The Hon Mrs Felicity Douglas-Home OLD GREENLAW Old Greenlaw, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, TD10 6UP T: 01361 810230 E: info@oldgreenlawfold.com

Mr James Duthie & Miss Sara Duthie INVERUGIE Aikenshill Farm, Aikenshill, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB41 6AT T: 01358 742990 | E: enquiries@aikenshill.co.uk Graeme Easton & Rebecca Greenhorn RANCH The Ranch, Letham, Angus, Scotland, DD8 2PG T: 07710 534828 | M: 07970 084680 E: graemeeaston@yahoo.co.uk Edgerston Trading (2006) Ltd EDGERSTON Edgerston Home Farm, Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland, TD8 6NF M: 07966 476377 E: theralstons@btinternet.com Michael W & Martin Edwards NA COMERICH 2 & 4 Englishton Muir, Bunchrew, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 8RQ T: 01463 717782 | M: 07799 603 100 E: theoldfarmers@hotmail.co.uk Errol Enterprises Ltd ERROL per Abigail Tait, Savilles, Earn House, Broxden Business Pk, Lamberkin Drive, Perth, Scotland, PH1 1RA T: 01463 215124 | M: 07811 804748 E: lewishm@errolpark.co.uk Ben & Elaine Evetts BARDNAHEIGH per Ben Evetts, Station House, Bridge Street, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland, KW12 6YG T: 01847 831685 | M: 07921 840195 E: benevetts156@yahoo.co.uk

Noreen Drexel Tigh Cuileann, Auchnagoul, Inverary, Argyll, Scotland, PA32 8XT T: 01499 302677 | E: farmernonie@gmail.com

Invercannich Farm INVERCANNICH Invercannich Farm, Invercannich Lodge, Cannich, Inverness, Scotland, IV4 7LS M: 07793 797599 | E: karlfalconer@aol.com

William Duncan & Co NEWTON OF ARDOYNE East Lediken, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB52 6SH M: 07900 901629 E: murdoch@ledikenfarms.co.uk

Ronald & Frances Fergie KNOCKENDON Pinewood, Ancaster Road, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, PH7 4AL T: 01764 218673 | M: 07909 800656 E: rffergie@hotmail.co.uk

I & I Stewart - Dunedin Highland Fold DUNEDIN per Irralee Stewart, Welltree Farm Cottage, Madderty, Perthshire, Scotland, PH7 3PD T: 01764 683388 | M: 07788 987939 E: tankservices@aol.com

Craig Finnie RICHMONDHILL Richmond Developments, Richmondhill House, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 3JW T: 01779 473552 | M: 07710 511582 E: craig@finnie4x4.com

Dunlossit (Farming) Ltd CEANNACROIC Knocklearach, Ballygrant, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, PA45 7QL T: 01496 840232 | M: 07816 929068 E: office@dunlossitestate.co.uk

Firm of R S Duncan BLACKSTONE Blackstone Farm, Rigg Road, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA18 3JJ T: 01290 421639 | E: rs.duncan@btconnect.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Stiubhart Fold STIUBHART 43 Whirlbut Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, KY11 3AA M: 07894 325134 E: joannefischbacher@yahoo.co.uk

Mr & Mrs D R Fountain BROOMRIGG Broomrigg, Watchhill Road, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, DG11 1RX T: 01387 810326 | M: 07860 573970 E: broomrigg@aol.com

Mr A & Mrs E Glen GLENELLAN Glenellan, Ythanbank, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB41 7TD T: 01358 761775 E: aekrglen@hotmail.co.uk

Alastair Fitzsimon TREGALLON Tregallon Farm, Lochfoot, Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 8NG T: 01387 730272 | M: 07752 451020 E: megfitzsimon21@gmail.com

Mr Robert Fowler & Mrs April Fowler MID BELTIE Ord View, Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB31 4HS M: 07896 825805 | E: aprilcwight@aol.com

Glen Tanar Estate GLEN TANAR Brook’s House, Glen Tanar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB34 5EU T: 01339 886451 E: jonathan@glentanar.co.uk

Urquhart Farms URQUHART Urquhart Farm, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, KY12 8QJ M: 07810 115231 E: colin_fleming@hotmail.co.uk Robert Fletcher BLAIRORDENS Leoch of Blairordens, Cushnie, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB33 8LQ T: 01339 883206 M: 07854 315496(R) / 07414 689322(Stacey) E: robertfletcher87@gmail.com I & A Forbes & Son LAWFORDS HIGHLANDERS Lawfords, Durno, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB51 5EU M: 07747 800206 E: angus_forbes@hotmail.co.uk Forestry & Land Scotland GARRY PINEWOOD per Kenneth Knott, Torlundy, Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH33 6SW T: 01397 702184 | M: 07887 625751 E: kenneth.knott@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Peacehill Farming Ltd PEACEHILL Peacehill, Wormit, Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, DD6 8PJ T: 01382 541783 | M: 07889 670420 E: peter@peacehill.co.uk James Foster CRAGGANVALLIE 2 Cragganvallie, Kiltarlity, Beauly, Inverness, Scotland, IV4 7HT M: 07887 402367 E: James.foster6@hotmail.co.uk Louise A Fotheringham CAIRNCROSS Cairncross, Glen Esk, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, DD9 7YT T: 01356 670251 | M: 07512 463703 E: louise_11@btinternet.com

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Mr J S Fraser TILBOURIES for J +& L Fraser & Son, East Tilbouries, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB12 5GD T: 01224 732351 | M: 07785 522648 E: jim.s.fraser@talk21.com Mrs Sheila Fraser East Tilbouries, Maryculter, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB12 5GD T: 01224 732351 | M: 07887 520226 E: jim.s.fraser@talk21.com Mr A W Garrick HEATHERHILLS GLENLIVET Glenmuir, Auchnarrow, Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, AB37 9JN T: 01807 590253 | M: 07765 607743 E: garrick2012@btinternet.com Mr Haydn A Garton THAGGNAM Fordel Garden Cottage, Glenfarg, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 9QQ T: 01577 830533 | M: 07811 197081 E: thaggnam@aol.com Mr Ian Gauld SANINE Sandineuk, Sandend, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB45 2UE T: 01261 843343 | E: iigauld@hotmail.com J. Mark Gibson CRAIGENGILLAN Craigengillan, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA6 7PZ T: 01292 551818 E: mark@craigengillan.com Mrs Sheila Gillon AVIEDALE Lower Toftingall, Watten, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, KW1 5XW T: 01955 621257 Glasgow City Council POLLOK Att. Manager, Pollok Country Park, Knowehead Lodge, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G43 1AT T: 0141 287 9001 (Paul Brannan) M: 07880 174682 E: paul.brannan@glasgow.gov.uk

K & L Gordon ROSEHEAD TEUCHAR Rosehead, Greeness, Cuminestown, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB53 8HY T: 01888 544582 E: linda-gordon@hotmail.com Andre Goulancourt INVERSNAID Inversnaid Lodge, Inversnaid, By Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK8 3TU T: 01877 386254 E: info@inversnaidphoto.com Ian Gourley 15 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, EH27 8DS T: 0131 337 9796 | M: 07787 791512 E: ian.gourlay@outlook.com Kate Graham SHANKEND Heip Hill House, Greensidehall Road, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, TD9 7HE T: 01450 374772 | M: 07791 117425 E: shankendfarming@gmail.com Mrs Sheena Graham Killochries Fold, Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA13 4TE T: 01505 873627 Mr William J Grant AUCHRY Lower Old Mill, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB53 8BN T: 01888 560055 J P Grant of Rothiemurchus ROTHIEMURCHUS Rothiemurchus Estate Office, Dell of Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Inverness, Scotland, PH22 1QH T: 01479 810858 M: 07495 221696 (Grant MacKenzie,cattle) E: grant.mackenzie@rothie.net Philip Gray SMEATON Smeaton Farmhouse, Smeaton Estate, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, EH40 3DT M: 07747 005475 E: philipgdgray@hotmail.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Michelle Greaves ARDIFFERY Hill of Ardiffery Bungalow, Hatton, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB43 0TB M: 07807 179003 E: greavesmichelle@icloud.com

Auchencairn Forest LLP GLENMASSAN ESTATE Garrachra, Glenmassan, Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland, PA23 8RA T: 01369 706640 | M: 07799 304013 E: theagroves@gmail.com

Thea Groves STONEFIELD FARM Stonefield Farm, Glenmassan, by Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland, PA23 8RA T: 01369 706640 | M: 07799304013 E: theagroves@gmail.com

Hugo Headicar & Natasha Foley TRINAFOUR Auchleeks House, Trinafour, Perthshire, Scotland, PH18 5UF T: 07979 811 421 | M: 07711 139016 E: info@auchleekshouse.co.uk

Mrs G M Gunn SWINEY per Mr Ian Gunn, Cairnald House, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland, KW3 6BT T: 01593 721747 | M: 07831 249055 E: ian.gunn@jgunn.co.uk

Mr Ken Headspeath THE WELLBURN Upper Rosemount, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV19 1ND E: upperrosemount@hotmail.co.uk

Borlum House Farm REAY Borlum House, Reay, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, KW14 7RE T: 01847 811153 | M: 07469 894338 E: hello@borlumhousefarm.com Mr Garry Haggart MIDDLE LUNDIE Kargarrie House, Lundie, Edzell, Angus, Scotland, DD9 7QN T: 01356 625529 E: garry.haggart@talk21.com Cloan Estate Trust CLOAN Cloan Estate, Cloanden, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, PH3 1PP T: 01764 662100 | M: 07968 185633 E: rwh@cloan.co.uk Dr Kayleigh Hamilton & David Shearer GLENFIA 2 Hayhillock Cottage, Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB41 8DH T: 01358 725098 | M: 07894 833052 E: kayleigh.jhamilton@gmail.com

Mr J W Howat Ja Mar, Crofthead Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA7 3ND T: 01292 260820 | E: ianhowat@hotmail.co.uk Simon Howie Farms FINDONY Findony Farm, Muckhart Road, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 0RA T: 01764 684332 | M: 0791 277272 E: simon@simonhowie.co.uk Mr Stephen & Mrs Rosemary Hunter HUNTERS Barnhill Farm, Allanton, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML7 5AB T: 01501 820433 | M: 07747 610513 E: stephenandrosemary@btinternet.com

Mrs K Headspeath Upper Rosemount, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV19 1ND E: upperrosemount@hotmail.co.uk

Grant Hyslop BLACK GLEN Glentewing Farm, Crawfordjohn, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML12 6ST M: 07557 862131 | E: granthyslop96@gmail.com

Mr Ken Headspeath Jnr SORNE 25 Morrison Street, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, DD8 5DB T: 01575 575144 | M: 07789 301751 E: kenneth@highlanddrovers.co.uk

Robert Hyslop & Sons REDRULLION Netheraw Cottage, Crawick, Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scotland, D84 6ET T: 01659 50129 | M: 07762 429190 E: Rab@redrullion.co.uk

Highland Wagyu MOHMAR Burnside of Balhaldie, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, FK15 0NB T: 01786 823767 | M: 07500 000035 E: martine@wagyu.co.uk

Inchyra Estate INCHYRA per James Inchyra, Inchyra House, Glencarse, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 7LU T: 01738 860066 | M: 07789 720063 E: ji@inchyra.com

Crofthead Fold CROFTHEAD Crofthead Farm, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML10 6QF M: 07825 507397 E: lorna@southwestpaints.co.uk

Inverdunning Ltd DUMYAT Inverdunning House, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 0QG T: 01764 684530 | E: gordon@inverdunning.com

Drumad Estate DRUMAD Drumad, Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland, PH1 4EG T: 01738 787939 | M: 07738 230162 E: office@drumadestate.co.uk

Inverinate Estate KILLILAN Smech Management Co Ltd, Inverinate, Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV40 8HB T: 01599 530055 | M: 07771 777807 E: catriona.macrae@smech.co.uk

J S & R Harris CROSS REGUILL South Shields Farm, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML10 6TY M: 07908 950676 | E: crossreguill@live.co.uk

Ms Vivienne Hope AUQUHARNEY Mains of Auquharney, By Hatton, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 0QU T: 01779 841216 | M: 07976 309606 E: vivihope@icloud.com

Hamish E T Irvine CRAIGLUSCAR FARM FOLD Craigluscar Farm, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, KY12 9HT T: 01383 727222 M: 07989 000000 (H) / 07894 325134 (J) E: hamish@craigluscarfarm.co.uk

Innes Harrison SOUTH SHAWBOST An Cnoc, 46A South Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, HS2 9BJ T: 01851 710402 | M: 07572 262708 E: harrisoninnes138@icloud.com

Graeme Houston AUCHAMORE Wellbank, Hatton Road, Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7HZ M: 07561 869802 E: graemeatwellbank@gmail.com

Hunter Vassa VASSA Vassa, Skellister, Shetland Islands, Scotland, ZE2 9PP T: 01595 890329 | M: 07932 275045 E: vassawa@aol.com

Bradley Harris HORSBURGH Woodside, Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 9QJ T: 01577 830789 | M: 07711 522898 E: bradley_harris@hotmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Jane Isaccson ACHINRIER Achinrier Farm, Barcaldine, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1SF T: 01631 720378 | M: 07501 726511 E: achinreirfarm@gmail.com J F Engineering BLACKMARK Blackmark, St Johns Town of Dalry, Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, DG7 3UG T: 01644 460532 | E: fcclubb@btinternet.com R & V Jackson NETHER TULLOCH Nether Tulloch Farmhouse, Laurencekirk, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB30 1JA M: 04971 197040 E: richard@drammarine.com Chris James TOROSAY Ard Daraich, Lochdon, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA64 6AP T: 01680 812421 | M: 07900 692973 E: torosay@aol.com Charlotte L James FINDOYA Carnichal House, Maud, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 4QG M: 07766 760527 E: home@davebruce.plus.com Craig Jeffrey & Louise Taylor SPRINGHILL Springhill Fram, Tweedmouth, Berwick upon Tweed, Scotland, TD15 2QW M: 07585 054001 E: louisetaylor89@yahoo.com B Kennedy Unthank Cottage, Ewes Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, DG13 0HW T: 01387 380684 E: bandjkennedy72@gmail.com

Kinch Enterprises (Farms) WESTFIELD Westfield Lodge, Contlaw Road, Milltimber, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB13 0EX T: 01224 735269 E: mtaylor@landmanagementscotland.co.uk

Lawers Estate LAWERS HOME FARM Att: Mrs Sheila Bruce, Lawers Home Farm, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH6 2LT T: 01764 670050 | M: 07796 335342 E: estate.office@lawers.co.uk

Weem Farm Enterprizes Weem Farm, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2LD M: 07761 745183 E: cath@cakingsupertax.com.au

William Lawson WINDSOLE Rahalloch, Windsole Farm, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, PH3 1PB T: 01764 663443 | M: 07970 530390 E: windsole1@aol.com

A & H Kirkpatrick GLENGARNOCK Strathmore, Beith Road, Glengarnock, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA14 3BX T: 01505 683251 E: ak@glengarnockfold.com

Leys Castle Farm LEYS Estate Office, Leys Castle, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV2 6AF T: 01463 234713 | M: 07549 172365 E: hugh.saggers@yahoo.co.uk

Craig Kirkwood BEEBROCH Foresthill Farm, Carronbridge, Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK6 5JF M: 07842 169112 E: kirky112@live.co.uk

Mr John A Lithgow INVER Ormsary Estate Office, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8PE T: 01880 770700 | E: darochjura@aol.com

Kenneth Knott INCHMORE Inchmore Cottage, Glenmoriston, Invernessshire, Scotland, IV63 7YN T: 01320 340349 | M: 07887 625751 E: kennethknott@btinternet.com Mrs P Knox INNISARD Mains of Glentruim, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH20 1BE M: 07736 643175 E: knox.bankhead@gmail.com Mr J A Lacey BEINN LATHA UR Toll House, Lawers, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2PA T: 01567 820561 E: horncarver@googlemail.com

Lady Lithgow CARSAIG Ormsary Estate Office, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8PE T: 01880 770700 E: jpeterson@ormsary.co.uk Sir William Lithgow, Bt & Son (Ormsary) ORMSARY Ormsary Estate Office, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8PE T: 01880 770700 E: enquiries@ormsary.co.uk Alison Logan Greenhead Farm, Alva, Clackmannan, Scotland, FK12 5BQ M: 07828 176099 E: kelsologan@aol.com

Mrs Lesley Lacey Toll House, Lawers, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2PA T: 01567 820561 E: horncarver@googlemail.com

Blairlogan Highlanders BLAIRLOGAN per Dexter Logan & Carolyn Ross, Greenhead Farm, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, FK12 5BQ T: 07825 176095 | M: 07871 074440 E: carolyn.ross1987@gmail.com

Kilchoan Management Ltd KILCHOAN per Melissa Oatts, Kilmelford, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4XD T: 01852 200283/761 | M: 07977 182108 E: factor@kilchoanestate.co.uk

Mr James Laing 7 King Edward Court, King Street, Invergordon, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV18 0RF T: 01349 853105 | M: 07754 411460

The Scottish Deer Centre IONAD FEIDH Cupar, Fife, Scotland, KY15 4NQ T: 01337 810391 | M: 07702 895957 E: simon@deercentre.com

Killochries Fold KILLOCHRIES FOLD Sheraig Cottage, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA13 4TE T: 01505 873627 E: mari@killochries.com

D & K Laing STAC A CHAGAIR Bannochy, Muasdale, Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, PA29 6XD T: 01496 810613 | M: 07853716303 E: david.laingfrs@gmail.com

Easter Deuglie Farm EASTER DEUGLIE per Euan Loudon, Easter Deuglie House, Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 9QJ T: 07817 583678 E: easterdeuglie@gmail.com

Alan Kennedy GOLDENBERRY 7 Thirdpart Holdings, West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA23 9QB T: 01294 823339 | M: 07789 743437 E: a.kennedy123@btinternet.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST J. Michael Loughray ARNBEG Arnbeg, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK8 3EW T: 01786 870926 | M: 07879 896289 E: mloughray@aol.com

Mr & Mrs Fraser MacDonald Ardbhan Fold, Kyles, Bayhead, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS6 5DY T: 01876 510293 E: fraserkyles1@aol.com

Jane Joan Lunney 33 Hamilton Place, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB15 4AX T: 01224 638990 E: lunneys@me.com

Mr William MacDonald Tormore Farm, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland T: 01595 731240

Lurg & Townhead Farms LURUHA per Ewen Macmillan, Lurg Farm, Fintry, Glasgow, Scotland, G63 0XJ T: 01360 860070 | M: 07801 328632 E: lurgfarm@hotmail.com Ross MacArthur BEN WYVIS 58 Tor View, Contin, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV14 9EE M: 07857 101828 E: ross_mac_92@outlook.com Maureen MacArthur & John Ashton ALLANFEARN Newhouse, Heights of Inchvannie, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV14 9AE T: 01997 421447 | M: 07768 234589 E: allanfearnhighlanders@gmail.com Malcolm MacAulay THE MACAULAY FOLD Croft 1, c/o Cala, Breanish, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, HS2 9HB M: 07766 663409 E: eileen.macaulay@btinternet.com L.A.B. Druim An Lochain Farm DRUIM AN LOCHAIN Druim An Lochain, Dalnavert, Feshiebridge, Scotland, PH21 1NQ T: 01540 651879 (FOR OFFICE use Only) M: 07746 112005(FOR OFFICE use only) E: sammacbean@yahoo.co.uk Mrs M MacDonald DRUIMDEARG 20 Balivanich, Benbecula, Western Isles, Scotland, HS7 5LA T: 01870 602129 | M: 07919 926814 E: margaret.druimdearg@virgin.net Mr & Mrs A A MacDonald ARDBHAN Ardbhan, Kyles, Bayhead, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS6 5DY T: 01876 510293 | M: 07970 218904 E: fraserkyles1@aol.co.uk Mrs Ena MacDonald Ardbhan, Kyles, Bayhead, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS6 5DY T: 01876 510268 | M: 07776 064785 E: fraserkyles1@aol.co.uk

Douglas MacDonald TYREE Tyree, Benderloch, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1RZ T: 01631 720023 | M: 07810 132909 E: mdiane838@aol.com Major H R MacDonald-Haig BORLUM Borlum Farm, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV3 6XN

CCR Mackay BLAIRQUOSH 5 Crosshead Road, Killearn, Glasgow, Scotland, G63 9RN T: 01360 551604 | M: 07393 307774 E: madhattercaitlin@gmail.com Andrew MacKay MAC-AOIDH Na Coarann, Forsinard, Sutherland, Scotland, KW13 6YT M: 07876 592449 | E: k47nnj@aol.com Mr Iain MacKay & Claire Simonetta CNOC NA SITH Torloisk Farm, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA74 6NH T: 01688 500130 | M: 07775 875860 E: torloisk@gmail.com

D J MacGillivray Pennygown Farm, Aros, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA72 6JN T: 01680 300335 | M: 07770 598324 E: donaldmacgillivray@btinternet.com

Mr CT Mackenzie SCALISCRO Scaliscro Estate, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS2 9EL T: 01851 672325 E: enquiries@scaliscro.co.uk

The Firm of D J MacGillivray PENNYGOWN FARM Pennygown Farm, Aros, Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA72 6JN T: 01680 812193 | M: 07879 474048 E: pennygown@hotmail.co.uk

Dr G MacKenzie TINTO Earisdal, 66 Sherifflats Road, Thankerton, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML12 6PA T: 01899 308009 E: mackg@btinternet.com

Karen & Michael Macgregor EILEAN MOR Port An Aiseig, Glenborrodale, Acharacle, Argyll, Scotland, PH36 4JP T: 01972 500263 E: info@michael-macgregor.co.uk

Mrs M MacKenzie COIGACH The Schoolhouse, Canisp Road, Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland, IV27 4LH T: 01571 844487 E: kmacclashnessie@gmail.com

Ashley MacGregor PROVAN Burnhead Farm, Kilsyth, Lanarkshire, Scotland, G65 9LG T: 01236 822038 E: ashleymacgregor@sky.com

Alison MacKenzie DUN BAN 40 Camuscross, Isleornsay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, IV43 8QS T: 01471 833732 | M: 07767 267319 E: donalct@aol.com

David MacGregor BO BHIAN The Tundra, Upper Lybster, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland, KW3 6AT M: 07449 370701 | E: td5disco@gmail.com

Ian MacKenzie & Co ESSICH Essich Farm, Inverness, Scotland, IV2 6AJ M: 07767 411419 E: dnmackenzie1@gmail.com

Mr A R Mackay ACHNAGOUL Tigh Cuileann, Achnagoul,

by Inverary, Argyll, Scotland, PA32 8XT T: 01499 302677 | M: 07810 785078 E: caledoniancowboy@me.com

Malcolm MacKenzie & David Skilling DUBHAIRD 32 Harbour Street, Plockton, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV52 8TN M: 07718 082702 E: malcolmjmackenzie@googlemail.com

Mr Ewan Mackay GLENGOYNE 5 Crosshead Road, Killearn, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, G63 9RN T: 01360 551604 | M: 07554 421754 E: ewanm29@googlemail.com

Peter MacLaren HANDAXWOOD 7 Ravelston Dykes, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, EH4 3EA T: 01501 773105 | M: 07734 821582 E: Peter.Maclaren@levenseat.co.uk

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mr Ron MacLean CORNTOWN 8 Corntown, Conon Bridge, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV7 8DN M: 07909 543137 William MacLean SGUIR MOR Inverglen, Barcaldine, By Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1SG T: 01631 720560 | M: 07789 670264 E: williemaclean777@gmail.com Mr DJ Maclennan, MRCVS, MBE OLD CORRY Old Corry, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland, IV49 9AL T: 01471 822229 E: ewenmac234@gmail.com Mr I A M MacLeod CRINGLETIE Cringletie Farm, Eddleston, Peebles, Scotland, EH45 8PL T: 01721 730240 | M: 07773 898635 E: ross@affinityworks.net John Niall MacLeod BALLIMORE Balliemore Farm Estate, Kilchrenan, Taynuilt, Argyll, Scotland, PA35 1HD T: 01866 833496 E: niall@ballimore.com Andrew MacLure 46 Lower Shader, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS2 0RH M: 07760 161499 E: amaclure_1@hotmail.com Donald & Malcolm MacNaughton RANNOCH 72 Centre Street, Kelty, Fife, Scotland, KY4 0EH M: 07706 947510 Bryon MacNaughton LITTLE RANNOCH Tordarroch Farm Cottage, Tordarroch Estate, Farr, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV2 6XP M: 07720 210100 E: bryonreilly@live.co.uk Mr H M MacPhail CALLACHALLY Callachally Farm, Salen, Aros, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA72 6JN T: 01680 300424 E: macphail@tiscali.co.uk Colin MacPhail The Paddock, Over Abington Farm, Abington, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML12 6SF M: 07747 046461 E: colin@macphailconsulting.co.uk

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Andrew Macphee ACHTERNEED Birchlea, Achterneed, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV14 9AE T: 01997 421694 E: andrew.macphee@lineone.net Charles MacPhee Rhu Ard, Connel, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1PJ Craig Dhu & Biallid Farm BIALLID Craig Dhu House, Laggan, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH20 1BS T: 01528 544200 | M: 07801 337590 E: craig.dhu@virgin.net Mahoney Holding MAHONEY HOLDING Trevelle, Yhtanbank, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB41 7TH T: 01358 761404 | M: 07740 493010 E: m.mahoney@yardbury.com Mrs Kirsteen Manuel GLENMASSAN Ballochyle, by Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland, PA23 8RD T: 01369 704412 James Mather EILEAN HOAN Braemar, Sangomore, Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, IV27 4PZ T: 01971 511284 E: james.mather5038@btinternet.com K & L Matheson BRUE Seabhal, 19 Brue, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland, HS2 0QW T: 01851 840377/291 E: kenny@bruehighlanders.co.uk Archie McArthur TIRETIGAN Tiretigan Farmhouse, Kilberry, Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, PA29 6YD T: 01880 770225 | M: 07881 908556 E: tiretigan@gmail.com Croc Mhor Farms Ltd CROC MHOR Glenburnie, Eden Grove, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland, TD3 6JU T: 01573 410606 | M: 07926 009310 J & M McConachie & Son CULFOICH per Gordon McConachie, Culfoich House, Advie, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland, PH26 3PN T: 01807 510201 | M: 07712 672399 E: gordon@culfoichfarm.com

Roddy McDougall (Butchers) 75 Windhill Road, Mansewood, Glasgow, Scotland, G43 2UW T: 0141 577 7286 | M: 07734 296536 E: roddy1959@hotmail.com David & Ellen McGill HUMBIE 15 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, EH27 8DS T: 0131 337 9796 | M: 07778 731168 E: gourlayellen@yahoo.co.uk Robert McGoldrick MCGOLDRICK 11 Woodside Terrace, William Street, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, DG5 4EF T: 01556 611362 | M: 07920 511231 E: robertmcg62@gmail.com Emma McGrigor N/A Achlian House, Cladich, by Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1BQ M: 07801 731267 E: emma.mcgrigor@gmail.com Ms Cheryl McIntyre TALISKER Croft 4 Portnalong, Carbost, Isle of Skye, Argyll, Scotland, IV47 8SL M: 07841 835088 E: croft4portnlong@gmail.com Mr & Mrs A A McIntyre & Family STAIR Cedar Cottage, Enterkine Estate,

by Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA6 5AL T: 01292 520453 | M: 07779 311149 E: alastairmcintyre7@gmail.com Helen McKandie HEATHERBRAE Clachamturn, Cromdale, Grantown on Spey, Moray, Scotland, PH26 3LW T: 01475 872691 | M: 07967 121970 Mr Iain McKay Cnoc Cottage, Creagan, Appin, Argyll, Scotland, PA38 4BQ T: 01631 730617 | M: 07767 066664 E: Iainmckay@btinternet.com Stuart McKay ACHNACROISH Duiletter Farm, Glenstrae, Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1AP M: 07748 226203 E: stuartmckay726@btinternet.com Miss Eilidh McKay BRINDLE POINT CROFT Cnoc Cottage, Creagan, Appin, Argyll, Scotland, PA38 4BQ M: 07795 905619 E: eilidhmckay93@gmail.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Townfoot Farm TOWNFOOT Townfoot Farm, Glassford, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML10 6TV T: 01357 521039 | M: 07595 444743 E: neiljmckay@gmail.com

A & B Mearns AN CEATHRAMH An Ceathramh, Muie East, Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland, IV28 3UB T: 01408 641474 E: alternatives.tain@gmail.com

Mr Grant Montgomery ARDARDAN Ardardan Estate, Cardross, Helensburgh, Scotland, G82 5HD T: 01389 849188 E: ardardan@hotmail.co.uk

Mr & Mrs J S McKechnie GARTOCHARN France Farm, Church Road, Gartocharn, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, G83 8NF T: 01389 830757 | M: 07733 196667 E: catfrance@hotmail.co.uk

Meggernie Estate MEGGERNIE Managed Estates, The Old Laundry, Unit 8, Touch Business Centre, Stirling, Scotland, FK8 3AQ T: 01786 849272 E: lisa@managed-estates.co.uk

The Moor Partnership CRAIG LEEK Invercauld House, Braemar, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB35 5TS T: 07584 067565 E: jill@invercauldhouse.co.uk

N & M McLellan KILCHIARAN Kilchiaran, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, PA48 7UB T: 01496 850248 E: nandmmclellan@outlook.com Mairi Mclellan SHIELDAIG CROFT Heatherlea, Badachro, Gairloch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV21 2AB T: 01445 741229 | M: 07887 833237 E: mm@mairimcLellan.co.uk Jim A McMillan 10 Latch Gardens, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, DD9 6LN T: 01356 629441 E: mcmillan83@yahoo.co.uk

Morag Middleton BARNA Barna, Mid Mains of Balfour, Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB30 1DU M: 07702 807787 E: middletonmorag@gmail.com

G C Morrison & Son CUNNINGHAUGH Cunninghaugh Farm, Spey Bay, Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, IV32 7PJ M: 07814 602808 E: katrina_morrison@sky.com

Hugh Sydney Mitchell BRAELANGWELL Braelangwell House, Balblair, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV7 8LT T: 01381 610247 | M: 07407 249362 E: hughandlindamitchell@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs M P Moy BARVRACK 51 Haggs Road, Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, G41 4AP T: 0141 636 1554 | M: 07919 228071 E: mlsafaris@tiscali.co.uk

Elizabeth Mitchell Woodneuk Farm, Hillside Road, Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland, G78 1ES T: 0141 880 6681 | M: 07876 783354 E: bmcontracts@btinternet.com

Miss Pamela LM Murray BALHEARTY Balhearty House, Coalsnaughton, Tillicoutry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, FK13 6NA T: 01259 752343 | M: 07803 952213 E: robyn@balhouse.wanadoo.co.uk

R & E McMillan ISLE OF BUTE Little Grenach Farm, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, PA20 9PE T: 01700 504690/500353 E: elawrence62@aol.com

William Mitchell Woodneuk Farm, Hillside Road, Barrhill, Glasgow, Scotland, G78 1ES T: 0141 880 6681 | M: 07876 783354 E: bmcontracts@btinternet.com

Bannockburn Highlanders BANNOCKBURN Bannockburn Wood, Snabhead, West Plean, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK7 M: 07799 773343 E: jf-clydesdale@hotmail.com

D S & B J Mitchell MORAYVIEW Morayview, Braehead, Longmoran, Nr Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland, IV30 8RJ T: 01343 860497 | M: 079837 946434 E: brenda_mitchell@hotmail.co.uk

Mr R McNaughton HILLHOUSE 5 Marshall Place, Luncarty, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, PH1 3UU T: 01738 828217 E: mcnaughton244@aol.com

The Buffalo Farm NANAMIKKI Boglily Farm Steading, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, KY2 5XY T: 01592 646252 | M: 07789 865575 E: steve@thebuffalofarm.co.uk

Neale & Janet McQuistin AIRYOLLAND High Airyolland, New Luce, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland, DG8 OAU T: 01581 600223 E: nealemcq@btinternet.com

H & F Moir Farms Limited FERNIEBRAE Nethermill Croft, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB1 0UJ T: 07774 483522 | E: mmcatto@btinternet.com

Kirsty Neil BARRY 43 Newton Crescent, Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, DD7 6HW T: 01241 855459 | M: 07711 224154 E: a-neil@virginmedia.com

Mrs M Montgomerie MONKCASTLE Titwood Farm, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA3 2PN T: 01563 523901 | M: 07836 648414 E: titwoodequestrian@gmail.com

Glengorm GLENGORM Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA75 6QE T: 01688 302321 E: enquiries@glengormcastle.co.uk

Bob McWalter 12 Clerk Drive, Corpach, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland, PH33 7LE T: 01397 772212 | M: 07464 072551 E: gwenmcwalter@hotmail.co.uk

Michael & Sally Nairn BALNABROICH Balnabroich Farm, Strathardle, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7NW T: 01250 881254/881214 M: 07979 474520 Alex / 07768 314372 E: sally.nairn@balnabroich.com National Museum of Rural Life KITTOCHSIDE per R Young, Wester Kittochside, Philipshill Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland, G76 9HR T: 0131 247 4372 | M: 07795 391899 E: r.young@nms.ac.uk

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MEMBERS’ LIST Thomas Nelson ACHNACLOICH Achnacloich, Connel, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1PR T: 01631 710796 E: thomasmichaelnelson@gmail.com T. L. Nelson Kilmaronaig, Connel, Argyll, Scotland, PA37 1PH T: 01631 710223 E: tl.nelson@virgin.net Peter Nelson LESMURDIE Lesmurdie House, Lower Cabrach, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB54 4EU T: 01466 702236 | E: lesmurdie@aol.com Anna B Nicholson Craigdarroch, Main Street, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, FK21 8UW T: 01567 820511 | M: 07884 324911 E: anna@barranrioch.plus.com Aberdeenshire Highland Cattle Ltd GRACE Lochton of Leys Farm House, Lochton, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB31 5QB T: 01330 825 595 | M: 07585 007594 E: grace@aberdeenshirehighlandbeef.com Jim Ogston Innishewan Cottage, Luib, Crianlarich, Perthshire, Scotland, FK20 8QT T: 01567 820583 | M: 07746 423399 E: jimogston@btinternet.com Mr C D Ormiston Gelderside, Balmoral Estate, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB35 5TX T: 01339 742353 E: dochy.ormiston@highlandcattlesociety.com Christopher Harrison BALFOUR CASTLE Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, KW17 2DY T: 01856 711282 | M: 07917 572157 E: info@balfourcastle.co.uk James D J Oswald FLISKMILLAN Fliskmillan Farm, Newburgh, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, KY14 6HN E: james@fliskmillan.com Mrs Emma Paterson BENMORE Auchlyne, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, FK21 8RG T: 01567 820354 | M: 07810 862751 E: emma.paterson@auchlyne.co.uk Mr J Paterson CARROCHAN Woodend Farm, Balfron, Stirlingshire, Scotland, G63 0QB M: 07748494830

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Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch Rannoch Barracks, Rannoch Station, Perthshire, Scotland, PH17 2QE M: 07971 176828 E: lordpearsonofrannoch@gmail.com James Peterson Managers House, Ormsary Estate, by Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland, PA31 8PE T: 07557 991688 | M: 07511 152299 E: jpeterson@ormsary.co.uk Mr Edward & Mrs Elizabeth Pickard CRAIGEND Craigend Farm, Old Mugdock Road, Strathblane, By Glasgow, Scotland, G63 9ET T: 01360 770330 E: edward.pickard@googlemail.com James Pirie (A Firm) NORTH CRAIGHILL per Lorna Pirie, North Craighill, Strichen, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB43 7TR T: 01771 637361 | M: 07788 256732 E: pirie.craighill@icloud.com Mr Alan Prentice HYNDFORD 8 Westbank, Ravenstruther, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML11 8NL T: 01555 880350 (day) | M: 07774 866171 E: hyndfordfold@gmail.com

Mr Steven Reid & Mrs Amy Reid GLENFARQUHAR 13 Carron Den Avenue, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB39 2QL M: 07972 071916 E: a.singer19@hotmail.co.uk R & D Rennie EASTERSILLS Eastersills Farm, Pettinain, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML11 8SL T: 01555 870210 | M: 07734 704795 E: rennier@btconnect.com Mark Reynier WESTER ELLISTER Wester Ellister, Port Charlotte, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, PA48 7UE T: 01496 860375 E: markreynier@mac.com Mrs F Rice BELSTANE Belstane, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland, EH27 8DQ T: 01506 880543 John & Jacqueline Riley PAIBLESGARRY No 2 Paiblesgarry, Isle of North Uist, Scotland, HS6 5EF T: 01876 510249/01975 651382 E: gtec@talk21.com

A & L Prentice MAOL Maol Farm, Iona, Argyll, Scotland, PA76 6SP T: 01681 700098 | M: 07710 509844 E: floorsblackies@gmail.com

Sir W J D, Roberts STRATHALLAN Strathallan Castle, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, PH3 1JZ

David S Raeburn PRESSOCK Burnside of Tulloes Farm, Letham, Angus, Scotland, DD8 2NR M: 07500 799061 E: trauts09@gmail.com

Mr P J Robertson DOUNE OF GLENDOUGLAS Doune of Glendouglas Farm, Luss, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, G83 8PD T: 01301 702312

Raithburn R & H Raeside RAITHBURN Maidenhill Farm, Ayr Road, Newton Mearns,

by Glasgow, Scotland, G77 6RT T: 0141 639 1140 E: wendy.raeside25@sky.com

R G Robertson PITGARVIE Pitgarvie Farm, Laurencekirk, Kincardinshire, Scotland, AB30 1RB T: 01674 840219 | M: 07919 541707

Don Reddie TIREE Muirhouses Cottage, Cocyno Road, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland, G81 5QP T: 01389 876072 | M: 07712 687136 E: don@waterwiseutilities.co.uk

Mr Stuart & Mrs Ruth Robertson BERRYDRUM HIGHLANDS 4 Drimmies Cottage, Pitcaplie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB51 5DP M: 07775 037344 E: rrobert5@btinternet.com

Mr & Mrs J & J Redpath MULLABRACK Knowehead, Kilry, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, PH11 8JA T: 01575 560233 | M: 07801 313853 E: redpathknowehead@aol.com

Valleyside Services Ltd FINNART ESTATE Finnart Estate, Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland, PH17 2QE T: 07882 633276 | M: 07796 492056 E: ally.ericht@btinternet.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Valleyview MURKLE Valleyview House, Murkle, Thurso,Caithness, Scotland, KW14 8YT T: 01847 895546 | M: 07920 067480 E: antoinetterc@tiscali.co.uk Lt. Col. J.P.C. & Mrs A.S. Robinson KYNACHAN Dalchosnie & Kynachan Estate, Creag Mhor Lodge, Kinloch Rannoch, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, PH16 5QD T: 07584 374230 | M: 07802 288253 E: jezrobinsonkynachan@yahoo.co.uk William Roddie SAUCHIE Sauchieburn House, Sauchieburn Estate, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK7 9PZ T: 07770 57476 E: william@spectrumproperties.co.uk Forgieside Zwarbles FORGIESIDE per Graeme & Jennifer Roger, Forgieside, Keith, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB55 6QT T: 07879 663001 (G) | M: 07837 043420 E: forgieside@gmail.com

Alex P Samson Muddy Boots Farm Shop, Balmalcom, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, KY15 7TJ T: 01337 831222 E: contact@muddybootsfife.com Scott Farming MORANGIE Fearn Farm, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV20 1TL T: 07862 832522 E: admin@fearnfarm.com Mr Robin Sedgwick CRANNICH Crannich Farm, Aros, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA72 6JP T: 01680 300495 E: info@crannich.co.uk Caledonia Farm Glengarnock RIVERVALE 36 Kirkland Road, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA25 6HV T: 01505 682140 | M: 07917 585903 E: cshepherd@hillhousegroup.co.uk Jeff Simpson ALLATHUMPACH Allathumpach, Glen Deskry, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB36 8XL T: 01975 651719 E: jeffsimpson1970@gmail.com

Alec Smith GLENGARRY Strathoich, Aberchalder, Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH35 4HN T: 01809 501260 | M: 07880 792805 Patricia Smith BIEN ESK Craigengelt Farm, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK7 9QS T: 01324 825773 | M: 07831 131050 E: patriciafrancessmith@gmail.com Heather Smith ARDENTALLEN Shiol, Ardentallen, Lerags, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4SF T: 01631 563100 David Smith CONGASH Flowerybrae Farm, Memsie, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB43 7AW M: 07763286366 E: rhoda.smith@davidsmithcontractors.com Alex Smith Balnabroich Farm, Strathardle, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH10 7NW T: 01250 881254 | M: 07979 474520 E: alex.smith@balnabroich.com

Caroline Ronald GLEN MOR Royal Oak Hotel, Cullen, Moray, Scotland, AB56 4SD T: 01320 366230 | M: 07767 010673 E: carolineronald@live.com

Melissa Sinclair 1 Alice Terrace, Oatlands, Glasgow, Scotland, G5 0JA M: 07747 495208 E: melissa.sinclair267@gmail.com

Paul & Clare Rooney MONKSFIELD Monksford House, Monksford Estate, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland, TD6 0RU T: 01835 822341 E: clare.rooney@arunestates.co.uk

J & J Singer KINTORE CASTLE Kintore House, Auchenblae, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB30 1TS T: 01561 320717 | M: 07786 396504 E: j.j.singer@hotmail.com

Mr David Soutar STRATHELLIE Strathellie, Old Drove Road, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, PH11 8JX T: 01828 633917 | M: 07836 578957 E: david.soutar@btinternet.com

Little Keills Holdings Ltd CILLE CREAG Little Keills, Tayvallich, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8PQ T: 07860 757549 | M: 07990 680545 E: fiona@writingyou.org

Anne Skea THE BLAIR ROWAN FOLD Windy Park Farm, Blairlusk, Gartocharn, by Alexandria, Scotland, G83 8NB E: anneskea@outlook.com

Lindsay Soutar CLOAK OF CATTERLINE Cloak House, Catterline, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB39 2UN T: 07710 186401 E: lindsayjsoutar@gmail.com

Mr Hugh Saggers Estate Office, Leys Castle, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV2 6AF M: 07549 172365 E: hugh.saggers@yahoo.co.uk

James Skea Windy Park Farm, Blairlusk, Gartocharn, by Alexandria, Scotland, G83 8NB M: 07784 249144 E: jimskea52@gmail.com

Colin Souter THISTLEBROOK 8 Cessnock Place, Bellfield, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA1 3QD T: 07818 628541 | M: 07821 580498 E: dmblackwood@btinternet.com

Mr Paul Sloan BEACHMORE Lochview, Whitehouse, Argyll, Scotland, PA29 6XR T: 01880 730228 | M: 07881 786699 E: paul@sloanbuilders.co.uk

Alice Starmore BROAD BAY Hedmark, 42 Gress, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS2 0NB T: 01851 820707 E: info@mamba.org.uk

Tom & Claire Sample THE GEAL ROS Fossoway School House, Crook of Devon, Kinross, Perth, Scotland, KY13 0UL M: 07725 880351 E: twsample84@hotmail.com

Alexander Smith ADDIEWELL 131 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, EH47 8BL M: 07951 864618 E: eckysmith16@gmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Robert & Jan Steer MIRY PARK Miry Park, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, KW17 2BA T: 01857 600421 | M: 07933 398010 E: robert_steer@live.co.uk

Mr Chris H Swift CLUNES South Clunes, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV5 7PT T: 01463 831381 | M: 07714 210736 E: swift@southclunes.co.uk

J & M Stewart LANGRAW Langraw, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, KY16 8NR T: 01334 473061 E: langraw@btclick.com

Messrs J Taylor ARDEONAIG Braes of Ardeonaig, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, FK21 8SY T: 01567 820005 | E: neil@ardeonaig.plus.com

Phillip Stokoe BALNAGOWAN Balnagowan Farm, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB34 5JQ T: 07817 004931 | M: 07882 978925 E: phil.stokoe@gmail.com

Mr W F Taylor DALL Dall Farm, by Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, FK21 8SX T: 01567 820432 | M: 07920 579136 E: dallbothy@icloud.com

Brucefield Farms BRUCEFIELD Brucefield Farm, Allanton Road, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML7 5OF M: 07552 535758 E: moragndickie@hotmail.com

Mrs J E Taylor FERN TOR Machrimore Mill Farm, Southend, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, PA28 6RQ T: 01586 830637

Blackhall Farms BLACKHALL Blackhall, Work Road, St Ola, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, KW15 1UF T: 01856 876532 | M: 07720 711985 E: edenmore@supanet.com R & S Strachan CAILAICH Cailaich Farm, Calgary, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, PA75 6QY T: 01688 400238 | M: 07884 060946 E: s.a.strachan@btinternet.com Lord Strange The Mains of Megginch, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, PH2 7RN T: 01821 642120 E: balmyrefarm@btconnect.com Strathvaich Farms LLP STRATHVAICH Per Donald MacRae, Lubriach, Strathvaich,by Garve, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV23 2QH T: 01997 455232

Nigel and Angela Taylor BARLOCHAN Barlochan Wood, Palnackie, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrighthshire, Scotland, DG7 1PE T: 01556 600221 E: nigel@barlochanwood.com Mike Taylor Westlea, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland, IV41 8PH T: 01599 534391 | E: miketaylor9099@gmail.com James Taylor & Son WELLHILL CULBIN Wellhill Farm, Kintessack, Dyke, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, IV36 2TG T: 07557 439518 (Owen) M: 07786 066163 (ilene) E: owen-taylor2@live.com Allan Telford COLDSTREAM Dairy Cottage, The Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, TD12 4LR T: 01890 882618 | M: 07896 660596 E: thetelfords281170@outlook.com

Mrs Jon H Strickland CLADICH Cladich Mor, Cladich, Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1BQ T: 01838 200656 | M: 07718 524159/158 E: highlandcattle@cladich-argyll.co.uk

The Burns Family TIPPETCRAIG Tippetcraig Farm, High Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, Scotland, FK4 2EU T: 01324 813700 M: 07788 818315 / 07774 482831 E: tippetcraig@outlook.com

Jon H Strickland CLADICH Cladich Mor, Cladich, Dalmaly, Argyll, Scotland, PA33 1BQ T: 01838 200656 | M: 07718 524158 E: highlandcattle@cladich-argyll.co.uk

The Keys Family ARDENTRAIVE Ardentrive Farm, Isle of Kerrera,

By Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 4SX M: 07772 991582 E: dandkkeys@gmail.com

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The Torridon THE TORRIDON Mr Daniel Rose-Bristow, Annat,

by Achnasheen, Wester Ross, Scotland, IV22 2EY T: 01445 791242 | M: 07841 875822 E: dan@thetorridon.com Ruth Thomas Torogay, Solas, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, HS6 5BY T: 01876 560307 | M: 07788 722700 E: ruthuist@gmail.com Richard Thomson GERGASK Speyview, Lagganbridge,

By Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, PH20 1AN T: 01528 544211 E: bettyandrich12@gmail.com Veronica Thomson CLACKRIACH Clackriach Cottage, Maud, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 5NU T: 01771 613560 | M: 07508 830593 E: veronicathomson@hotmail.com Jack Thomson GARTH Garth, St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney, Scotland, KW17 2TQ T: 01856 831257 | M: 07933 203336 E: garthfarm01@gmail.com Janette Thomson Craighaugh Cottage, Hillside Road, Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland, G78 1ES T: 0141 881 1538 | M: 07843 061063 E: janettethomson59@gmail.com Andrew Thomson Craighaugh Cottage, Hillside Road, Barrhead, Renfrew, Scotland, G78 1ES M: 07850 776807 E: andrew_thomson86@hotmail.com Iain Thomson Craighaugh Cottage, Hillside Road, Barrhead, Renfrew, Scotland, G78 1ES M: 07703 965399 E: thomsoniain18@gmail.com Mr Wm Thow The Crossings, Killearnan,

by Muir of Odd, Ross-shire, Scotland, IV6 7RY T: 01463 870581 R S & J M Tilford MUNLOCHY Grianan, Bogallan Croft, Kessock, Inverness, Scotland, IV1 3XE T: 01463 731869 | M: 07867 666175 E: rstilford@gmail.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Trustess of Cawdor Marriage Settlement DRYNACHAN Estate Office, Cawdor, Inverness, Scotland, IV12 5RE T: 01667 404666 E: hannah@cawdor.com Mark & Susan Venables LOCH VOIL Tulloch Farm, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, FK19 8PQ T: 01877 384296 M: 07973 172894/07971 166936 E: markv@highland-marketing.com W G C Farming Ltd KILMARTIN HALL Kilmartin Hall, Glenurquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, IV63 6TN T: 01862 842632 | M: 07768 711868 E: wilma.morrison11@btopenworld.com

West Lothian Council BEECRAIGS per. Nick Hopwood, Beecraigs Country Partner, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, EH49 6PL T: 01506 284516 | M: 07785 593731 E: nick.hopwood@westlothian.gov.uk Mrs J E Wheelwright Sunnyside Farm, Cleish, Kinross, Scotland, KY4 0HY T: 01383 832812 E: sunnyside.farm@btinternet.com Ms Yvonne White ROMESDAL 8 Kingsburgh, Snizort, Isle Of Skye, Scotland, IV51 9UT T: 01470 532729 E: yvonne.white@btinternet.com

Mrs Penny Waiter The Poste House, Skeabost Bridge, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, IV51 9NP M: 07887 955958 E: pennywaiter@aol.com

Sonia Whittington POLMAILY The Jennings, Drumnadrochit, Inverness, Scotland, IV63 6XT T: 01456 450114 | M: 07812 576152 E: sonia@greatglenbandb.co.uk

James Wallace BLACKMOUNT Hartsop, Biggarshiels Road, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML12 6RE M: 07711 807115 E: jimwallace64@outlook.com

D Williamson Electrical Ltd GREENBRAES per David Williamson, Millbrook, Sumbister, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland, ZE2 9AQ T: 01806 566210 | M: 07584 562466 E: dsw1992@hotmail.com

Mr John Warmerdam RHUDLE Rhudle Farm, by Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland, PA31 8QE T: 01546 605 274 E: franceswarmerdam@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs C W Wilson DAMS Dams of Rameldry, Kingskettle, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, KY15 7TY T: 01337 830315 | E: gelbbackler@tiscali.co.uk

David Young CRO NA BRAITHREAN OG 6 Croft Terrace, Selkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland, TD7 4LX M: 07921 004522 E: hazelfyoung@icloud.com

ENGLAND

Mr G J H Rainey & Ms Isabel E A Rainey APRIL Bates Moor Farm, Foulsham, Dereham, Norfolk, England, NR20 5RS T: 01362 684406 | M: 07900 147363 E: batesmoorfarmbeef@gmail.com Miss Daphne Allan SUMMERBERRY Summerberry, 74 South Road, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warickshire, England, CV23 OBZ T: 01788 543420 D Andrew R Anderson 1 Titus Way, North Hykeham, Lincoln, England, LN6 9FA T: 01890 818984 Mrs Ruth Andrew BROOKFIELD Brookfield, Lyminster, Nr Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, BN17 7QN T: 01903 882505 | M: 07712 654379 E: remittance@hprop.co.uk William J Annett BOWK HOUSE Bowk House Farm, Hudderfield Road, Denshaw, Oldham, England, OL3 5UN M: 07895 545476 E: annett.engineering@gmail.com

Angus Webster Gullin Farm, Meggernie Estate, Glenlyon, Perthshire, Scotland, PH15 2LR T: 01887 866270 E: gusthelegend@hotmail.com

Mrs C M Wilton FLASBY MOORSIDE Bastion Lodge, Glen Tanar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB34 5EU T: 01339 885415 E: jonathan@jandcwilton.co.uk

Mr I Weir Dungrianach, Appin, Argyll, Scotland, PA38 4BQ T: 01631 730387 | M: 07752 300363 E: ianweir@live.co.uk

Lt Col Colin Stewart Winter SHELLACHAN Shellachan, Kilchrenan, by Taynuilt, Argyll, Scotland, PA35 1HD T: 01866 833263 | E: flora@florawinter.plus.com

R & M Weir SUNNYSIDE t/a Sunnyside Estate, Venlaw, Greentowers Road, Cartland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, ML11 7RB T: 01555 662513 E: funnyside@btinternet.com

Yester Estate YESTER Per Jack Frater, Yester Estate, Gifford, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41 4JF T: 01620 674720 | M: 07595 337922 E: jack.frater@yesterestate.com

Mr J Aspden HOLE HOUSE 10 Woodlands Avenue, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, BB2 5NN E: newinnfarm@btinternet.com

Whitehills Estates Ltd WHITEHILLS Whitehills Farm, Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, PH4 1RQ T: 07967 029483 | M: 07967 029483 E: jonathan@whitehillsestates.com

Woodneuk Farm Ltd WOODNEUK per Elizabeth Mitchell, Woodneuk Farm, Hillside Road, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland, G78 1ES M: 07876 783354 | E: tom@woodneuk.com

A E & J F Glover BORSDANE School Farm, Bagshaw Lane, Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire, England, WN2 2SR T: 07977 986131 E: atherton.paul1974@gmail.com

Ham Wood Farm HAM WOOD The Lodge, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Somerset, England, BS40 8YD M: 07973 671280 E: sophie@hamwoodfarm.co.uk

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mr J M Ayres REECHES 36 West End, Northwold, Thetford, Norfolk, England, IP26 5LE T: 01366 728565 E: jimayres.ba@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs D Booth SCHOLES 166 Scholes Village, Rotherham, S. Yorkshire, England, S61 2RQ T: 01142 465305 E: davidmml@sky.com

Ballardsfield Farm BALLARDSFIELD Ballardsfield Farm, Brighton Cross, Truro, Cornwall, England, TR2 4HD M: 07561 879563 E: ballardsfield@live.co.uk

Lindsay Bousfield SWEETBRIAR New Tynnings, Acton, Beauchamp, Worcester, England, WR6 5AE T: 01531 640963 E: lindsay.tynnings@gmail.com

Mrs J W Barr Willowbrook, Broughton Road, Cosby, Leicestershire, England, LE9 1RB T: 0116 286 4354

John Bowler CHERRYDALE 19 Pavement LAne, Mobberley, Cheshire, England, WA16 7EN T: 01565 873148 | M: 07980 349124 E: jbowler777@btinternet.com

Mr Thomas Barr WILLOWBROOK 34 Broughton Road, Cosby, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, LE9 1RB T: 0116 2841267 | E: tombarr6@gmail.com T J & E Barr HIGHCROSS Redwood Garth, Carleton Hill Farm, Carleton, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA11 8TZ T: 01768 863881 | M: 07831 259539 E: tombarr@veterinaryimmunogenics.com Amy Barrow BARPOOL Pool Head Farm, Darnhall, Winsford, Cheshire, England, CW7 4EQ T: 01606 869253 | M: 07511 943319 E: amybarrow93@hotmail.co.uk C. R Baxter The Monk Farm, Whitfield, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE47 8HQ T: 01434 345885 | M: 07496 048475 E: carlbaxter10@hotmail.co.uk Nick Bennett MARTINGALE Martingale Cottage, Black Lane, Little Haywood, Staffordshire, England, ST18 0UL T: 01889 882689 | M: 07976 925843 E: hixonrecovery@aol.com Bentley Farm MACAULAY BENTLEY Swindon Lodge, Swindon Lane, Kirkby Overblow, Harrowgate, N. Yorkshire, England, HG3 1HR M: 07711 534223 E: bentleyfarm@bentley.farm Philip Blatchford EMBOROUGH c/o Linden Lea, Norton Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Banes, Somerset, England, BA23 2UD M: 07801 089765 E: philip@emboroughfarm.co.uk

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Robert Bradley MOORSIDE 1 Old Guy Road, Mountain, Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, BD13 1JB M: 07734 432753 E: r.w.bradley13@gmail.com J M & M C Bradley THELBRIDGE HALL Thelbridge Hall, Witherridge, Tiverton, Devon, England, EX16 8NZ T: 01884 860226 | M: 07305 320100 E: milly.bradley43@gmail.com L & L Braines, Farmers WEST EDMONDSLEY 10 Mill Street, Millfield, Sunderland, England, SR4 7BG T: 0191 565 6530 & 567 6773 M: 07702 724759 E: info@brainesremovals.co.uk Mark Braines DAISY HILL Daisy Hill, 10 Mill Street, Millfield, Sunderland, England, SR4 7BG E: info@brainesremovals.co.uk Charles Briscoe TOLLER PORCORUM Woolcombe Farm Cottage, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, Devon, England, DT2 0DS M: 07444 562458 | E: billbriscoe@me.com S. Broomhall TOWSEND Townsend Farm, Townsend Lane, Stoke-onTrent, England, England, ST7 3SS M: 07812 154021 E: simonbroomhall@gmail.com Mrs J Brotherton DALRIADA Twyssenden Manor, Goudhurst, Kent, England, TN17 2RG T: 01580 212375

Mr Edward W Brown LINGFIELD Bilbrough Lodge, Bilbrough, York, N Yorks, England, YO23 3PP M: 07977 208477 Mr S K Brown BROWHAZE Kings Farm, 6 Little Common, North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, BA14 0TX T: 01225 681451 | M: 07840 051252 Dr Julian Brown HUFFLEPUFF Happisburgh Manor, The Street, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England, NR12 0AB M: 07909 877332 E: julian.brown@nhs.net R. S. Buglass GIBSHIEL HIGHLAND CATTLE Gibshield, Tarset, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE48 1RR T: 01434 240919 | M: 07776 416647 E: rogerbuglass@btinternet.com Bullock Farms THE CLOUD Oaklands, North Rode, Congleton, Cheshire, England, CW12 2PH T: 01260 223388 | M: 07484 135693 E: florencebullock@btinternet.com Michael Burgess NORTWELLE Future4C Ltd Watermill, The Old Mill House, Main Street, Norwell, Nr Newark, England, NG23 6JN M: 07768 014950 (Michael)/ 07711 811727 (Chris) E: chris.lightbody@future4c.co.uk Stephen & Lesley Burnett ASHGROVE 3 Shillbank View, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, WF14 0QG T: 01924 496709 | E: burnettashgrove@gmail.com Ms Julia Carr MARRICK PARK Marrick Park, Marrick, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, England, DL11 7LH T: 01748 884348 | M: 07704 455854 E: julia@marrickpark.com Mr H Carr & Son LEE GATE Wayside, Lee Gate Farm, Malham, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, BD23 4DN T: 01729 830436 E: christine.leegate@gmail.com Cartwrights MOSS FARM Moss Farm, Elleridge, Telford, Shropshire, England, TF6 6RL M: 07779 083593 E: skippy93.jc@googlemail.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Mr Stephen J Carver TIDDIECROSS Tiddiecross, Charlton Lane, Telford, Shropshire, England, TF6 5EY T: 01952 740355 E: steve.carver@parrycarver.co.uk

Cliffe Farm Highland Fold Ltd CLIFFE FARM Cliffe Farm, 9 Newsholme, Oakworth, Keighley, N. Yorkshire, England, BD22 0QT T: 01535 642446 | M: 07532 131524 E: david.clarkson65@gmail.com

Kathrine Crompton WADE’S BECK 78 Moor End Road, Mellor, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK6 5PT M: 07786 168862 E: kathrine.crompton@virgin.net

Stephen Casely GARLAND Garlandhayes Fm, Westcott, Cullompton, Devon, England, EX15 1SB T: 01392 881262 | M: 07919 246655 E: stevecasely@outlook.com

Mrs Elizabeth Cliffe MALTHOUSE The Malt House, Norwich Road, Mulbarton, Norfolk, England, NR14 8JL T: 01508 570351 E: elizabeth@omicron.uk.com

Sarah Cuthbertson BRADMOOR 49 The Plain, Brailsford, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, DE6 3BZ T: 07772 179196 | M: 07977 227171 E: sarahcuthbertson97@gmail.com

Castles Estate CASTLES ESTATE c/o South Lynch Estate Office, Standon Main Road, Hursley, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JH T: 01962 767910 | M: 07802 258341 E: bebe@southlynch.co.uk

Ian Coates SMC HIGHLANDS Hill Farm, Bartindale Road, Hunmanby, Filey, N. Yorkshire, England, YO14 0JD T: 01723 892861 | E: ian@smchse.com

JWG Dalby & Sons RINGSWOOD Cestersover Farm, Pailton, Nr Rugby, Warickshire, England, CV23 OQP T: 01788 832188 E: dalby@farmline.com

Tracey Cater PIPPENFORD 31 Watts Road, Studley, Warickshire, England, B80 7PT M: 07714 102252 | E: traceycater14@gmail.com John Caudwell BROUGHTON Broughton Hall, Eccleshall Road, Loggerheads, Staffordshire, England, ST21 6NS T: 01630 620525 Farmison Bondgate Green, Ripon, N. Yorkshire, England, HG4 1QW M: 07841 732491 E: andrew.cavanna@farmison.com Miss M E Chapman BISHOPTHORPE Moor Farm Bungalow, Bishopthorpe, York, Yorkshire, England, YO23 2UF T: 01904 702383 | E: maggiechap@tiscali.co.uk Mr TJ Chapman DUXBRIDGES Hillside Farm, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, England, TN26 3RQ T: 01233 860216/319 | E: trevathills@gmail.com Mr M & Mrs T Charlton GREENFIELDS HIGHLAND Greenfields Cottage, Horton, Wem, Shropshire, England, SY4 5ND T: 01939 235078 M: 07971 079856 / 07496 299833 E: traceymtrac@btconnect.com Ann Chinner APETHORPE Bridge Cottage, 6-7 Bridge Street, Apethorpe, Nr Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, PE8 5DN M: 07792 175957 E: annchinner@sky.com

Mr David Cobb DARLTON Barrow House Farm, Woodcoates Lane, Darlton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, NG22 0TH T: 01777 228260 | E: davidcobb@btconnect.com Alan Coddington & Miss H J Rushworth JAGGARDS Bunns Farm, Withergate Road, Worstead, North Walsham, Norfolk, England, NR28 9SF M: 07748 641522 E: h.rushworth@tiscali.co.uk Norman G. A. Coles ROUNDOAK HIGHLAND Round Oak, Heniker Lane, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent, England, ME17 3ED T: 01622 844491 | M: 07811 209409 E: nga.coles@btinternet.com

Miss Emma Dale & Mrs Fiona Cox CHATER 12 Station Cottages, Wing Hollow, Wing, Oakham, Rutland, England, LE15 8RY T: 01572 737458 E: fionadale@btinternet.com Mr John C T Dalton AZERLEY Azerley Chase, Ripon, N. Yorkshire, England, HG4 3JJ T: 01765 658414 | M: 07774 183289 E: john@azerleychase.com Mr Nigel G Darling BLUE CEDAR Long Meadow Barn, Intwood Farm, Intwood, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR4 6TQ T: 01603 452060 | M: 07799 773084 E: nigel@intwoodfarm.co.uk

Sharon Cordwell NEW GAP New Gap Farm, Manchester Road, Heywood, Manchester, England, OL10 2QD M: 07967 094842 E: sharon@pgcdemolition.com

Mr Gary Davis YAXHAM 50 St Peters Close, Yaxham, Dereham, Norfolk, England, NR19 1RN T: 01362 696353

Ms Christina Coulthard FELLSIDE FARM FellsideFarm, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, England, CA7 8HA T: 01697 478616 | M: 07969 036724 E: coulthard616@btinternet.com

T W T & M R Dawe FOXCOMBE Highlands, Lewdown, Okehampton, Devon, England, EX20 4BS T: 01566 783127 E: ruthdawe0866@gmail.com

Mr JM Coyle SLIPPERFIELD Highfield Farm, North Road, Bretherton, Lancashire, England, PR26 9AY E: johnmcoyle@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs J A Dawes CRAYCOMBE Craycombe House, Fladbury, Worcestershire, England, WR10 2QS T: 01386 860692 | E: judithdawes4@aol.com

Andrew Crean DEEPDALE MARSH Marsh Farm, Burnham Deepdale, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, PE31 8DD M: 07799 588133 E: acrean@autonomous.com

Simon Denneny HORSLEY WOODHOUSE Golden Valley Farm, Golden Valley, Horsley Woodhouse, Derby, England, DE7 6BA M: 07977 408989 E: simongtr@live.co.uk

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MEMBERS’ LIST B Dickinson BROCKSTONES Brockstones, Kentmere, Kendal, Cumbria, England, LA8 9JW Robert & Alice Dickinson CROFT MEADOW 2 Croft Meadow, New Road, Middleton, Derbyshire, England, DE4 4NA T: 01629 356267 | M: 07748 964529 E: robandalice@me.com Harry W Dodd RIVERSIDE Riveside Cottage, Organford Road, Holten Heathe, Poole, Dorset, England, BH16 6LA T: 01202 661919 | M: 07836 734003 E: harry@hpminvestments.co.uk Mr & Mrs Christian Dodd HINDERTON Four Acre Farm, Chester High Road, Hinderton, Chester, England, CH64 7TA M: 07800 826564 E: christiandodd1@gmail.com Mr P M Douglas-Home Old Greenlaw, Duns, Berwickshire, England, TD10 6UP T: 01361 810238 | M: 07710 463006 E: info@oldgreenlawfold.com Lady Caroline Douglas-Home, MBE.DL Heaton Mill House, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, TD12 4XQ T: 01890 882303 E: cdh@heatonmill.com David W. Drabble BEEHIVE HIGHLANDS Stone Barn, Beehive Farm, Union Street, Harthill, Sheffield, England, S26 7UH T: 01909 773956 | M: 07885 583567 E: d.w.drabble@gmail.com F.G. Duckitt WHITEGATES Whitegate Farm, Kirkhouse Green, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire, England, DN7 5TA T: 01405 785395 | M: 07955 272386 E: gmduckitt@aol.co.uk

K Dunkley OAKSIDE Barr Farm, Town Street, Old Malton, N. Yorkshire, England, YO17 7HD M: 07899 008740 | E: kl.dunkley@hotmail.com TOMAGRI COLREADY Beechwood House, Main Road, Farthinghoe, Nr Brackley, Northants, England, NN13 5PB T: 07714 102824(H) | M: 07765 085525 (T) E: tdyer3@hotmail.co.uk Mr C Edwards 18 Hill Close, Westmancote, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, GL20 7EW T: 01684 772056 | M: 07709 929826 E: doreen345edwards@bt.com Mr P Edwards CHARNWOOD Little Scotland Farm, Burney Lane, Staunton Harold, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, DE73 1BH T: 01332 865814 | M: 07764685345 E: petered_uk@hotmail.com Elite Meat Ltd per Gordon Atkinson, 53-57 High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, HG2 7LQ T: 01423 883194 E: elitemeat@btconnect.com John Fenton SPRINGWELL Springwell House, Elmswell, Driffield, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, YO25 3EL T: 01377 252021 | M: 07831 260609 E: jpf@springwellhouse.co.uk Mr C L V P Evans Lady Arbour Court, Winforton, Herefordshire, England, HR3 6NU T: 01544 327223 | M: 07971 081764 E: cpe@ladyarbourcourt.com L & M Evans DENHOLME Denholme, Pinfold Lane, Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England, DL13 5PS T: 01388 710394 | M: 07710 594574 E: l.evans758@btinternet.com

Charle Dumas FAIRRIE Whitmore Vale Farm, Whitmore Vale Road, Grayshott, Surrey, England, GU26 6DH T: 01428 606882 | M: 07971087305 E: cpmdumas@gmail.com

IFJaCs EGGARDON HILL Postingbox Cottage, Higher Kingcombe, Dorchester, Dorset, England, DT2 0EH M: 07985 224637 E: cammirfarq74@gmail.com

Roger Dunkley THE DOODALES Barr Farm, Town Street, Old Malton, Yorkshire, England, YO17 7HD T: 01653 694530 E: dunkley@thedoodales.co.uk

Mr & Mrs W Fiddler LOCH MAREE Swifts House Farm, Bentley Lane, Heskin, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 5UY T: 01257 451490 | M: 07808 481518 E: maree@nwss.co.uk

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Mr & Mrs C L Fisher THE FISHER 202 Smedley St, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, DE4 3JD T: 01629 57376 E: tina.fisher1980@btinternet.com Flasby Estate FLASBY Moorside Farm, Flasby, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, BD23 3QA T: 01756 700585 | M: 07793 937321 E: farmmanager@flasby.com Harthill Highlanders HARTHILL 4 Northlands, Harthill, Sheffield, S. Yorkshire, England, S26 7XZ T: 01909 773034 | M: 07776 055107 E: renandpete@gmail.com Mr Neil Fletcher THORNYTHWAITE Hillcrest, Glaisdale, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, YO21 2PU T: 01947 897430 | M: 07774 950904 E: l_fletcher@hotmail.co.uk Miss J Francis ARDEN HILL Arden, Mill Lane, Cleeve Prior, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, WR11 8JZ T: 01789 773777 | M: 07541 754431 E: jennyfrancis01@icloud.com Adderbury Park Farm Partnership ADDERBURY Park Farm House, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX17 3HH M: 07768 765733 E: ifraser@winkworth.co.uk S J Frederick & Sons ROYDON 3 Temple Barn, Temple Farm Drive, Roydon, Harlow, Essex, England, CM19 5FU T: 01279 792375 | M: 07944 613336 E: charlie.frederick@icloud.com New Forest Fold NEW FOREST Marney Cottage, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton, England, SO45 5TD T: 02380 842056 | M: 07799 040305 E: markfry@newforestcare.co.uk Mrs Judy Gardner ECKINGTON Manor Farm, Eckington, Nr Pershore, Worcestershire, England, WR10 3BH T: 01386 751600 | M: 07887 660104 E: info@eckingtonmanor.co.uk

MEMBERS’ LIST K & J Gascoigne Yorkshire Highlanders SALJEN Holly Beck Farm, Commonside, Flockton, Nr Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4DA T: 01924 848161 | M: 07850 694057 E: kandjgascoigne@googlemail.com

Mr NS Grundon TARA Tara, Colley Hill Lane, Hedgerley, Berkshire, England, SL3 4AT T: 01753 663111 E: normangrundon@hotmail.co.uk

Gatcombe Park Estate GATCOMBE Minchinhamton, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, GL6 9AT T: 01453 885377 | M: 07767 317314 E: donna.morgan@royal.uk

Mr W Haggas WALMSGATE Walmsgate Estates (Farming), Low Farm, Walmsgate, Louth, Lincolnshire, England, LN11 8QN T: 01507 480360

Mr R S Gibson CLAYROYD 10 Park Close, Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, HX3 8SQ T: 01422 202895 M: 07840 272051/07510 557484 E: rsgibson1927@btinternet.com

Mr D Haighton ELLERDINE Muckleton Bank Farm, Telford, Shropshire, England, TF6 6RQ T: 01939 251128 | M: 07882 630220 E: david.haighton22@btinternet.com

Mr P Gilder The Grafters, Stow Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England A & M Farms WHITTY 11 Hillview, Ilton, Ilminster, Somerset, England, TA19 9HL T: 01460 391302 | M: 07990 530741 E: a.m.farms@hotmail.co.uk Damien Gray MILLBARN Mill Barn Farm, Waterside, Darwen, Lancashire, England, BB3 3NY T: 01254 776161 | M: 07841 538831 E: damien_gray@live.com Mr D Greenhaugh THE PHEASANT 4 Hanover Court, Wharf Road, Penzance, Cornwall, England, TR18 4UJ M: 07761 214979 | E: mail@davidgreenhaugh.com Amelia & Jason Greenway THE SPRINGWATER FOLD Farthings Farm, Westwood, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, England, EX5 3DF T: 01404 823527 | M: 07803 594973 E: springwaterfarm.enquiries@gmail.com Ash Tree Farm FRAXINUS per Joanna Griffin, Ash Tree Farm, Alstonefield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, DE6 2FS T: 01335 310538/01335 818082 M: 07812 606790 | E: jl.griffin@hotmail.co.uk Ms Joy M Griffiths CIM J2 Farming, Hisland, Aston, Owestry, Shropshire, England, SY11 4JF T: 01691 610964 | M: 07967 050154 E: joy.griffiths@tggroup.co.uk

Mr & Mrs Simon Haley SEAM Marland Lodge, Church Bank, Eggleston, Co. Durham, England, DL12 0AH T: 07968 375307 | M: 07828 291192 E: seamfold@hotmail.co.uk Mr Edward Halford KIPPER LYNN 32 Peartree Bungalows, Blackhall Mill, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England, NE17 7TW T: 01207 561272 | M: 07971 797953 E: mariannehalford@btinternet.com Mr S & Mrs K Halsall SUMMERSTONE Thwaite House Farm, Summerstone Estate, Lofthouse, Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, England, HG3 5SN M: 07770 855885 E: steven.ledger@summerstone-estates.com

S. J. Harrison HARTSIDE Aimshaugh, Alston, Cumbria, England, CA9 3EL T: 01431 381461 E: aimshaugholi@gmail.com Mr T C Hayes OAKEN Kilcott Mill, Lower Kilcott, Nr Wotton-underEdge, Gloucestershire, England, GL12 7RL T: 01453 843127 E: tchayes1@btinternet.com Mr JM Hayward FLODDEN Cameley House, Cameley, Temple Cloud, Bristol, England, BS39 5AJ T: 01761 451111 Henson & Andrews Ltd BEMBOROUGH Bemborough Farm, Near Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 5FN T: 01451 850307 | M: 07917 247238 E: mike.caunter@cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk Adam Hewitt HEWITT Nield House Farm, Worcester Road, Harvington, Nr Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, DY10 4LP T: 01562 777651 | M: 07710 374297 E: adam.hewitt@btconnect.com Emily M Hewitt STUDHOLME Cardewlees Farm, Carlisle, Dalston, Cumbria, England, CA5 6LF T: 01228 710781 | M: 07920 773439 E: hewitt.1992@hotmail.com

Mr Duncan & Mrs Angela Handley GILDEN VALE Quarry Farm, Dorstone, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR3 6BL T: 01981 550096 | M: 07867 791626 E: gildenvale@yahoo.com

Arthur & Suzanne Hill WALTON Hollybush House, 49 Sheinton Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, TF13 6HU T: 01952 728239 | M: 07970 678625 E: arthurhill49@me.com

Paul Harris HARRIS 28 Wavendon Road, Salford, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, England, MK17 8BA M: 07771 883459 E: paul.harrisriba@googlemail.com

Dr H A Hoather OAK Oak House, Hassalls Lane, Bridge Trafford, Chester, Cheshire, England, CH2 4GA T: 01244 300742 (eve) | M: 07801 342072 (day) E: hugh.hoather@btinternet.com

Richard Harris CROWNLEY Crownley, Lembury Road, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon, England, TQ9 6QD T: 01803 782847 E: richardharris@btconnect.com

Mr Colin Hobden STANSTED 1 Coronation Cottages, Dean Lane End, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, England, PO9 6EL M: 07824 901607 E: cohobden@btinternet.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mrs Carol N Hocknell BURNBANK The Pinfold, Poole, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 6AL T: 01270 628414 | M: 07966 283858 E: metromachineknit@btconnect.com Farm Matters Ltd FARMMATTERS 3 Sunniside Court, Sunniside, Tyne & Wear, Tyne & Wear, England, NE16 5QE E: paul@farm-software.co.uk Wycoller Fold WYCOLLER Souteril Laithe, Keighley Road, Trawden, Lancashire, England, BB8 8NL T: 01282 867508 | M: 07977 479304 E: holmesteresa01@gmail.com Will Hopkins PIDLEY The Hay Barn, Fen Road, Pidley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 3DD M: 07773 421421 | E: willhopkins@live.com Miss J Horberry GRAIZELOUND Croft House, Graizelound Fields, Haxey, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire, England, DN9 2NA T: 01427 752230 E: jillian.horberry@zen.co.uk Mark Horgan HORGAN Crouch Farm, Bloxham Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX16 9UN M: 07966 402510 E: markhorgan@hotmail.co.uk Sally House LITTLEMOOR Littlemoor Farm, Littlemoor Road, Mark, Highbridge, Somerset, England, TA9 4NL T: 01278 641104 | M: 07703 691596 E: sallyhouse@cpsoutlook.co.uk

Mrs Susan Ingham LOWER RED BRINK Fold Cottage, Lower Red Brink, Hubberton, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, HX6 1PA T: 01422 839840 | M: 07917 210349 E: suzingham@hotmail.com Mr & Mrs M Iredale CARROCK Howhill, Hutton Roof, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA11 OXY T: 01768 488858 | M: 07920 048122 E: gill@carrock.co.uk Oliver Ives STOCKSBANK 78 Booth Street, Cleckheaton, West Yorks, England, BD19 3QA M: 07738 763790 E: rocontractors@hotmail.co.uk Emma Jackson CORNERSTONES FARM Cornerstones, Millforge, Gamblesby, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA10 1HY M: 07887 500911 E: emmastirland1997@hotmail.co.uk Charles James KENNEGGY Folly Farm, Lower Kenneggy, Rosudgeon, Penzance, England, TR20 9AR M: 07770 618625 E: charlesjames.follyfarm@yahoo.co.uk Mr J Jameson BALTINGLASS Chinslade Farm, Cherington, Shipston on Stour, Warickshire, England, CV36 5JB T: 01608 686992 | M: 07710 519716 E: jonathanjameson@btinternet.com

Barbara Johnston COVERDALE New Laithe, Arkleside, Horsehouse, Leyburn, N. Yorkshire, England, DL8 4TU T: 01969 640463 E: jbarbara.johnston@gmail.com Gareth & Kate Jones COURT FARM Court Farm, c/o Oaklands, Deblins Green, Callow End, Worcester, England, WR2 4UE M: 07968 597830 E: kateholder123@yahoo.co.uk Shadlock SHADLOCK Shadlock House, Whitewell Bottom, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, BB4 9LR T: 01706 222608 | M: 07970 973402 E: shadlockconstruction@btconnect.com Mr & Mrs S Jordan & Louisa ACRE Acre House, The Down, Chetton, Nr Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England, WV16 6UA T: 01746 868281 | M: 07791 462536 E: l.jjordan@hotmail.co.uk The Chedley Fold Ltd CHEDLEY per Graeme Keep, Sycamore Farm, Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP8 4NN T: 01473 834074 | M: 07850 768370 E: g.keep@btconnect.com Mrs Yvette Kendall HARROWBRIDGE HIGHLANDERS Harrowbridge Hill Farm, Commonmoor, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, PL14 6SD T: 01579 320509 E: kendall.yvette@googlemail.com

D & J Jennings EDGE FARM Edge Farm, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, TF13 6DU M: 07540 392494 | E: jemmajennings1@gmail.com

Mrs Laura Kennedy LILYGREEN 22 Strawberry Fields, Gisburn, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, BB7 4DQ M: 07841 705436 E: lilygreenfold@hotmail.com

Millbrook Shepherding Services Ltd 21 Mill Court, Holt, Norfolk, England, NR25 6JT M: 07428 548858 E: m.jobson@hotmail.co.uk

Mr R C Kerry 1 Simon Cross, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, IP13 OST T: 0728 746885

Mrs Jo Hunter & Mr Paul Hunter ALBINUS GRANGE 43 Lincoln Road, Dunholme, Lincoln, England, LN2 3QU T: 01673 861240 | M: 07919 000722 E: phorticulture@yahoo.com

Mr David Johnson BRANDYFIELD Westfield Farm, Westfield Lane, Barlborough, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S43 4TP M: 07967 757272 E: becky_johnson_@hotmail.com

Mrs A M Kershaw ROUNDHILL Brookside Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Accrington, Lancashire, England, BB5 3SW T: 01706 216491 | M: 07855 530221 (Matthew) E: mk1brookside@aol.com

The Countess of Inchcape SLIABH Manor Farm, Clyffe Pypard, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, SN4 7PY T: 01793 731223/242 | M: 07825 326446 E: paul.prictor@btconnect.com

Rowland Johnson & Kerry Johnson HOLY WELL Stoneythorpe Hall, Southam, Warickshire, England, CV47 2DL T: 01926 811777 | M: 07740 438765 E: caroline@stoneythorpe.co.uk

Mr & Mrs Philip Kettle MELKETT 1 Preceptory, Stainby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG33 5QR T: 01476 860099 | M: 07870 283084 E: kettlephillip@yahoo.com

Mr K Howman BORLAND Ashmere, Felix Lane, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, TW17 8NN T: 01932 225445 (home) | M: 07789 301751 E: KHowman@ashgame.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST National Trust Wicken Fen WICKEN FEN Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, Lode Lane, Wicken, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, CB7 5XP T: 01353 720274 | M: 07415 366123 E: carol.laidlaw@nationaltrust.org.uk Mr T J Lake THREXTON Millstones, Threxton Est., Nr Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, England, IP25 6LT T: 01953 883285 | M: 07850 623839 E: terrylake@threxton.org.uk Messrs J T Lamb BURNS per David Lamb, Tewet, Burns Farm, St Johns in the Vale, Keswick, Cumbria, England, CA12 4RR T: 01768 779112 | M: 07843 866977 (Linda) E: linda@burns-farm.co.uk Tony Lang PARKHAM Flaxmans, Parkham, Bideford, Devon, England, EX39 5PG T: 01237 451215 E: lang@pobroadband.co.uk Paul Langford WINDMILL 7 Southfield Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, TF13 6AT M: 07971 861446 | E: pleitch203@gmail.com Sally Leighton HEADLAND 33 Church Lane, South Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, DE55 7NJ T: 01773 833823 | M: 07889 413547 E: sallyann.leighton@gmail.com Andrew G Letten & Ms Deborah Simpson CHEVIN Russell Farm, Leeds Road, Otley, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England, LS21 1DL T: 01943 462665 E: andrew@chevinfencing.co.uk

Richard & Avril Lowndes GADDENS Gaddens Close Farm, Charlie’s Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, BH24 3FB T: 01425 471015 E: a.stewart@freeuk.com Gerald Lowthian SWARTHDALE Fraene Farm, Swarthdale Road, Over Kellet, N Carnforth, Lancashire, England, LA6 1DY T: 01524 734378 E: g.lowthian62@gmail.com R J Lund EAST CLOUGH East Clough Farm, Garsdale, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England, LA10 5PW T: 01539 620895 | M: 07974126397 E: sheila.eastclough@yahoo.co.uk Mark Luscombe BRANDCLIFFE New Friars Garth Farm, Malham, Skipton, N. Yorkshire, England, BD23 4BY T: 01729 830608 | M: 07932 661266 E: malhamark@gmail.com R.C.G & E.C. Lywood HEATH HOUSE per Rupert Lywood, Heath House, Hopton Heath, Clungunford, Shropshire, England, SY7 0QB M: 07929 043381 E: maricchandler3@mac.com Mr Murray Mackay RATTAR Zantra Ltd, Garden Farm, The Town, Great Staughton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, PE19 5BE T: 01480 861066 | M: 07776 198556 E: murray@zantra.com

Mr R S Lines Seaton Cottage, Station Road, Great Ayton, Cleveland, England, TS9 6HB T: 01642 722237

Sue Maisey FREYA Hop House, Fryup, Whitby, N. Yorkshire, England, YO21 2AP T: 01947 897097 E: sdmaisey@googlemail.com

Keyston Farms KEYSTON Manor Farm, Keyston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 0RX T: 01832 710333 E: minto@keystonfarms.co.uk

Julian Manyon THE FELIX FOLD Borley Hall Farm, Borley, Near Sudbury, Suffolk, England, CO10 7AB T: 01787 372141 E: jmanyon@hotmail.com

Burrow Hall Estate BURROW HALL Jonathan Warburton, Burrow, Lancashire, England, LA6 2RN M: 07391 921051 E: staff@burrowhall.com

Caryn Marriner BIRCHLEY FARM Birchley House Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Kent, England, TN27 8DZ T: 01580 291984 E: info@birchleyhousefarm.co.uk

Martin Marriner Birchley House Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Kent, England, TN27 8DZ T: 01580 291984 E: info@birchleyhousefarm.co.uk Nicola Marson ROPEWALK Hillcrest House, Church Street, Coleford, Somerset, England, BA3 5NA T: 01373 673099 | M: 07980 678129 E: chickpea.marson@gmail.com Miss Ruth Marshallsay ANT SIATHAMH SONAS Widcombe Cross, Culmhead, Taunton, Somerset, England, TA3 7DX M: 07792399447 E: highcat1978@yahoo.co.uk Col R Martin, OBE THE BRAND Brand Partnership, The Brand, Brand Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, LE12 8SS T: 01509 890269 E: robertcjmartin@aol.com Philip Martindale TWINSHOCK Yates Farm, Scot Lane, Blackwood, Manchester, England, BL6 5SL T: 01942 831483 | M: 07973 823798 E: pmartindale@yatesfarmnw.co.uk David Alan Maughan Springmead, Stubhampton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, DT11 8JU T: 01258 830568 | M: 07776 016473 E: sammaughan@hotmail.com James Mawle HISLAND J2 Farming, Hisland, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, SY11 4JF T: 01691 610934 office| M: 07970 462516 E: james@jamesmawle.co.uk Mr Eddie McDonough 47 Merton Grove, Astley, Tyldesley, Lancashire, England, M29 7HT T: 01942 879841 | M: 07702968591 E: eddiemcdonough@hotmail.co.uk Mrs M McIntyre BYFLEET Derisley Farm, 26 High Road, Byfleet, Surrey, England, KT14 7QG T: 01932 341586 Mr Christopher G McLean May 26 Bradley Avenue, Bristol, England, BS11 9SL M: 07774 493594 E: ram1528@outlook.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Ian Melluish GOODTREES Goodtrees Farm, Holtye Road, Cowden, Kent, England, TN8 7EB M: 07801 179720 E: ian@goodtreesfarm.co.uk

Steven Morphy WELLAND VALLEY HIGHLANDS 46 Rocuingham Road, Cottingham, Market Harboro, Leicestershire, England, LE16 8XS M: 07787 110285 E: stevenmorphy@icloud.com

Tracey Noy OAKWOOD Lower Lady Meadows Farm, Bradnop, Leek, Staffordshire, England, ST13 7EZ T: 07979 343648 E: oakwood-highlands@hotmail.com

R., D.R., M. Middleton HAMDEAN Hamdean Farm, Peopleton, Pershore, Worcestershire, England, WR10 2DY T: 01905 840231 M: 07957 590322/07751 081586

Mortimers Farm Ltd MORTIMERS Mortimers Farm, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, SO50 7EA T: 02380 601938 E: mortimersfarm@btinternet.com

D & V Nuthall Ltd OLD HOUSE FARM Old House Farm, Marlow Road, Stokenchurch, Bucks, England, HP14 3UN M: 07940 358371 E: oldhousefarmbucks@gmail.com

Mr K Morton Ashley House, Church Lane, Glentham, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, LN8 2EL T: 01673 878996

Mr P Oliver & Mrs A. L. Oliver FECKENHAM Mutton Hall Farm, Feckenham, Reddich, Worcestershire, England, B96 6HJ T: 01562 777836

Guy R Mumford YARCHESTER 76 Bridge North Road, Broseley, Shropshire, England, TF12 5DR M: 07779 297366 E: mumford002@btinternet.com

Avondale Farm Station Road, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warickshire, England, CV23 0BU T: 01788 543570 | M: 07590 851055 E: rob@cliftoncruisers.com

Malcolm Leonard Miles MAL JAN Willowbrook, Tring Road, Long Marston, Tring, Herefordshire, England, HP23 4QL T: 01296 668164/662352 E: mlmiles@supanet.com Mr D Mitchell UPPER CRAY Upper Cray Farm, Stainland Dean, Holywell Green, Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, HX4 9QA T: 01422 379273 | M: 07768 152153 E: david@dmddesign.co.uk Mrs Rachel Monk RAVENSCAR Home Farm, Ravenscar, Scarborough, N. Yorkshire, England, YO13 0NH T: 01947 880688 Mr M J Monk CHADWICH Manor Farm, Chadwich, Bromgrove, Worcestershire, England, B61 0QG T: 0121 453 5825 | M: 07801 916891 E: elizabethmonk1@aol.com Woodstock Bower Farm WENMAR Stoke Buss, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England, WR15 8QN T: 01885 410443 M: 07767 608012 E: martyncmoore@manx.net L & S Morgan SHELLEYS-ORCHARD East Nutcott, Rackenford, Tiverton, Devon, England, EX16 8EE T: 01884 881519 | M: 07867 801380 E: lesleyam46@gmail.com Hall More Farm MORPHET’S HIGHLANDS per J Cameron Morphet, Field House, Hale, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England, LA7 7BP T: 01524 781918 | M: 07732 280661 E: cameronmorphet@yahoo.co.uk

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Robert J Mumford 32 High Causeway, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, TF13 6BZ T: 01952 727138 | M: 07539 955576 E: mumfordrobert194@btinternet.com Wolf Meadows Farm Ltd WOLF MEADOWS High Bickington, Umber Leigh, Devon, England, EX37 9BG M: 07398 771383 E: wolfmeadowsfarmltd@gmail.com Daniel Newcomb ORCHARD HOUSE Orchard House, George Pit, Escomb, Bishop Aukland, Co. Durham, England, DL14 7SU T: 01388 609647 E: ohhighlandcattle@outlook.com Cannon Hall Farm CAWTHORNE Cannon Hall Farm, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, England, S75 4AT T: 01226 790427 | M: 07828 830034 E: robert@cannonhallfarm.co.uk Highlands of Astbury Ltd HIGHLANDS OF ASTBURY Clough Cottage, Oak Lane, Astbury, Cheshire, England, CW12 3NT M: 07831 096127 E: accounts@highlandsofastbury.co.uk Mrs Alison North-Lewis LIDDELL Liddell Hall, Colwell, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE46 4TW T: 01434 681261 E: al@northlewis.co.uk

Sir James Paice LOCHAVA Snailbridge House, The Moor, Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, CB7 5LU T: 01638 721526 | M: 07767 421781 E: paicejim@gmail.com Mr G H & Ms H R Palmer BLACKWATER Poplars Farm, Church Road, Worthing, Norfolk, England, NR20 5HR T: 01362 668464 | M: 07736 760829(H)/07761 981154(G) E: harriet.palmer94@gmail.com Oulton House Farm Ltd WOODBROOK Oulton House Farm, Oulton, Norberry, Staffordshire, England, ST20 0PG M: 07967 501217 E: oultonhouse@sky.com Paradise Community Trust PARADISE per Roland Pinniger, Paradise, Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, GL6 6TN T: 01453 837551 | M: 07768 101629 E: accountsl@novalis-trust.org.uk Andrew Parkin THE CROWN Stone Cottage, Bickerton, nr Malpas, Cheshire, England, SY14 8AY T: 01829 720192 E: sales@rubellprintlink.com Mr R Parkinson KIRKSTONE Roundhill Farm, Kirkstone Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, England, LA22 9ET T: 01539 433301 | E: paula@roundhillfarm.co.uk

MEMBERS’ LIST Lyndon Ian Parrish KAITLYN JOY Cocking Farm, Handley Banks, Caverswall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST11 9EX T: 07748 116148 E: plyndon112@aol.com

Mr Michael Poland MOTTISTONE Drivers Cottage, Lower Pershaw Lane, Upham, Southampton, England, SO32 1QF T: 01489 891468 | M: 07798 672427 E: michael.poland37@gmail.com

Mrs Amanda Ridley WERDNA 46 Commerical Street, Cornsay Colliery, Durham, England, DH7 9BW T: 0191 373 3677 | M: 07972 195227 E: amanda.ridley@outlook.com

Steven Pass PASS HIGHLAND 1 Austrey Farm Cottages, Orton Lane, Austrey, Atherston, Warwickshire, England, CV9 3EA T: 01827 830565 | M: 07881 665460 E: passhighland@btinternet.com

Mrs Anne Popham SHUTTLETON Shuttleton Farm, Castle Hill, Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon, England, EX15 3RX T: 01823 680396 | M: 07878 719176 E: anne.popham@btinternet.com

Chloe Roberts EOLHC-LASH 5 Black Cherry Close, Chilton-Moor, England, DH4 5NU M: 07788 211660 E: joeyrobertsxx@gmail.com

J Roderick B Peacock & Mrs M N Peacock SAINT MARYS St Mary’s Hall, Church Road, Wiggenhall-St Mary-The Virgin, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, PE34 3EJ M: 07785 361650 E: roderickpeacock31@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs Lindsey Rastall PINCAN DENE Thistle House, Murcot Rd, Childswickham, Broadway, Worcestershire, England, WR12 7HR T: 01386 853843 E: lindseyrastall@poutlook.com

Mrs J Peaster QUANTOCK Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, TA5 1HD T: 01278 732252 E: booie2803@hotmail.co.uk

Mr Robert G Rawle LONGSTONE Higher Bodley, Parracombe, Barnstaple, Devon, England, EX31 4QN T: 01598 763798 | M: 07855878190 E: higherbodley@hotmail.co.uk

Mr L T & Mrs A M Perkins THISTLE Clink Cottage Farm, Marlcliff, Bidford-on-Avon, England, B50 4NY T: 01789 490872 | M: 07816 877259 E: amperkins@aol.com

Samantha Rayner WINDSOR Berkyn Manor Farm, Stanwell Road, Horton, Slough, Berkshire, England, SL3 9PE T: 01753 682499 | M: 07500 773285 E: sjrayner@hotmail.com

Mr Daniel Rowbottom KELBY 1 Stone Lodge Cottage, Launde Road, Tilton on the Hill, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, LE7 9DF T: 07812 858893 E: rowbottom2@hotmail.com

R & S Perryman DARTMOOR Lower West Coombe Farm, North Bovey, Newton Abbott, Devon, England, TQ13 8RS T: 01647 221453 E: sally.perryman@btinternet.com

C & J Reeks LA HOGUE La Hogue Farm, La Hogue Road, Chippenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, CB7 5PZ T: 01638 751128 E: info@lahogue.co.uk

Russell & Sons CLELLAND Old Oaks Farm, Leighton Road, Neston, Cheshire, England, CH64 3SW T: 07720 847736 | M: 07902 937637 E: rasfarming@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs Robert Phillip HELLIFIELD Green Farm, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, BD23 4LA T: 01729 850217 | M: 07812 105375 E: info@hellifieldhighlandbeef.co.uk

Mr Kevin Lee Rice POLLEHILL Pollehill Farm House, Scragged Oark Road, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, England, ME14 3HL T: 01622 630572 | M: 07971 360000 E: KevinLeeRice@hotmail.co.uk

Mr Brian J Rutterford UNDLEY 121 Undley Hall, Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, IP27 9BY T: 07836 777595 E: bjr@undley.co.uk

Toseland Hall Farm TOSELAND Toseland Hall, Toseland, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, PE19 6RU T: 01480 880627 | M: 07768 640760 E: alexpilato@toselandhall.com

Trustees of the Hepple Estate HEPPLE per Walter & Lucy Riddell, Whitefield Hall, Hepple, Northumberland, England, NE65 7LN T: 01669 640209 E: riddell.lucy@gmail.com

Dame Theresa Sackler EARLS COURT Earlscourt Farm Ltd, Rooks Nest Est Office, Stroud Farm, Ermin Street, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire, England, RG17 7SH T: 01488 71869 | M: 07500 229285 E: robert@rooksnest.net

Breckles Grange Farming Company BRECKLES Breckles Grange, Breckles, Attleborough, Norfolk, England, NR17 1ER T: 01953 499950 | M: 07795 432146 E: l.pilkington@netcom.co.uk

Mr Anthony & Mrs Lynne Ridley CORNSAY LODGE The Lodge, Cornsay Colliery, Durham, Co Durham, England, DH7 9DB T: 01913 734359 E: cornsaylodge@talktalk.net

MFR Associates LAKE ROBERTSON Hamilton Court, Scorton Road, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, England, DL10 7EQ T: 01748 811114 | M: 07973 387393 E: fraser@thevancentre.com Ms Margaret Robinson KILNBURN Kilnburn, Catton, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE47 9LR T: 01434 618106 E: djkmr@kilnburn.org.uk

Stan Sadler 11 Nursery Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, BH9 3AS T: 01202 859746 E: stancsadler@hotmail.co.uk

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MEMBERS’ LIST Dennis R Salt & Susan Salt RATTENRAW Rattenraw Farm, Otterburn, Northumberland, England, NE19 1LH T: 01830 520613 | M: 07702 559020 E: susansalt12@gmail.com Oxcroft Fold OXCROFT 19 North Crescent, Duckminton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S44 5EX M: 07730 354901 E: stevesanderson2016@gmail.com Miss SL Scheffers PUNCH BOWL Punch Bowl Farm, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey, England, GU8 6QJ T: 01428 605749 | M: 07887 616541 E: scheffers@btinternet.com Mr R D Schuster GLENKINGLASS The Grange, Over Worton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 7ES T: 01608 683442 | M: 07836 535250 (J) E: schusterjenniferc@gmail.com Mr Graeme Scott LYNUCK Fishrake Farm, Fishrake Lane, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, BB4 7AH T: 01706 822226 | M: 079171 496288 E: biggee63@icloud.com Mr Jimmy & Mrs Sarah Seed BCS 7 Douglas Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England, BB10 2JQ T: 01282 838093 | M: 07985 322011 E: jsseed@aol.com Matthew Sharp HOLLY HEAD Holly head, Hollywood Road, Mill Brow, Cheshire, England, SK6 5LR T: 0161 427 8438 | M: 07919 091746 E: matthew@mps-construction.com Mr D B Shepherdson RUSTON FOLD Ruston Farm, Ruston, Wykeham, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, YO13 9QE T: 01723 862421 | M: 07788 160694 E: shepherdson16@aol.com John Shimwell GREAT LONGSTONE Dale Farm, Moor Rd, Great Longstone, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, DE45 1UA T: 01629 640285 | M: 07739 030487 E: johndalefarm@gmail.com

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Katharine Singleton-Smith & Daniel Singleton RYEWATER Ryewater Farm, Corscombe, Dorchester, Dorset, England, DT2 0QF T: 01935 891111 | M: 07730 315309 E: ksmith_singleton@yahoo.co.uk

Jasmine-Grace Tarran-Smith SKYE 12 Manor Road, Middle Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, WR11 8LL T: 01386 833976 | M: 07712 338430 E: jasminegrace323@icloud.com

Peter & Sue Smith STOCKLEY Stockley Hill Farm, Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England, HR2 0ST T: 01981 550604 | M: 07810 873863 E: pasmith2009@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs Sandra M Tedbury HARDHAM HIGHLANDS Fold View, Church Farm, London Road, Hardham, Pulborough, W. Sussex, England, RH20 1LB T: 01798 872985 | M: 07546 210114 E: stedbury@icloud.com

Graham Smith CLOVER Clover Farm, West Tofts Road, Mundford, Thetford, Norfolk, England, IP26 5EJ M: 07946 733188 E: graham.smith09@hotmail.co.uk Rebecca Smith TENTERDEN 56 Priory Way, Tenterden, Kent, England, TN30 7BX T: 01580 763546 | M: 07970 601821 E: bexandjohn@talktalk.net Tony Snarey The Mill, Manthorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG31 8NH T: 01476 591941 | M: 07802 847734 E: ajs@tonysnarey.com Mr Peter Snart WILLOWBOG Willobog Farm, Wark, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE48 3EF T: 01434 681217 E: willowbog@live.co.uk Nick Sole HALLEN 46 Frenchay Close, Frenchay, Bristol, England, BS16 2QX T: 01179 021501 | M: 07785 288174 E: nicksole@gmail.com Mr D Spence Grange Farm, Barton-in-the Beans, Leicestershire, England, CV13 0DJ T: 01455 290078 Mrs Jo Stover LEWESDON HILL Lower Brimley Combe Farm, Stoke Abbott, Beaminster, Dorset, England, DT8 3JZ T: 01308 867449 | M: 07876 560702 E: jostover@aol.com J & R M Sunter HECKNEST Heckenhurst Farm, Worsthorne, Burnley, Lancashire, England, BB10 3LW T: 01282 832922 | M: 07766 742179 E: j_sunter@sky.com

Robert Tedbury Fold View, Church Farm, London Road, Hardham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, RH20 1LB T: 01798 872985 | M: 07803 087213 E: robert.tedbury@btinternet.com The Harewood Farming Co Ltd HAREWOOD The Estate Office, Harewood Yard, Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, LS17 9LF T: 01132 886252 | M: 07719 957870 E: efairbank@harewoodestate.co.uk The Wildlife Trust BCN LINGS The Manor House, Broad Street, Great Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England, CB23 6DH T: 01954 713500 E: invoices@wildlifebcn.org J & L Thompson CORRIDGE per Linda Thompson, East Cottage, Corridge Farm, Middleton, Northumberland, England, NE61 4EB T: 01670 774766 | M: 07557 343869 E: linda.bullerwell@gmail.com Mrs Ruth Thomson CATESBY Home Park, Lower Catesby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, NN11 6LF T: 01327 871201 E: ruth.catesby@gmail.com Star Lake Cattle Company STAR LAKE Brownshill Court, Wick Street, Ditchcombe, Stroud, Gloucester, England, GL6 7QN M: 07515 526885 E: dkt@starlake.com Mrs Helga Thorpe Wheatfield House, Granary Fields, Ashill, Norfolk, England, IP25 7BN M: 07746 875142 E: drs.thorpe@hotmail.co.uk

MEMBERS’ LIST Martin & Lindsey Trees GRAFTON Mount Pleasant, Temple Grafton, Warwickshire, England, B50 4LQ T: 01789 773272 M: L 07759 019810/M 07785 333742 E: lindsey@graftonfold.com Mr D J Tucker ALVESTON Alveston Estates, Alveston House, Alveston, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 7QL T: 01789 207960 E: david.tucker@alvestondevelopments.co.uk A Richard & J Turner FELLBECK Greygarth, Dallowgill, Ripon, Yorkshire, England, HG4 3QY T: 01765 658079 | M: 07860 860678 E: richardandjean@outlook.com Richard Tuxford LAMBLEY GRANGE R C Tuxford Exports Ltd, Hollinwood Lane, Calverton, Notts, England, NG14 6NR T: 01159 652200 E: sharon.mcelroy@rctuxfordexports.com

Ashmead Fishery Ltd ASHMEAD Withy Barn, Coat, Martock, Somerset, England, TA12 6AR T: 01935 826251 | M: 07790 822367 E: shonawalsingham1@gmail.com Mr & Mrs M Ward THORNLEY HIGHLANDS 10 Nateby Close, Longbridge, Preston, England, PR3 2PH T: 01772 786601 E: jrow@hotmail.co.uk Spring Cottage SPRING ROACHES Spring Cottage, Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffordshire, England, ST13 8UB T: 0333 011 9422 | M: 07966 431283 E: franmaxted@gmail.com Mr Les Wardle SPRINGFIELDS Springfields, Bottom Lane, Ipstones, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST10 2LN T: 01538 266476 E: lwardle@plantmachinery.co.uk

Willow Farm FOXHOLE Braddon Cottage, Ashwater, Beaworthy, Devon, England, EX21 5EP T: 01409 211138 | M: 07501 094880 E: mrwestaway@icloud.com Chelsea Westbrook BARFRESTONE Barfrestone Court Farm Ltd, Barfestone, Dover, Kent, England, CT15 7JJ T: 07833 351525 | M: 07833 351525 E: chelsea242010@gmail.com Mark Whalley AUGHTON Broad Oak Farm, Formby Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, L39 7HQ M: 07968 721899 E: whalleymark@live.co.uk S Wheeler & Son BRYNMAWR Brynmawr, Newcastle, Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, SY7 8QU T: 01588 640298 | M: 07799 681134 E: clunvalleyorganics@googlemail.com Mrs K E Whitbread KINLOCHEWE The Old Rectory, Dennington, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, IP13 8AD T: 01728 638335 E: katherine.whitbread@yahoo.co.uk

The Old Farm Shop HOUSE OF TYLER Milton Hill, Abingdon, Oxon, Oxfordshire, England, OX13 6AG T: 01235 831247 | M: 07860 129508 E: theoldfarmshop@aol.com

C A & J Watmore MURRAY COOPER Holystone Est, Farnham Park, Sharperton, Morpeth, Northumberland, England, NE65 7AQ T: 01669 640030 | M: 07703 570172 E: chrisanjan@btconnect.com

Mr Robert Wain THE ROSE 114 Mortledge, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, DE4 3SD T: 01629 580046 E: samanthawain@hotmail.co.uk

Hayley & Norman Watson SAYER HILL Sayer Hill Farm, Forest-in-Teesdale, Co Durham, England, DL12 0HH T: 07871 842570 | M: 07973 524584 E: hayleycachart1@yahoo.co.uk

Mrs Allison D Whitehead WARMLEIGH Lower Warmleigh Farm, Roper Lane, Queensbury, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, BD13 2NR T: 01274 882234 E: dave44whitehead@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs S Waite NETHERWOOD Netherwood Heys Farm, Netherwood Lane, Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, HD7 6AT T: 01484 842414 E: swaite57@outlook.com

Mrs Gillian Watton GREYLAKE Greylake House, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, TA7 0PJ T: 01823 698914 | M: 07889 198340 E: gillwatton@yahoo.com

Mrs Jane Christine Whitehouse JANES FOLD Hulls Farm House, West Chiltington Road, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, RH20 2PR T: 01798 813936 | M: 07725 203439 E: rj@rdaconstruction.co.uk

Mr A G Webber STOCKHAM Woodham House, Stockham Farm, Thelbridge, Crediton, Devon, England, EX17 4SJ T: 01884 860308 E: webber415@btinternet.com

Mr Michael R Whitehurst NOBUTMANOR Manor Farm, Nobut, Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST10 4QG T: 01889 502242 E: michael.whitehurst@outlook.com

Low Buttersby Farm LOW BUTTERBY HIGHLANDS Low Butterby Farm, Croxdale, Durham, England, DH6 5JN T: 0191 378 2165 | M: 07717 333331 E: Roswells450@gmail.com

Richard J Whittemore QUENNELL HOUSE Quennell House, Plaistow, W. Sussex, England, RH14 0NX M: 07850 435677 E: carolyn@elitegarages.co.uk

Mr TDT Walkinshaw SWERFORD Oseney Mill, Swerford, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 9BD T: 01608 737228 Croft Cottage PICKING CROFT Croft Cottage, Picking Croft Lane, Killinghall, Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, England, HG3 2BE T: 01423 567271 | M: 07841 194603 E: sarah.wall@arrow.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mike & Stella Whyte TARTAN DRAGON Grange Villa, Northwood, Wem, Shropshire, England, SY4 5NP T: 01948 710302 | M: 07940 836874 E: info@tartandragon.co.uk

Coombe Lodge Estate RUDGEND Langford Court, Langford, Bristol, England, BS40 5DA T: 01934 862498 E: david@langfordcourt.co.uk

Mr Jeff K Wild PADDOCK The Oaks, Ible, Grangemill, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, DE4 4HS T: 07860 239973 | M: 07860 239973 E: jackiewild1@hotmail.co.uk

M. A. Wilmot & Sons GAWSWORTH New Venture Farm, Marton Lane, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK11 9EU T: 07541 491090 | M: 07903 103054 E: sam.wilmot@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs Jackie Wild WAINSMORE The Oaks, Ible, Grange Mill, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, DE4 4HS M: 07860 239973 E: jackiewild1@hotmail.co.uk

Rosie Wilson Pottery Farm, Whitney, Somerset, England, TA19 0SJ M: 07856 325022 E: potteryfarm@me.com

David Williams MEREWOOD Fellside House, Pennington, Ulverston, Cumbria, England, LA12 7NT T: 01229 587769 | M: 07787104551 E: david.williams@impact-dtg.com

Wilson & Butler SUNDBY Sparty Well, Ninebanks, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE47 8DB M: 07500 997841 E: richjwilson@yahoo.co.uk

Mawley Hall LLP MAWLEY HALL Mawley Hall, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, Shropshire, England, DY14 8PN M: 07976 227164 E: peter.williams@rokos.co.uk

Wingate Associates Ltd STRATHGARVE Bridge House, 57 High Street, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, England, WV11 1ST T: 01902 737170 E: invoice@stphilips-care.com

L A Williamson BENTY CLOSE Benty Close Farm, Copley, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England, DL13 5NA T: 01388 710794 | M: 07908 401524 E: laura.anne.williamson@gmail.com

Mr Richard C Wood BURRELL GREEN Burrell Green Farm, Inglewood Bank, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA11 9LH T: 01768 881373 E: burrellgreen@btopenworld.com

James Williamson KINGS HILL 22 Monks Way, Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire, England, S81 8NE T: 01909 473034 | M: 07393 216822 E: jamespw79@googlemail.com James Williamson & Jacky Harrison REILTH TOP Reilth Top, Bishops Moat, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England, SY9 5LL T: 01588 630666 | M: 07768 611391 E: james@williamsonharrison.co.uk A C & B M Wills KASSALIC per Beverley Wills, New Oakley Farm, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil, Somerset, England, BA22 8RQ T: 01935 593438 | M: 07866 417777 E: beverley.wills@outlook.com

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Janice Wood AYUP OF DRIFFIELD King’s Mill House, King’s Mill Road, Driffield, Yorkshire, England, YO25 6TT M: 07770 888640 E: jan@pinpoint-marketing.co.uk Hardnaze Farm HARDNAZE HIGHLANDS Hardnaze Farm, Hardnese Lane, Oxenhope, N. Yorkshire, England, BD22 9QN M: 07886 728246 E: hardnazefarm@gmail.com Mrs Jill Woolf & Mr Douglas Woolf Bradfield Hall Farming Partnership TUTTS CLUMP Bradfield Hall Farming Partnership, Bradfield, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG7 6LJ T: 01189 744207 E: reading@romulusuk.com

Peter James Worth TITHE LOCHMABEN Tithe Farm, Church End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England, MK41 0LX T: 01234 846230 | M: 07970 595714 E: peterworth@anglo-pumps.co.uk Paul R Wright 6 The Plantation, Tosside, Lancashire, England, BD23 4SF M: 07710 686855

ISLE OF MAN

Sir Robert Goff EAIRY MOAR Eairy Moar Farm, Glen Helen, Isle of Man, IM4 3NP T: 01624 801020 | E: iom@lissenhall.com

N. IRELAND David M Adams TULLYADAMS 4 Newferry Road, Bellaghy, Magherfelt, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT45 8ND T: 02879 386203 | M: 07548 672757 Laura Anderson 31 Flushtown Road, Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT79 9DY M: 07393 917904 E: anderson.laura@hotmail.com Mrs Pauline Ballantine TOYES HILL Toyes Hill, 140 Kilrea Road, Upperlands, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT46 5TB T: 028 796 45090 | E: info@ardtarayard.com Alison Boyle BALLYCOPELAND 51 Donaghadee Road, Millisle, Co Down, Northern Ireland, BT22 2BZ T: 02891 862873 | M: 07814 174772 E: alisonboyle82@gmail.com Jonathan Buchanan HOLLYHILL HIGHLANDS 107 Curlyhill Road, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT82 8LS M: 07719 142750 E: jbuchanan138@hotmail.co.uk Mrs Clare Craig CRAIGMANUS 17 Largy Road, Crumlin, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT29 4RN T: 028 94452126 | M: 07971 814931 E: ClareLouiseCraig@aol.com

MEMBERS’ LIST Rueben Dooris MULLAGMOSSIN Bridgend, Glynn, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT40 3HG T: 02828 276808 | M: 07514 137199 E: reubendooris@talktalk.net

Andrew Montgomery FIRGROVE Firgrove Farm, 13 Connaughtligger Road, Portglenone, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT44 8BS T: 02825 821585 | M: 07772 464924 E: maryemont@hotmail.com

Mr Robin Chilton LEIGHTON Bedwgwynion, Llangadfan, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 0PL T: 01938 820805 | M: 07841 567386 E: janchilton@madasafish.com

Nigel Gillespie BARR AN CHNOIC 14 Crillys Hill Road, Killeter, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT81 7EW M: 07590 671897 E: ntgillespie@hotmail.com

Alastair & Linda Moore MAYNECURRAGH 32 Mayne Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT79 7NS T: 02880 771135 | M: 07747 061156 E: alastairmoore01@hotmail.co.uk

Mr Howard Dare FALCONS HILL Bryn Hebog, Brechfa, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA32 7QR T: 01267 202291 | M: 07898 741973 E: howard_dare@yahoo.co.uk

Mark Lowe LISDOONAN Lisdoonan, 11 Lisdoonan Road, Carryduff, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT8 8AR T: 02890 814922 | M: 07710 600991 E: lisdoonan@btinternet.com Tullinamallogue Farm TULLINAMALLOGUE 28 Bachelors Walk, Keady, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, BT60 2NA M: 07912 220825 E: davymccarragher@hotmail.com James McDowell THE LONGFALL 36 Ballyvallagh Road, Larne, Northern Ireland, BT40 3NA M: 07563 516661 E: jim.mcdowell@live.co.uk Kevin McEvoy MOURNE 300 Moyad Road, Atticall, Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT31 4SU M: 07888 829889 E: mcevoyireland@gmail.com

Yvonne Muldoon DOON HIGHLANDS 52 Rehaghy Road, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT69 6ET T: 07730 092535 | M: 07732 031439

E:WALES yvonnemuldoon1@googlemail.com John Meirion Ap Rhodri CRAIGNANT PEDIGRE HIGHLANDS Bryntirion , Llangower, Bala, Gwynnedd, Wales, LI23 7BT M: 07583 023282 E: meirionaprhodri@hotmail.co.uk Patricia E Baker MACGREGOR Pantglas Farm, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19 7RB T: 01558 685527 | M: 07525 262659 E: patriciaebaker@outlook.com Tanrallt Bumble TANRALLT ISAF Tanrallt Isaf, Ceunant, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, LL55 4SA T: 01286 650213 | M: 07780 332749 E: soniabumble2@gmail.com

Mr D J McKee GLYNN 4 Shore Road, Glynn, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT40 3HQ T: 028 28 260656/260955 E: alan@djmckee.net

K. A. & R.W. Bunning BRONGELYNEN Brongelynen, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales, LL48 6RY T: 01766 772966 | M: 07725 047206 E: keithbunning@btinternet.com

David McKelvey DERG HIGHLANDS 11 Shannaghy Road, Killeter, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT81 7HB M: 07532 156478 E: mckelvey-andrew@hotmail.co.uk

Mr OPR Carson ABERNANT Abernant-Y-Groes Uchaf Fm, Pond Place, Cwmbach, Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, CF44 OEE T: 01685 881209 E: carsonmp@btinternet.com

Mr D McMillan SAINTFIELD 74 Middle Road, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Co Down.

Northern Ireland, BT24 7LP T: 02897 510224 | M: 07900 133642

Jonathan J Chapman LANGSDALE FACH Bryn Tryfer, Taicynheaf, Bontddu, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales, LL40 2TU T: 01341 430258 | M: 07907 654670 E: jonjchapman@yahoo.com

Mr IR Davies HIGHLAND Tan-Yr-Iwen, Llangedwyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, Wales, SY10 9LP T: 01691 828461 Mr W H Davies CEFN GWRHYD Waunwyd Farm, Ystradowen, Upper Cwmtwrch, Swansea, Wales, SA9 2XX T: 01639 831281 | M: 07966 435582 E: whsdavies@gmail.com Rhun Davies OLMARCH Olmarch Fawr, Llangybi, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, SA48 8NL T: 01570 493303 E: olmarchfawr@outlook.com/ odwynd@ceredigion.gov.uk Mr Gareth Davies LLANERCHYDOL Bryn-cerrig, Stonelane, Brook Street, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 7NZ T: 01938 556939 E: gareth.r.davies@btinternet.com Tyr Bont Fold TYR BONT Tyr Bont, Taliaris, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19 7DD M: 07534 849749 E: supremesporthorses@gmail.com John L L Evans TYRHOS Tyrhos, Trawsmawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA33 6NA T: 01267 232478 | M: 07836 544890 E: evans.buildings@virgin.net Mrs Beverly Evans YSCIRFAWR Gwarfelin Isaf, Merthyr Cynog, Brecon, Powys, PA, Wales, LD3 9SG T: 01874 690483 | M: 07961 587252 E: bevandsimon97@hotmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Mr Julian Ford LLAN Llan Farm, Llanfrothen, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales, LL48 6DU T: 01766 770399 E: julian.llanfarm@btinternet.com

T G & D A Jones & Sons PARC GWYN HIGHLANDS Parc Gwyn Farm, Llanvapley, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, NP7 8BW T: 01873 859252 | M: 07398 238950 E: danielhjones23@gmail.com

Archie Graham-Palmer CEFN PARK Cefn Park, Wrexham, Wales, LL13 9TT T: 01978 262889 E: archie@cefnpark.co.uk

Mrs Portia Kennaway WORLDS END Plas-uchaf, World’s End Farm, World’s End, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, LL20 8EH T: 01978 861904 E: sue@worldsendhouses.com

Greenacres Animal Park GREENACRES per Andrew White, Mancot, Deeside, Flintshire, Wales, CH5 2AZ T: 01244 531147 E: info@greenacresanimalpark.co.uk Mr & Mrs E W Griffiths TY GWYN 3 Fron, Pandy Tudur, Abergelle, Wales, LL22 8UG M: 07776 322390 E: erylwyngriffiths@gmail.com Gemma Haines WALLIA GLYNDWR Gwarycoed Pantypwllau, Coity, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, CF35 6BP T: 01656 646017 | M: 07907 887107 E: gemhaines@googlemail.com Linda Harries ABERDY NANT Hope Farm, Llandeilo, Carmarthen, Wales, SA19 7UR T: 01558 822430 E: hopestudwales@aol.com

E.M. Lloyd MAESGWM Cilfynydd, Llanfachreth, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales, LL40 2EB T: 01341 421053 E: evelyn_lloyd@hotmail.co.uk G. I. & M. Mault MORWYNION Llwyn Onn, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire, Wales, LL21 9NA M: 07757 642923 | E: sara.a.mault@gmail.com Ian McCartney CORNIOG COCH Bwlch Gwynt Farmhouse, Llansadwrn, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19 8HN T: 07970 013438 | M: 07796 086750 E: imservices@yahoo.com Talwrn Farms Ltd WRISTLESHAM Talwrn Farm, Talwrn Road, Legacy, Wrexham, Wales, LL14 4ER T: 01978 840157 | M: 07725 350885 E: pete@talwrnfarm.co.uk

Duncan Havard TREHAFOD Little Lodge Farm, Three Cocks, Brecon, Powys, Wales, LD3 0SW T: 01497 847325 E: delveyhavard@hotmail.co.uk

D G Morgans GORLECH Blaengorlech Farm, Gwernogle, Carmarthen, Wales, SA32 7RT T: 01267 223253 | M: 07971 929803

Partneriad Drws y Nant ARAN Drws y Nant, Llanuwchllyn, Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, LL23 7UL M: 07903 736666 E: woo_71@hotmail.com

Richard Oxby GELLI’R ONN Gelli’r Onn Farm, Richard Street, Pontycymmer, Bridgend, Wales, CF32 8HR M: 07892 803934 E: richard.oxby@btinternet.com

Mr Geraint & Mrs Eleri Hughes UCHELDIR Bryn Pyll Farm, Trefriw, Conwy, Wales, LL27 0JP T: 01492 641379 | M: 07802 258306 E: eleri368@gmail.com

Denise Penney PENNEY The Hermitage, Whitelye, Catbrook, Chepstow, Monmonthshire, Wales, NP16 6NP T: 01291 680099 E: dpenney@btinternet.com

Sioned M Jones GOLWGYMYNYDD Beili Tew Farm, Llansawel, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA19 7LJ T: 07594 324018 E: robert.1804@hotmail.co.uk

Federico Pereira & Sarah Gealy GILFACH GOWER Gilfach Gower Farm, Argoed Road, Bettws, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA18 2PR T: 01269 540399 | M: 07730 532768 E: fed@pearcommunications.co.uk

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Mr David Powell EPYNT The Cwm, Garth, Llangammarch Wells, Powys, Wales, LD4 4BL T: 01591 620592 | M: 07967 551140 E: debbie@thefron.co.uk Don Reeves DOMHNALL Clustach, Llaneilian, Amlwch, Sir Ynys Mon, Wales, LL68 9NA T: 01407 831154 | M: 07388 870880 E: donald.e.reeves1@gmail.com R.W., F.D. & M.H Reynolds BROADMOOR Upper Broadmoor Farm, Talbenny, Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, SA62 3XD T: 01437 781758 | M: 07879 404590 E: mk.reynolds@btconnect.com Gwyn Roberts & C L Rees-Roberts CARNDOCHAN Dolhendre Isa, Llanuwchlljn, Y Bala, Gwynnedd, Wales, LL23 7TD T: 01678 540348 | M: 07880 728273 E: lowri.rees@btinternet.com Mrs Helen D Rose GWYNFRYN Islwyn, Gwynfryn Farm, Llanystumdwy, Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales, LL52 OLU T: 01766 523442 E: helen@gwynfryn.com Mr H & Mrs B Rowlands CELYN Pentrecelyn, Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales, SY19 7DZ T: 01650 521284 | M: 07971 638727 E: silverlinning944@gmail.com J. M. Shaw & S. J. Dod MOLFRANMOR Darren Fawr, Pontsian, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales, SA44 4UX T: 01545 590275 | M: 07773 888193 E: shaw990@btinternet.com Mr Geoff G L Spawton THE MAY Gilfachwen, Cellan, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, SA48 8HN T: 01570 423080 | M: 07966 066219 E: geoff@themay.co.uk Gwartheg Y Ucheldir Bryn Llwyd Highland Cattle BRYN LLWYD 11 Carreg Y Gad, Llawfairpwll, Angelsey, Wales, LL61 5QF M: 07807 309457 E: william.thomas6@btinternet.com

MEMBERS’ LIST R Thomas & E Davies CARADOG Windy Corner Garage, Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, SA39 9HP M: 07867 558304/ 07919 387307 E: rhianmimi@hotmail.com

Prieler & Reiter Zucht BLEIBERG Sagewerk u. Holzhandel, Altirdning 8952, Austria T: 0043 3682 24216 or 22431

Mr Jorn Uhre AGERVIG Agervigvej 48, 6800 Varde, Denmark T: 0045 75267291 E: sales@agervigcattle.dk

BELGIUM

ESTONIA

Mr D & Mrs A J Williams WINDYHILL Plas Gynna Farm, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey, Wales, LL71 7AG T: 01248 471901 M: 07871 288979 E: amanda@pgfagri.co.uk

Gabriel Armand LA GAUFRIE Allee du Cloitre 23, 1000 Brussels, Belgium T: 0032 264 08794 | M: 0032 475 815285 E: er.armand@gmail.com

Mr & Mrs Kairo Pilviste RANNA VILLA OU Ranna-Villa, Kudema Kula, Mustjala vald, 93622 Saaremaa, Estonia T: 0037 256 678824 M: +37256678824 E: info@highlandcattle.ee

Deri Isaf DERI ISAF Deri Isaf Farm, Deri Road, Rhiwfawr, Wales, SA9 2RH T: 01639 831300 | M: 07766 811855 E: veronicadafydd@sky.com Peter A Wright CAER FERCH UCHAF Cae’r Ferch Uchaf, Pencaenewydd, Pwllheli Sardis, Gwynedd, Wales, LL53 6DJ T: 01766 810980 M: 07909 113778 E: mattycl@sky.com

EUROPE AUSTRIA Herr Arnold Feuerstein EMS Tugstein 10, A-6845 Hohenems, Austria T: 0043 5576 78087 M: 0043 6644 036671 E: arnold.feuerstein@gmail.com Carl Prinz von Croy THULLERER St Oswald 86, St Oswald A-8553, Austria T: 0043 3468 237 Herr F. Rauch JAGDBERG Torkelweg 10, A-6824 Schlins, Austria T: 0043 5524 2570 E: frane_rauch@aon.at

Mrs Anni de Backer WYTEVELD Wyteveld Farm, Houtemstraat 108, 9552 Herzele, Belgium T: 32 53 624082 CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Beef Breeders Association Tesnov 17, Praha 1, 117 05, Czech Republic T: 00420 724 007860 E: info@czchms.cz DENMARK Mr Holger Kjaergaard HALLER FOLD Mollegardsvej 1, 8752 Ostbirk, Denmark T: 00 45 75 78 23 78 | M: 0045 21 709602 E: hallerfold@godmail.dk Ms Anni Assenbjerg ASSENBJERG Assenbjerggard, Bavnevej 26, Norskov, Give DK 7323, Denmark T: 00 45 75 738398 | E: hlc@assenbjerg.dk Lisbeth Plenge Brandenbjerggaard, Lojeltevej 5, Gunderod, Horsholm 2970, Denmark T: 48 28 03 55 | E: lisbeth.plenge@mac.com Danish Highland Cattle Association Barupvejen 40, Barup, DK-8200, Aarhus N, Karise, DK4653, Denmark E: baruphighland@gmail.com Ms Charlotte Skou President/Danish Highland Cattle, Nordgaardshuse 11, DK 4100 Ringsted, Denmark T: 0045 7020 7788 | M: 0045 4030 4480 E: formand@highland-cattle.dk

Herr W Rettenwender HOCHALPSCHWENDGUT Jochberg 36, Mittersill/Hollersbach, Hollersbach A-5730, Austria T: Munich Off: 089 78594 268

Mogens Stendel Hojdedraget 1, 8654 Bryrup, Denmark T: 0045 8684 8050 | M: 00452171 7750 E: ms@highland-cattle.dk

Gerhard & Anna Rockenschaub HCR Stumberg 8, A-4272 Weitersfelden, Austria T: 664/418 1055 E: hcr_rockenschaub@aon.at

The Danish Highland Cattle Society Treasurer: Jens Kimer-Jorgensen, Kildegaarden, Skalkendrupvej 42, Skalkendrup, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark T: 5159 9150 | E: jeki@NYBORG.DK

Saaremaa Highland Cattle SAAREMAA per Marco Talvist, Jurna Farm, Taaliku Village, Saaremaa, Estonia, 94 637 T: +372 520 7790 E: mario@business24.ee FINLAND Susanne Autio WESTCOAST Lansirannantie 630, Ala-Seppa 62620, Finland T: 00358 6 5661922 E: jyrki.autio@matto.inet.fi Arto Huhtala LAKEUDEN HIGHLAND Peralanmaentie 209, 61270 Luopajarvi, Finland E: huhtala.artomk@netikka.fi Ms Riikka Palonen BRUNNILA Oskarintic 12, 38420 Sastamala, Finland M: 00358 40 561 9041 E: palonenriikka@gmail.com Mr Kimmo Ruusu Ruusunitie 20, 42100 Jamsa, Finland Suomen Highland C.C of Finland c/o Peruvedentie 581, 19470, Pertunmaa, Finland T: 0035 8407 557697 E: info@highlandcattle.fi Mrs Liisa & Mr Risto Volanen REKOLA The Rekola Fold, Peruvedentie 581, 19470 Pertunmaa, Finland T: 00358 4075 57697 E: liisa@wolara.net FRANCE Bretmoor BRETMOOR 937 Chemin du Bret, Coublevie, 38500, France M: 0033 671 42 07 44 E: nancy.armstrong@bretmoor.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Gilles and Sabine Audigier DE PIED CHAPEL Ferme de Pierd Chapel, Quartier Saint Philippe, 07400 Alba Saint Romaine, France T: 0033 611 879687 E: gilles.audigiertp@gmail.com Eric Bautsch FOXGLOVES 1, La Boujonniere, 87210 Oradou-St-Genest, France E: eric.bautsch@pobox.com Olivier Gabilleau LES PETITS TRESSEAUX 10 Les Petits Tresseaux, 41330, Averdon, France T: 0033680705839 E: earl.gabilleau@wanadoo.fr M. Yann Guisnel GUISNEL Le Long Pre, 35350 - Saint Meloir Des Ondes, France T: 0033 609 202 754 | E: yann.guisnel@guisnel.fr Madame Suzanne Guldenschuh HORNIHOF Hornihof, 68480 Kiffis, France T: 89403360/Fx89404851 Nicole & Kurt Hildebrandt TAILLE PINS Taille Pins, 26460, Bourdeaux, France T: 0033 475 53 38 30 | E: taillepins@free.fr Mme I Leydier Delavallade DE GARENNE Chez le Meunier, Marillac le Franc, La Rochefoucauld 16110, France T: 0033 545635807 | M: +33 6855 38054 E: lama.de.garenne@wanadoo.fr Christiane Michard LE PIERNY Le Pierny en St Samson, 56580 Rohan, France T: 02 97 51 5865 | M: 06 76 61 7122 E: christiane.michard56@orange.fr Mrs Janet Montgomery Maison Cazenave, 3 Route d’Arroses, 64350 Crouseilles, France T: 33 05 59 68 21 36 E: janet.montgomery@orange.fr Victory Cattle Ltd VICTORY La Depraizerie, 50270 Senoville, France T: 0033 630 190659 E: info@victorycattle.com Marc Vincent LES CHERRIERS Les Cherriers, 18410, Clemont sur Sauldre, France T: 00336 87 03 3726 E: mj.vincent@gmail.com

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GERMANY Willi Bange & Sons VOM SUNDERBERG Im Siepen 4, 59929 Brilon-Scharfenberg, Germany T: 0049 2961 4451 E: christopher_bange@web.de Bjoern Bedurftig HEISE Heise 31, Beverstedt, Germany, 27616 M: 0049 160 9035 14 16 E: bjoern.bedurftig@live.de Jochen Born Hellweg 7, 57319 Bad Berleburg, Wingeshausen, Germany E: famborn@gmx.de Jens Brabander Hunkentun 6, 26446 Friedeburg, Germany T: (+49) 04465 945796 E: jens.brabander@gmx.de

Volker Hahn & Ruediger Lange GbR VOM BESTETHAL Wiesenstr 17, D-23843 Ruempel, Germany T: 0049 172 400 4967 E: hahnlangegbr@hc-vombestethal.de Andre Heisterkamp VON HAARSTRANG Werler Str. 207, 59427 Unna, Germany T: 0049 2308 933307 E: andre.heisterkamp@gmx.de Helmut Heuer-Jungemann Parkring 3, D29559, Nienwohlde, Germany E: anke.heuer-jungemann@hotmail.com Herr W.F. Hoffmann LAISBACHTAL Graebenstrasse 10, Hanau, Germany, D-63454 T: 0049 6181 74797 | M: 00491752474797 E: hoffmann-hanau@t-online.de

Dr G Bunge HAZELMUIR Hauptstrasse 59, 49419 Wagenfeld, Germany T: 0049 5444 1414 E: bunge@hazelmuir.de

Martin & Jan-Hendrik Hoof VOM KIEBITZMOOR Zum Eichengrund 23, 24790 Schacht-Audorf, Germany T: 0049 4331 1480903 E: info@hc-kiebitzmoor.de

Karen de Haan KLEIN KARWEN Erpensen 15, 29378 Wittingen, Germany T: 0049 175 525 8962 E: karen.dehaan@arcor.de

Dr S Janz JIGGEL Billerbeck 6, 29465 Schnega, Germany T: 0049 5842 9819055 E: dr.stephan.janz@t-online.de

Joe Engelhardt ELSENBERG Am Bahnhoff 1, D - 84140, Gangkofen, Germany T: 0049 8722 94020 E: info@engelhardt-oekologie.de

Frau Gisela Klosner VOM AUGUSTENHOF Augustenhofweg 3, D-57334 Bad Laasphe, Germany T: 0049 2754 8010 E: g.klosner@hc-augustenhof.de

Mr Sven Frerichs VOM HOEHNEROOG Oldenburger Strasse 55, 27612 Loxstedt, Germany T: 00494740-140167 | M: 0175 365 8780 E: sfrerichs@t-online.de

Prof Klaus P. Littmann BUCHWIES Harzburger Strasse 16, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany T: 0531 696565

Herr C. Funke HEISTERKAMPSHOF Heisterkampsweg 1, 46419 Isselburg, Germany T: 0049 2874 5039688 M: 0049 172 2024095 E: cfunke@vodafone.de Gotsgarten Organic Farm GOTSGARTEN Beate Bechler, Hauptstrasse 26, O T Schmerkendorf, 04895 Falkenberg/Elster, Brandenburg, Germany T: 0049353652671 E: oekohof.gotsgarten@t-online.de

Andre Martens Im Breekmoor 11, 27619 Wehdel, Germany T: 0 47 49 4 42 32 85 | M: 01 71 517 6060 E: hc@breekmoor.de Marco Paetau Alte Muhlenstrasse 2, Gardelegen, D 39638, Germany E: marco@hc-maje.de Herr Josef Phiesel SILVER MINE Buhlenstr. 34, Bad Munstereifel, D-53902, Germany T: 0049 2257 570 E: josef-phiesel@t-online.de

HEADER Falk Pommer VOM DIEBESKAMM Zum Hochwald 11, 98724 Neuhaus am Rennweg, Germany M: 0049 151 400 76799 E: info@hochlandrinder-diebeskamm.de Herr Axel Potthoff OBERBERG Unterpentinghausen 1, 51709 Marienheide, Germany T: 0049 2264 201616 M: 0049 171 370 7709 E: axel.potthoff@web.de Tilman and Dr Rainer Schoeffel FALKENAU Am Pfadfinderhaus 12, Hessisch Lichtenau, Hess, Germany, D-37235 T: 0049 5602 6435 M: 0049 73 256 8679 E: tilman.schoeffel@gmail.com Schottische Hochland-Rinderzucht Frankenwauld GmbH&Co.KG VOM FRANKENWALD Glashuttenplatz 3, 96355 Kleintettau, Germany T: 0049 (0) 9269 77-214 M: 0049 (0) 171 6057308 E: thomas-schmidt@heinz-glas.com Mr Mark Snell EOCHAIL INIS MOR Sperberstr. 93A, 65812 Bad Soden, Germany T: 0049 6196 62597 E: mark.snell@capgemini.com Herr Falko Steinberg LEHSTENER MOOR Burgerhof 1, 19258 Leisterforde, Germany T: 0049 38842 21018 E: falko.steinberg@web.de Volker Thielemann Elektrotechnikemeister, Buschhoh 3, D-58540 Meinerzhagen, Germany E: vt@thielemann-elektroservice.de Werner Urban Grossgeschwenda 51, 07330 Probstzella, Germany E: w.urban@bluechemgroup.com

IRELAND Great Oak Highlands DAIR IONTACH per David Byrne, Great Oak, Callan, Killkenny, Ireland, R95 PR2T M: 086 192 1964 E: thenctman@yahoo.ie Brendan Cullinane PEMBROKESTOWN Ivy Hill, Pembrokestown, Gaulstown, Co. Waterford, Ireland, X91 ENW2 T: 00353 86 351 6131 M: 00353 87 900 0265 E: brendan.cullinane.rd@outlook.com Declan Greene FAHARLAGH Loughtee House, Water Lane, Belturbet, Co Cavan, Ireland T: 00353 (0) 49 9522329 M: 00353 (0) 86 8188569 E: cavan.gardenworld@gmail.com Peter Jones GLENASMOLE Castlekelly, Glenasmole, Dublin, 24, Ireland T: 00353 145 26694 | M: 0035386 349 5857 E: petjones24@hotmail.com Shane Jones CAHER HOUSE Caher House, Caher, Co. Clare, Ireland M: 087 233 5787 E: shanej886@gmail.com Mr Howard Konick DERRYCRAGG Derrycragg, Tubber, Co Galway, Ireland, H91 DCF6 M: 0035 38 7628 1669 E: h.konick@gmail.com Rachel Lacey GLENQUIN Glenquin, Strand, Ireland, V42 TC96 E: laceyrachel98@hotmail.com Dave Merriman RICHARDSTOWN Stonegables, Richardstown, Clane, Co. Kildare, Ireland T: 0035 3860 279616 E: dave@tandi.ie

Donal O’Mahony FORENAUGHT Forenaught West, Rineen, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland T: 0035 328 34761 | M: 0035 86 853 5245 E: donaomahony@gmail.com Whitehill Highlands FOYLE VIEW Whitehill, St Johnston, Lifford, Co Donegal, Ireland T: 00353 838 800 948 | M: 00353 860531762 E: rachel-rankin@outlook.com Michelle Shaughnessy GRAFFOGUE Graffogue, Ballinalee, Co. Longford, Ireland M: 353 86 331 9132 E: michelleshaughnessy@yahoo.com.au ITALY Miss Donatella Acella & Family MORAG Via Sonetto 38, ALMESE (TO), 10040, Italy T: 0039 011 9350647 | M: 0039 3333 118820 E: acella@inwind.it Agrigest s.r.l ACHAFADA per Orazio Tirelli, Localita Campolungo, 1, 29022 Bobbio (PC), Italy T: 0039 335 8102420 | M: 0039 335 8102420 E: orazio.tirelli@agrigest.biz Giovanni Reggiani MONTANA Via Durio 15, Varello (VC), 13019, Italy T: 0039 0163 568411 E: giovabbi-reggiani@reggianistretch.it Zuchtergemeinschaft Eberhart CMS Christian Eberhart, Graflstr. 9, 39027 Graun I. V., Italy M: 0039 347 876 3793 E: christian.eberhart@rolmail.net LIECHTENSTEIN Mr J Bernetseder GAMANDER Im Gamander 20, Schaan FL-9494, Liechtenstein T: 00423 7875522 E: josephbernetseder@gmail.com LUXEMBOURG

Karl-Heinrich Winter Burg 1, 57319 Bad-Berleburg, Germany M: 0049 170 476 7252 E: KHWBurg@web.de

Peter V Moran & Alan Moran SHANWAR Shanwar, Foxford, Co. Mayo, Ireland T: 09492 56658 | M: 086 878 0514 E: moransnurseries@outlook.com

Kler Claude Naturfleesch, 31 Rue au Pesch, L-8067 Bertrange, Luxembourg T: 00352 31 3650

Mr Stefan Wreczycki Achtern Esch 10B, 49599 Voltage/Weese, Germany T: 05467 933791 E: info@hc-vomweesermoor.de

Mr Michael J O’Connor TAIN UACHTAR ARD Killaguile, Rosscahill, Co Galway, Ireland T: 00 353 87 66 97 807 E: michaeloconnor1972@gmail.com

Mr Marc Scheer HCE HIGHLAND CATTLE ESCHWEILWER 23 Kraiz, L - 9651 Eschweiler, Luxembourg T: 00352 858004 | M: 00352 621 1668 77 E: hce.highlandcattle@gmail.com

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MEMBERS’ LIST Highland Cattle Ziichter Letzebuerg President - Mr Frank Lies, Duerfstrooss 16, Lilling L-6839, Luxembourg NETHERLANDS

Bradley Ford Linyante, 1286 Greendale Road, Greendale Via Bega, NSW 2250, New South Wales, Australia T: 0264 927343 | E: evans8a@bigpond.net

Ian & Barbara Proudfoot HIGHLAND HERITAGE Highland Heritage Farm, Box 9, Dotrothy, Alberta, TOJ OXO, Canada T: 403 820 4442 | E: proudfooti@aol.com

Anloo Fold ANLOO per Bert & Petra Bouwman, Annerstreek 17, 9468 TJ Annen, Netherlands T: 0031 6 522 98 173 | M: 0031 (0)6 270 757 45 E: natuurbrgrazing@kuddervananloo.nl

S. C. Schuler 101 Pacific Hwy, Mount White, NSW 2250, New South Wales, Australia T: 0011 61 412150006 | M: 0011 61 412150006 E: montrosa@outlook.com.au

Joan Wort KEIJOASAN Keijoasan Fold, 540 Hunt Road, Tweed, Ontario, Canada, KOK 3JO T: 613 478 5929

Clive and Kay Shepherd ENNERDALE Erinmist, White Flag Road, Bowning, New South Wales, 2582, Australia T: + 612 6100 4326 | M: 061 402 093116 E: kyloes@ennerdalehighlands.com

CHILE

Rudolf Horst & Ankelien Wielinga Schipborgerweg 1, 9466TB Gasteren, Drenthe, Netherlands M: 0031 (0)6 514 06 253 E: horstwielinga@gmail.com SLOVAKIA Jozef Kamensky TRUBAC Priehalina 3567, Hrinova, 96205, Slovakia E: josefkamensky@yahoo.co.uk SWEDEN Mr J Kreuger Herrborum 1, 614 98 Sankt Anna, Sweden E: herrborum@mail.com Mr Nils Larsson BLACK AND WHITE Roby Gunnarstorp, 585 98 Linkoping, Sweden T: 0046 138 5026 | M: 0046706865026 E: nils.c.larsson@gmail.com SWITZERLAND Highland Cattle Society Switzerland c/o Nicole Oetliker, Neumattstrasse 37, CH-3422 Ruedtligen, Switzerland T: 0041 79 264 1997 | E: info@highlandcattle.ch Nature Konkret AG Guido Letenegger, Sonnenstrasse 13F, 8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland T: 0041 71 660 1070 | M: 0041 797 429302 E: g.leutenegger@natur-konkret.ch Walter Schluep LANDSKRON Etzmatte, 4153 Reinach, Switzerland T: 0033 38 968 1351 | M: 0041 794 725517 E: walterschluep@windowslive.com

REST OF THE WORLD AUSTRALIA Mr Mikael Adolfsson LIMMERHULT 26 Fraser Street, Middle Park, Victoria, 3206, Australia T: 0061 414 430 459 | E: c.s.adolfsson@icloud.com J. McK & J. M Blackwell PO Box 2705, Mount Gambier, South Australia 5290, Australia E: julenemblackwell@hotmail.com

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Mr JEK von Bibra MACQUARIE Beaufront, Ross, Tasmania 7209, Australia T: 0061 363 815 336 | M: 0061 407 874 857 E: beaufront@bigpond.com Mrs Berta FLC von Bibra Northbury, PO Box 104, Longford, 7301, Tasmania, Australia T: 03 613 6391 296 | E: bertafr@ozemail.com.au Mr Phil Webb STIRLING FARMS VICTORIA P O Box 21, Wandin North, Victoria 3139, Australia T: 0061 3 5964 2628 E: stirlingfarms@bigpond.com CANADA Celtic Cattle Company CELTIC CATTLE COMPANY per Craig, Dan, Matt & Tim Cugnet, Box 1150 Weyburn, Saskatchewan, S4H 2L5, Canada T: 001 306 842 5454 E: dancugnet@gmail.com Brian F Colgate COVENANT The Covenant Folds, 137265 Concession 7, Georgian Bluffs, R.R. #3, Owen Sound ON, N4K 5N5, Canada T: 001 519 421 5449 | M: 001 519 421 5449 E: Brian.Colgate@Queensu.ca Cugnet Land & Cattle Company Inc. CUGNET LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LT per Craig, Dan, Matt & Tim Cugnet, Box 1150 Weyburn, Saskachewan, S4H 2L5, Canada T: 0039 306 842 5454 E: dancugnet@gmail.com Highland Samuri HIGHLAND SAMURI per Craig Cugnet, Box 1150, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, S4H 2L5, Canada T: 001 306 842 5454 E: dancugnet@gmail.com

Nicolas Ibanez Scott KILCHOAN per Mrs Mirtha Hauenstein, Avenida del Parque 4161 Office 602, Ciudad Empresarial, Heuchuraba, Santiago, C.P. 8580675, Chile T: 00 (56 2) 2 3935350 M: 00 (56 9) 9 7467080 E: nis@finsa.cl or mhauenstein@meritus.cl NEW ZEALAND Mr Willie & Mrs Cynthia Chrsitie SKEOCH RD2, Ashburton, 7772, New Zealand T: 0064 3302 2656 E: wcchristie@ruralinzone.net New Zealand Highland Cattle Society Registrar -Cynthia Christie, 145 Somerton Road, RD 2, Ashburton 7772, New Zealand T: +64 3 302 2656 E: registrar@highlandcattle.org.nz UNITED STATES American Highland Cattle Association Att Ginnah Moses, Historic City Hall, 22S. 4th Ave., Ste.201, Brighton, CO 80601-2030, USA, United States T: 001 303 659 2399 E: info@highlandcattleusa.org American Highlands Ranch Ltd AMERICAN HIGHLANDERS RANCH LTD 1281 E. Magnolia St, Unit D #320, Fort Collins, 80527, Colorado, United States T: 719-510-1102 | M: 512-534-7744 E: americanhighlandersranch@yahoo.com Jaquelyn Becker Chotkowski Spring Flight Farm, 321 Charles Storch Road, Elmira, NY, 14903, United States E: chotbeck@stny.rr.com Mr S G Oles Cape St Mary Ranch, 482 Oles Lane, Lopez Island, 98261, Washington, United States T: 360 468 2961 / 425 557 7755 E: oles557@earthlink.net Dr TB Robbins MD TRAFALGAR PO Box 257, North Pomfret, Vermont 05053, USA, United States T: 802 457 2216 | M: 802 738 3536 E: trobbins87239@gmail.com

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BREED STANDARD

BREED STANDARD The description of the Highland male and female as published in the preamble to the first Herd Book is as valid now as then.

The description may thus be termed the Breed Standard.

THE HEAD Of all the representatives of our British bovine breeds, the Highlander has the grandest and most picturesque head; it is, indeed, to his head that he owes his great favour among artists.

As a rule, it is most proportionate to the body of the animal, and is broad between the eyes, while short from the eyes to the point of the muzzle. The forelock between the eyes should be wide, long and bushy, and any nakedness or bareness there is certain to detract from the appearance of the animal. Some would almost have the hair so wide there as to obscure the eyes, but this in many cases would be allowing one good point to over-shadow another. The eyes should be bright and full, and denoting, when excited, high courage. When viewed sideways, there should be a proportionate breadth of the jawbones readily observable, when compared with the width of the head in front, whilst the muzzle should, when looked 164 Highland Breeders’ Journal 2021

at from a similar point, be short, though very broad in front, and with the nostrils fully distended, and indicating breeding in every way. One of the most noteworthy features in a Highlander, is of course, the horns. In the bulls, the horns should be strong, and come level out of the head, slightly inclining forwards, and also slightly rising towards the points. Some, however, do not care for this rise, though any drooping is considered to be a very bad fault when between the crown and the commencement of the curve, as this is generally accompanied by a low weak back.

Some, too, are of opinion that the masculine appearance is slightly detracted from when the horns rise directly from the crown. This, however, can only readily be detected and commented upon when particular animals are brought before experienced judges, as within a show ring.

As regards the horns of the cow, there prevail

BREED STANDARD two opinions. As a rule, they come squarer out from the head than in the male, rise sooner, and are somewhat longer, though they preserve their substance and a rich reddish appearance to the very tips. The lack of the appearance of substance or “sappiness” about the horns of the male would be very much against the animal in the show-yard. The other taste is that for a female, the horns of which come more level from the head, with a peculiar back set curve, and very wide sweep. A large number of enthusiastic breeders seem to prefer, by comparison, the latter, which gives possibly the more graceful appearance. In all cases, however, the horns of a Highlander, when well set, gives the animal a stamp of nobility which causes it to attract the attention of any stranger who might pass heedlessly by animals of other breeds as merely cows, bulls or oxen.

THE NECK AND SHOULDER The neck should be altogether clear and without dewlap below. It should form a straight line from the head to the shoulder in the cow, but in the bulls should have that distinct crest common to all animals of the bovine species.

This crest should come gracefully down to the roots of the horns, and, being well coated with wavy hair, the masculine appearance of the animal is fully completed. The shoulder should be thick and should fill out greatly as it descends from the point to the lower extremity of the forearm.

BACK, BODY, AND HIND-QUARTERS From behind the shoulder the back should be fully developed and beautifully rounded.

Any slight sinking or hollow is most decidedly objectionable. It should also, as in the Ayrshire, be as straight as possible, and the ribs should spring boldly out and be both well rounded and deep. When measured across the hips the breadth should be very great, and the quarters should be exceedingly well developed from the hips backwards. The thighs should also be well

developed, and should show great fullness.

Viewed generally, the quarters should be square between the hips and the tail, and from between the tail right down to between the hind feet. The legs, both before and behind, should be short and strong, the bones strong, broad, and straight, the hoofs well set in and large, and the legs well feathered with hair. The animal should be set wide between the forelegs, and it should move with great dignity and style, as this is considered to be one of the most reliable evidences of careful and true breeding.

HAIR The hair, of which there should be a great profusion, more particularly on the parts indicated, should be long and gracefully waved, very much as in what dog-breeders denote wavy-coated retrievers. To have a curl is to possess a decided fault, and one which has of late years become unfortunately too common in some folds. This has been attributed in some quarters to a growing desire to make Highlanders grow big from feeding them higher and housing them more. At anyrate, experience goes far to prove that the more exposed they are the greater the profusion of the hair, and the less its tendecy to curl. Thus, the reason of the island cattle being always so much better haired than the mainland cattle is owing to their never being housed in winter.

The usual colours are black, brindled, red, yellow, and dun, and there is considerable difference of opinion among breeders as to which is preferable.

In general, as to colour, it may be said that a good herd should possess a mixture - avoiding always all those which indicate unhealthy thrivers. The thickness of the skin, as in all fattening breeds, comes in for a considerable amount of attention, but it has to be borne in mind always that the Highlander has been adapted by nature to withstand great exposure.

Inverness, 10th June, 1885.

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SOCIETY FIELD OFFICERS Offering practical advice and information for members Members are reminded that the Society’s Field Officers and Council members are available to give assistance on any aspect of breeding, rearing and management of their cattle. However they do not provide any veterinary information that might be construed as veterinary advice.

Any member requiring a Field Officer’s visit should notify the Breed Secretary who will endeavour to arrange a visit at the earliest opportunity.

New breeders are strongly advised to seek the assistance of a Field Officer prior to acquiring a stock bull.

Membership of the Highland Cattle Society normally entitles breeders to one free visit, for further visits a charge is made to cover the Fieldsman’s travel costs. Please bear in mind that the Field Officers, who are members The Society’s Field Officers are: Mr Jim Ayres 36 West End, Northwold, Thetford, Norfolk. IP26 5LE Tel (H): 01366 728565 | Tel (F): 01366 728769 Email: jimayres.ba@gmail.com Mr Duncan Buchanan Shenavallie, Benderloch, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QU Tel (H): 01631 720240 | Email: shenavallie@hotmail.com Mr Robin Chilton Bedwgwynion, Llangadfan, Welshpool, Powys SY21 0PL Tel (H): 07841 567386 Email: janchilton@madasafish.co.uk Mr Brian Dalby Cestersover Farm, Pailton, nr Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 0QP Tel (H): 01788 832188 | Email: dalby@farmline.com Mr Graeme Easton The Ranch, Letham, Angus. DD8 2PG Tel (M): 07710 534828 | Email: graemeeaston@yahoo.co.uk Mr Peter Edwards Little Scotland Farm, Burney Lane, Staunton Harold, Melbourne, Derbyshire. DE73 1BH Tel (H): 01332 865814 | Tel (M): 07764 685345 Email: petered_uk@hotmail.com Mr Jim Fraser East Tilbouries, Maryculter, Aberdeenshire. AB12 5GD Tel (H): 01224 732351 | Tel (M): 07785 522648 Email: jim.s.fraser@talk21.com Mr Andrew Kirkpatrick Strathmore, Beith Road, Glengarnock, Beith KA14 3BX Tel (H): 01505 683251 Email: ak@glengarnockfold.co.uk Mr Iain Mackay Torloisk Farm, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, Argyll PA74 6NH Tel (M): 07775 875860 | Email: torloisk@gmail.com

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of the Society, offer this valuable and important service in a voluntary capacity, and their time is precious. Cattle to be viewed must be ready, convenient, and properly restrained at the time of the Field Officer’s appointment.

Otherwise it will be necessary to levy a charge equal to the whole cost of the visit.

Mr Hugh M MacPhail Callachally Farm, Salen, Aros, Isle of Mull PA72 6JN Tel (H): 01680 300424 | Tel (F): 01680 300424 Email: macphail@tiscali.co.uk Mr Archie McArthur Tiretigan Farm, Kilberry, Tarbert, Argyll PA29 6YD Tel (H): 01880 770225 | Tel (M): 07881 908556 Email: tiretigan@gmail.com Mr Bob McWalter 12 Clerk Drive, Corpach, Fort William. PH33 7LE Tel (H): 01397 772212 | Tel (M): 07464 072551 Email: gwenmcwalter@hotmail.co.uk Mr Dochy Ormiston Gelderside, Balmoral Estate, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. AB35 5TX Tel (H): 01339 742353 | Email: dochyo@icloud.com Mrs Annie Perkins Clink Cottage Farm, Marlcliff, Bidford-on-Avon. B50 4NY Tel (H): 01789 490872 | Tel (M): 07816 877259 Email: amperkins@aol.com Mr Robert Phillip Green Farm, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 4LA Tel (H): 01729 850217 Email: info@hellifieldhighlandbeef.co.uk Mr John Redpath Knowehead, Kilry, Alyth, Perthshire PH11 8JA Tel (H): 01575 560233 Email: redpathknowehead@aol.com Mr Geoff Spawton Gilfachwen, Cellan, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 8HL Tel (H): 01570 423080 | Email: geoff@themay.co.uk Mr Robert Tedbury Fold View, Church Farm, London Road, Hardham, Pulborough RH20 1LB Tel (H): 01798 872985 | Tel (M): 07803 087213 Email: robert.tedbury@btinternet.com

PANEL OF JUDGES 2021/2022 Highland Cattle Society Panel of Judges We have a selection of judges available to judge Highland Cattle at shows all over the world. Please contact your chosen judge directly. When a Highland Cattle Society panel judge is used for Highland Cattle classes at a show in the UK the results can be put forward for the Show Fold of the Year competition.

Procedure for appointment of a new judge.

A nomination form is available from the Highland Cattle Society and will require information on the nominee’s experience and involvement with Highland Cattle. Nominations are usually considered by Council once a year at the October Council meeting. Council may ask the nominee to shadow two experienced judges at a show and sale.

Mr Matt Auld West Plann, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, KA2 0EF, Scotland Tel (H): 01563 525905 | Email: moragauld@gmail.com

Mr Jim Ayres 36 West End, Northwold, Thetford, Norfolk, IP26 5LE, England Tel: (H) 01366 728565 Email: jimayres.ba@gmail.com Mr Jochen Born Hellweg 7, 57319 Bad Berleburg, Wingeshausen, Germany Email: famborn@gmx.de Mr Mark Braines Daisy Hill, 10 Mill Street, Mill Field, Sunderland, SR4 7BG, England Tel (M): 07702 724759 Email: info@brainesremovals.co.uk Mr Ken Brown Ledlanet, Kinross, KY13 7RR, Scotland Tel (H): 01577 863456 Email: craigowmill@gmail.com

Mr Charlie Bruce Bogside, King Edward, Banff.

Aberdeenshire, AB45 3LX, Scotland Tel (H): 01261 821244 | Tel (M): 07801 698787 Email: chazz125@hotmail.com Mr Duncan Buchanan Shenavallie Farm, Benderloch, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QU, Scotland Tel (H): 01631 720240 | Tel (M): 07796 803678 Email: shenavallie@hotmail.com

Mr David Cameron 45 Snowdon Place, Stirling, Stirlingshire, FK8 2JY, Scotland Tel (H): 01786 586310 | Tel (M): 07708 307125 Email: david@agmscotland.co.uk Mr Stuart Campbell Keppochan Farm House, Cladich, Dalmally, Argyll, PA33 1BQ. Scotland Tel (H): 01866 833287 | Tel (M): 07786 621705 Email: cladichfold@gmail.com Mr Robin Chilton Bedwgwynion, Llangadfan, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 0PL, Wales Tel (H): 01938 820180 | Tel (M): 07841 567386 Email: janchilton@madasafish.com Mrs Heather Corrigall No 4 Culnaha, Nigg, Easter Ross, IV19 1QP, Scotland Tel(H): 01862 851229 Email: heather@corrigall.co.uk Mr Donald Dempster Black Park Lodge, Bridge of Cally, Perthshire, PH10 7LQ Tel (H): 01764 650024 | Tel (M): 07748 231406 Email: donalddempster@gmail.com Mr Graeme Easton The Ranch, Letham, Angus DD8 2PG, Scotland Tel (M): 07710 534828 Email: graemeeaston@yahoo.co.uk Mr Charlie Edwards 18 Hill Close, Westmancote, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7EW, England Tel (H):01684 772056 | Tel (M): 07709 929826 Email: doreen345edwards@bt.com

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PANEL OF JUDGES Mr Alistair Fitzsimon Tregallon Farm, Lochfoot, Dumfries, DG2 8NG, Scotland Tel (H): 01387 730272 | Tel (M): 07752 451202 Email: megfitzsimon21@gmail.com

Mr Andrew Kirkpatrick Strathmore, Beith Road, Glengarnock, Beith, Ayrshire, KA14 3BX, Scotland Tel (H): 01505 683251 | Email: ak@glengarnockfold.com

Mr Alun Garton The Lodge, Longloch Farm, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5UT Tel (H): 01592 501284 | Tel (M): 07811 197081 Email: thaggnam@aol.com

Gisela Klosner Augustenhofweg 3, D-57334 Bad Laasphe, Germany Tel (H): 0049 2754 8010.

Email: g.klosner@hc-augustenhof.de

Mr David Greenhaugh 4 Hanover Court, Warf Road, Penzance, Cornwall. TR18 4UJ Tel (H): 01244 378858 | Tel (M): 07761 214979 Email: mail@davidgreenhaugh.com

Mrs Lesley Lacey Toll House, Lawers, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2PA, Scotland Tel (H):01567 820561 | Email: horncarver@googlemail.com

Mr David Haighton Muckleton Bank Farm, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6RQ, England Tel (H): 01939 251128 | Tel (M): 07882 630220 Email: david.haighton22@btinternet.com Mr Duncan Handley Quarry Farm, Dorstone, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR3 6BL, England Tel (H): 01981 550096 | Tel (M) 07867 791626 Email: gildenvale@yahoo.com Mr Arthur Hill Hollybush House, 49 Sheinton Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6HU, England Tel (H): 01952 728239 | Tel (M): 07970 678625 Email: arthurhill49@me.com Mr Hugh Hoather Oak House, Hassalls Lane, Bridge Trafford, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 4GA, England Tel (H): 01244 300742 | Tel (M): 07801 342072 Email: hugh.hoather@btinternet.com Mr Stephen Hunter Barnhill Farm, Allanton, Shotts, Lanarkshire, ML7 5AB Scotland Tel (H): 01501 820433 | Tel (M): 07747 610513 Email: stephenandrosemary@btinternet.com Mr Philip Kettle 1 Preceptory, Stainby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5QR, England Tel (H): 01476 860099 | Tel (M): 07870 283084 Email: kettlephillip@yahoo.com

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Mr James Laing 7 King Edward Court, King Street, Invergordon. Ross-shire, IV18 0RF, Scotland Tel (H): 01349 853105 | Tel (M): 07754 411460 Mr Dexter Logan Greenhead Farm, Alva, Clackmannanshire, FK12 5BQ, Scotland Tel (H): 01259 760432 | Tel (M): 07825 176095 Email: kelsologan@aol.com Mr Angus MacDonald Ardbhan, Kyles, Bayhead, North Uist Outer Hebrides, HS6 5DY, Scotland Tel (H): 01876 510293 | Tel (M): 07970 218904 Email: macdonaldfirms.com Mr Angus Mackay Tigh Cuileann, Achnagoul,

by Inverary, Argyll, PA32 8XT. Scotland Tel (H): 01499 302677 | Tel (M): 07810 785078 Email: caledoniancowboy@me.com Mr Ewan Mackay 5 Crosshead Road, Killearn, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G63 9RN, Scotland Tel (H): 01360 551604 | Tel (M): 07554 421754 Email: ewanm29@googlemail.com Mr Iain MacKay Torloisk Farm, Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, Argyll, PA74 6NH, Scotland Tel (M): 07775 875860 | Email: torloisk@gmail.com Mr Charlie MacLean Mortimers Farm, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 7EA, England Tel (H): 02380 601938 Email: mortimersfarm@btinternet.com

PANEL OF JUDGES Mr William MacLean Inverglen, Barcaldine, By Oban, Argyll, PA37 1SG, Scotland Tel (H): 01631 720560 | Tel (M): 07789 670264 Email: williemaclean777@gmail.com Mr Donald MacNaughton 72 Centre Street, Kelty, Fife, KY4 0EH, Scotland Tel (M): 07706 947510.

Mr Colin MacPhail The Paddock, Over Abington Farm, Abington, Lanarkshire, ML12 6SF, Scotland.

Tel (M): 07747 046461 Email: colin@macphailconsulting.co.uk Mr Hugh MacPhail Callachally Farm, Salen, Aros, Isle of Mull, Argyll, PA72 6JN, Scotland Tel (H): 01680 300424 | Email: macphail@tiscali.co.uk Mr David Maughan Springmead, Stubhampton, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8JU, England Tel (H): 01258 830568 | Tel (M): 07776 016473 Email: sammaughan@hotmail.com Mr Archie McArthur Tiretigan Farm, Kilberry, Tarbert, Argyll, PA29 6YD, Scotland Tel (H): 01880 770225 | Tel (M): 07881 908556 Email: tiretigan@gmail.com Mr Gordon McConachie Culfoich House, Advie, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, PH26 3PN, Scotland Tel (H):01807 510201 | Tel (M): 07712 672399 Email: gord.ali@btopenworld.com Mr Alistair McIntyre Cedar Cottage, Enterkine Estate,

by Ayr, Ayrshire. KA6 5AL. Scotland Tel (H) 01292 520453 | Tel (M): 07779 31119

Mr James McKechnie France Farm, Church Road, Gartocharn Dumbartonshire, G83 8NF, Scotland Tel (H):01389 830757 | Tel (M): 07733 196667 Email: catfrance@hotmail.co.uk Mr Neil McLellan Kilchiaran, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, Argyll, PA48 7UB, Scotland Tel (H): 01496 850248

Mr Jim McMillan 10 Latch Gardens, Brechin, Angus, PA48 7UB, Scotland Tel (H): 01356 629441 Email: mcmillan83@yahoo.co.uk Mr Bob McWalter 12 Clerk Drive, Corpach, Fort William, Inverness, PH33 7LE, Scotland Tel (H): 01397 772212 | Tel (M): 07464 072551 Email: gwenmcwalter@hotmail.co.uk Mr David Mitchell Upper Cray Farm, Stainland Dean, Holywell Green, Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire, HX4 9QA, England Tel (H): 01422 379273 | Tel (M): 07768 152153 Email: david@dmddesign.co.uk Mr Malcolm Moy 51 Haggs Road, Pollock Country Park, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G41 4AP, Scotland Tel (H): 0141 636 1554 | Tel (M): 07919 228701 Email: mlsafaris0@gmail.com Mr Bob Mumford 32 High Causeway, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6BZ, England Tel (H): 01952 727138 | Tel (M): 07539 955576 Email: mumfordrobert194@btinternet.com

Mr Iain McKay Cnoc Cottage, Creagan, Appin, Argyll, PA38 4BQ, Scotland Tel (H): 01631 730617 | Tel (M): 07767 066664 Email: Iainmckay@btinternet.com

Mr Jim Ogston Innishewan Cottage, Luib, Crianlarich, Perthshire, FK20 8QT, Scotland Tel (H): 01567 820583 Email: jimogston@btinternet.com

Mr Stuart McKay Duiletter Farm, Glenstrae, Dalmally, Argyll, PA33 1AP, Scotland Tel (M) 07748 226203 Email: stuartmckay726@btinternet.com

Mr Dochy Ormiston Gelderside, Balmoral Estate, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5TX, Scotland Tel (H): 01339 742353 | Email: dochyo@icloud.com

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PANEL OF JUDGES Riikka Palonen Oskarintic 12, 38420 Satstamala, Finland Tel (H): 0035 8405619041 Email: palonenriikka@gmail.com

Mr Andy Smith Strathoich, Aberchalder, Invergarry.

Inverness-shire, PH35 4HN, Scotland Tel (H): 01809 501260 | Tel (M): 07880 792805.

Mr Robert Phillip Green Farm, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 4LA, England Tel (H): 01729 850217 | Tel (M): 07812 105375 Email: info@hellifieldhighlandbeef.co.uk

Mr David Soutar Strathellie, Old Drove Road, Alyth, Perthshire, PH11 8JX, Scotland Tel (H): 01828 633917 | Tel (M): 07836 578957 Email: david.soutar@btinternet.com

Mr John Redpath Knowehead, Kilry, Alyth, Perthshire, PH11 8JA, Scotland Tel (H): 01575 560233 | Tel (M): 07801 313853 Email: redpathknowehead@aol.com

Mr Geoff Spawton Gilfachwen, Cellan, Lampeter, Ceredigion, SA48 8HN, Wales Tel (H): 01570 423080 | Tel (M): 07966 066219 Email: geoff@themay.co.uk

Mr Daniel Rowbottom West Cottage, St Michale’s Road, Bilsbarrow, Preston, PR3 0RT, England Tel (M): 07812 858893 | Email: rowbottom2@hotmail.com Mr Tom Sample Fossoway School House, Crook of Devon, Kinross, Perth, KY13 0UL, Scotland Tel (M): 07725 880351 | Email: twsample84@hotmail.com Mr John Singer Kintore House, Auchenblae, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, AB30 1TS, Scotland.

Tel (M): 07786 396504 Email: jockfaetheblae@hotmail.com

Mr Rich Thomson Speyview, Lagganbridge, By Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1AN, Scotland Tel (H): 01528 544211 | Email: bettyandrich@gmail.com Mr Robert Wain 114 Mortledge, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3SD, England Tel (H): 01629 580046 Mr Les Wardle Springfields, Bottom Lane, Ipstones, Stoke-on-Trent. ST10 2LN, England Tel (H): 01538 266476 | Email: lwardle@plantmachinery.co.uk

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