Cairngorms fire byelaw cuts recorded fires from 312 to 100 in first season, as April 1-September 30 campfire ban boosts awareness despite ongoing wildfire risk.

Simmental females set a breed centre record 9200gns at Swatragh, Northern Ireland, while bulls reached 6000gns at the club’s anniversary sale.

Hereford cattle show and sale at Shrewsbury reaches 7800gns, led by Midford 1 Crackerjack, with strong bull and female averages reported by Halls Livestock.

Beef Shorthorn steers and Aberdeen-Angus bullocks topped Longtown suckled calf sale at £2180, while a Limousin heifer won the championship at £2120.

Janet and Percy Bolland’s final in-milk animal won the Craven Dairy sale championship at Skipton, topping trade at £3300; heifers averaged £2875.

Latest Scottish livestock market report: lamb and cattle auction prices at Newton Stewart, Thainstone, Stirling, Ayr, Lanark, St Boswells and Dingwall.

Prime lamb prices have eased, but tighter supplies and export demand are supporting trade as processors turn towards the Christmas market.

Suckled calves reached £6000 at United Auctions’ Stirling show and sale, where 2446 head sold and a British Blue cross heifer topped trade at £22.22/kg.

Scotland’s beef and sheep sectors could add £350m in economic output by 2032, QMS tells MSPs, through modest livestock growth and supply-chain investment.

Helen Goldie’s Harpercroft flock in Kilmarnock wins the West and Central Scotland Suffolk Club competition, with Redbrae reserve and champion show points.

RSABI is inviting older Scottish farmers and crofters to free Festive Lunches across Scotland this December, tackling rural loneliness through Ploughing On.

Texel shearling tops Dingwall breeding ram sale at £2200 for WJ Jack and Sons, as 185 shearlings average £666.48 at Dingwall and Highland Marts in Scotland.