Charolais sale sees Glenernan Angus reach 30,000gns, with 29 five-figure bulls and a £10,826 average for 57 bulls at Perth.

Dalmally Blackface ram sale: 608 shearlings and aged rams averaged £2281, while 156 ram lambs averaged £3941, with flock averages revealed.

Ross Campbell of Machars YFC is named Young Farmer of the Year at the Scottish Agriculture Awards 2026 in Glasgow; Harry Neill second, Euan MacRae third.

Smallholmburn Farm wins Dairy Farm of the Year at the Scottish Agriculture Awards 2026, celebrating excellence in Scottish dairy farming.

Blackface ram lambs averaged £3940.89 at United Auctions, with Auldhouseburn’s top entry selling for £40,000 as 20 lambs achieved five-figure prices.

Hay Farms won Champion of Champions 2026 at the Scottish Agriculture Awards, adding the overall title to its Arable Farm of the Year win in Scotland.

Ian Murrie wins the Unsung Hero Award at the Scottish Agriculture Awards 2026, in a category sponsored by United Auctions.

Middle herd Ayrshire and Red and White reduction sale reaches 4600gns, with 197 cows and heifers averaging £2738 at H+H Rural auction.

Gisburn Auction Marts’ dairy sale topped £4100 for a Peak Ring pedigree heifer, as newly calved heifers averaged £2933 and cows reached £2650.

Hay Farms has won Arable Farm of the Year at the Scottish Agriculture Awards 2026, with the category sponsored by SoilEssentials, celebrating farming excellence.

Sheep shearers and agricultural contractors remain excluded from the UK Temporary Shortage List, raising 2027 labour and animal welfare concerns for farmers.

Defra aims to double English farms meeting wildlife targets to 42 by 2030, with new farming goals for soil health, hedgerows, habitats and water quality.