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Dog TrialsScottishInternational

14 World MarketsHugh Stringleman

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farmingscotlandis written, edited, designed andprinted Scotland. This publicationreports industry wide over thewhole of Scotland and NortherrnEngland and is distributed free forfarmers and crofters to abattoirs,livestock markets, farm suppliesand department offices from theBorders to the Butt of Lewis, fromStranraer to the Shetland Isles andClitheroe to Cumbria.

EDITOR: Eilidh MacPherson Glengowan, Scaur Water,Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 4NJ

Tel: 01848 600 286Mobile:[email protected]

PUBLISHER - Eilidh MacPherson

Cover - Kerry Lindsay, High Crosby Farm

Text and photography by Eilidh MacPherson

unless otherwise stated

Page 6 - top - SRU

Page 9 - CSJ

Page 10 - left - Angie Driscoll

Page 11 - authors own

Page 14 - C-DAX

I was approached by LANTRA to finda farmer who chose the trainingoption on their Land ManagementContracts and interview them. Afriend pushed me in the direction ofRory Kerr, who is a great example of ayoung guy keen to go farming fulltime and an interesting interviewee.

Hugh Stringleman from New Zealandis back writing his World Marketssection - he has covered the worlddairy situation this time.

David Leggat kindly showed meround the state of the art new marketin Stirling this week and it will behighlighted in the next issue of themagazine.

I attended the Beef Fayre, run by theScottish Beef Association at Pitlochiein Fife. For me it was a worthy trip,meeting farmers, companies andindustry contacts. The next issue willbe bursting with features and advertsafter this slimline effort!

It was with some relief that I satdown on the Sunday at the HighlandShow to watch the National andOpen Shearing events after four fullon days of chat and not have to con-centrate too hard and talk on amicrophone.....maybe another time??

The Royal Highland Show was asever a fantastic, if not tiring,four day event. I had been quite

excited to have received a phone callfrom Dave Turner, Chair of the BritishIsles Shearing ompetitions Committeea couple of months before theHighland to commentate at the sheepshearing event this year. Excitementwas met by disappointment on thefirst morning of the shearing when I was informed that three guys werecommentating - internal politics orsexism one wonders?

Anyway I went on to have a greatHighland, with amazing responsesfrom readers and advertisers alike. I met heaps of interesting people andhope to feed that back into the magazine in the next few issues. The positive energy from the agriculture sector, when the rest of the country is in recession and allgloom, doom and despair is refreshing.

I ventured over the Border to interview the first farmer to install aRobotic milking machine in the NW of England - farmingscotland.com'sfirst English feature and I will nodoubt be doing a few more in theyears to come.

The Scottish Nationals come to theSouth West this year and once againthey are being filmed by BBC ALBA.I have been asked to show CatrionaMacPhee, one of the interviewers howto shear a sheep! That should beinteresting as I no longer shear verymany and must admit to not havingdone one this year yet. I'd better headhome quick and get into practice andsqueeze into some shearing pants!

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In April De Laval produced its 5000th Voluntary Milking System (VMS) – the fully automated milking robot that provides dairy farmers around the world with a new balance between a more profitable business and enhanced lifestyle. The milestone reflects the interest and demand for automation inthe dairy industry. farmingscotland.com visited the first in NW England.

Achange in lifestyle, a highermilk production level and thepeace of mind it brings

knowing that “a milker” is alwaysthere, around the clock. Thousandsof milk producers credit the VMS inhelping them boost profitability andefficiency while freeing them fromthe strenuous chore of twice-a-daymilking. “I was getting to an age to have to

change something. My two daughters;Kerry, who is a farm secretary forArmstrong and Watson and Anna, acomputer trainer, were both keen tokeep the cows on instead of puttingthem off like everyone else is doinglocally,” shared Maurice Lindsay ofHigh Crosby Farm, Carlisle. Following a visit to see a robot in

operation, they decided on the journey home that it was the way togo. “We thought De Laval seemedcleaner and easier with a robotic armrather than a large piece of machineryunder the cow. It has it’s own washtit cup, which we also thought a betterdesign than the competitors’ brushes.“We have some cows with big bags

and reckoned that the machine wouldstruggle, but it coped fine. Since itwent in in February we have only hadtwo cases of mastitis,” enthusedMaurice.“Farmers around the world have

adopted VMS at a record breakingpace. We credit this success partly on

the unique design of VMS but mostlyon how well this design has met orexceeded our customers’ expectations,”says DeLaval Vice President MilkingSystems Andrew Turner. The DeLaval VMS 2009 has just

hit the markets. According to Turner,it brings yet another round ofenhancements with more than 30 newfeatures improving user friendliness,overall performance and safety. With energy consumption at an all

time low, ranging between 15 and 25kW per ton of milk, VMS is one ofthe most cost efficient milking systems in the world, capable of harvesting 2000 to 2500 kg of milkper day. The whole dairy system at High

Crosby was adapted for the arrival ofthe magical machine. A new shedwith automated gateways, triggeredby transponders worn by the cows,and a state of the art computer system with software for every eventuality was installed. “Thetransponders let us know if any cowhasn’t been in for milking and alsomonitors high activity for breedingpurposes, which makes life easy forAI. We have been using Red andWhite Holsteins – Winconston Red.All the heifers and some of the bettercows are covered with Redrock sexedsemen.”“There are so many changes as we

are training cows all the time and

calving all year round now,” saidMaurice, who although operating azero grazing policy in part through thesummer months, still likes the cowsto exercise and get outside. “We are keeping them fairly tight

on the electric fence, in the nearestfield, to get them to come in. Thereis freshly cut grass available inside andwe offer a semi-TMR with silage,maize, grains and a blend from JimPeet. It is a feed first system, sowhen they come in the only way backout is through a shedding gate andthey are milked depending on thetime since their last visit. We find ifit is hot or wet the cows tend to stayunder cover.”

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FARM DETAILS

Farmer: Maurice Lindsay & daughtersKerry & Anna, trading asJP & EM Millar

Farming: High Crosby Farm

Location: Carlisle, Cumbria

Area: 220 acres (170 owned)

Stock: 84 Holstein Friesian cows40 beef bulls

Crops: barley and maize

The Lindsay’s have 64 cowsacquainted with the VMS and feelthat 70 is about its limit. Previouslythey milked 100 cows without pushing them, but now they intend todrive production a bit harder andreckon that they should produce thesame amount of milk with fewer cows.In the winter months when the

cattle were housed, on average theywere being milked 2.9 times a day,but now they are able to go outsidethey return to be milked twice a day.The move to robotic milking has

meant that labour has been reducedon farm. A young lad, who was on a5 day week is now working part time2-3 days a week. “And when I retireit will be an easier system for the girlsto manage,” said Maurice. “The ideawas that I would have more free time,but so far I haven’t managed as we’vebeen busy training the cows and I’vehad turnout inbetween and lots ofcows calving!”Previously the Lindsays milked in a

12/12 Westfalia herringbone directline parlour. “We had no records ofeach cows performance – now wehave more information than we knowwhat to do with!”Kerry looks after the calves and the

computing side and has just startedusing Uniform Agri for medicinerecords. If someting is wrong with aquarter it is flagged up and the cow

can be automatically drafted off. “Irecieve a phone call on my mobile ifanything goes wrong. So far we havehad a couple of computer glitches butno machine breakdowns. Mathers,who installed it have been great. It isthe first in the North of England sohas been a learning curve for them aswell.”Maurice belives that a dairy

business has to be family sized ormassive to survive. “The majority ofsmaller units are putting two robotsin. We have an option to put morecows on and a second plant by usingand adapting the old parlour for arobotic unit.”In the immediate area four dairy

farmers, who were milking between40-80 cows have put them off.“TheRE are not many our size lefthere.”The Dairy producers’ future is

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Ayear out in New Zealand dueto injury was the next step forRory. He tailed lambs for

Spain and Smith in the Deep South,picked up a hand piece and wentsheep shearing and then worked as acasual shepherd with two dogs onsheep stations around Queenstown.Now back on farm at Mid Finnery

and Low Gartocharns, near Drymen,Rory is training once more. Heselected the Skills Developmentoption in the Land ManagementContracts and decided to go on an AIcourse. “A neighbour and the local AIman first mentioned the programme,which I eventually found on-line withsome difficulty,” admitted Rory.He spent three days at SAC

Auchincruive, on the Semex run AIcourse. “There were only three of usso we had lots of attention and practice.”Last year Rory inseminated 15

Angus cross cows, which all held andhe now has his own semen tank, oncontract with Genus. He boughtstraws from Netherton – the Moss MrEshton and Netherton Santa Cruiseand from Rawburn – Elydium andRawburn Transformer. He has alsopurchased some older straws fromNorthern Samurai, which he reckonswas a great bull.Historically, the cattle run on the

160 acres at Low Gartocharns havebeen commercial Aberdeen Anguscrosses, but a young enthusiastic Roryis changing tradition and has invested

in two Wedderlie pure Angus heifers.“I'm starting a pedigree herd and hopeto build it up to 20 cows and thoughtthe easy way to do it was by AI. Ialso intend to use some of the Anguscross cows for embryo transplants,

with the assistance of Embryo bionics.”“At the moment I look at the cows

faults and match up the right bull. IEBV everything and concentrate onbirth weight and weaning weight, theidea is to eventually take a bull to the'Perth Bull Sale'.”In 2004 the Kerr's purchased 60

acres at Mid Finnery, just down theroad from Low Gartocharns but Rory,who would love to go full timefarming, still reckons that it is toosmall to make a good living.Currently he is working full time forhis father's renewable energy company – Ecoliving – and on farm inthe evenings and at weekends.Rory also runs 170 cross ewes

covered with Beltex, Texel andSuffolk rams. Newly introduced are20 pure Beltex ewes, bought in from;Inveresk – Shanks of Carluke, DonaldDouglas – Beechcross, Inverness,Beachy – John Barclay of Mayboleand the third-placed at the show andsale at Lanark from the Baillie's ofCalla. Rory is still looking to buysome more quality breeding stock ashaving small numbers he would ratherhave top quality.

Training has been part and parcelof Rory Kerr's life. Having playedas a professional rugby playerfrom 19 years of age until he was27, Rory, who farms at Gartocharnin partnership with his Grandfather- Drew Rankin (84) - has threecaps for Scotland.

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This season Rory intends to workwith Innovis and flush the Beltexewes, using some Mules as recipients.He has not been stereotypically

taught and is open to new ideas andwilling to try to do things differently.Having worked on farms overseas hehas taken various methods home andtried to make them work.Other training courses that this

young farmer has attended over thepast couple of years include sheepdipping, transport of animals and hisGold Seal Sheep Shearing Certificate.Rory's sporting prowess has certainlyshone through as he qualified for theIntermediate final and Senior semi-final at the recent 25th South ofScotland Shears at the BaronyCollege. Eradication of Johnnes and BVD

with the aid of the SAC PremiumHealth scheme was another LandManagement Option, which Rorychose. Rush management has made ahuge impact on the grazing at MidFinnery and Rory is now interested infurthering his knowledge of grasslandmanagement and is looking into thetraining options available.“Out of the 3,948 LMO

applications for 2008, there are 1,064beneficiaries who have applied forSkills Development (Training) with aprojected expenditure of around£459,000. The SGRPID are expecting to commence paying theLMO 2008 scheme from the summer2009,” says Anne Haskell, Marketingand Communications Co-ordinatorfor LANTRA in Scotland.Anyone interested in broadening

their horizons and attending an agricultural based training courseshould check out http://www.scot-land.gov.uk/Topics/Rural/SRDP/Land-Managers Options/Availableoptions/Skillsdevelopmenttraining or theLANTRA website www.lantraonestopshop.co.ukFor further information on LMO,

please see the Land Managers Optionsinformation leaflet and the LandManagers Options Notes forGuidance. Both documents are available in pdf format.


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Gilbert Marshall, TrialsChairman for the SW is hosting the event on his,

unfortunately named, Cocklicks Farm,near Ruthwell for the third time.Irishman, Gilbert who has been

trialling all his life, like many otherkinsmen has moved from his homeland to be able to farm on alarger scale. Forty years ago he lefthis 35-acre holding in County Armaghin Northern Ireland and headed toCarmarthen in South Wales, quadrupling his land area – 146 acres.Twenty years on the Marshall’s

moved North to Scotland, almostdoubling the farm size this time – 272acres. Beef, sheep and barley are themain enterprises and of course thesheep dogs.Gilbert, who has been in the

Scottish team three times, includinglast year, has never won the National.This year he has two chances, in theshape of 5-year old Scott, who is offJK Kennedy’s Bill and McGallagher’sGyp and Ben (also 5), who was bredby K Hall, out of Ben and Fly.Although Gilbert breeds Texels, it

will be Blackies from Bobby Dalzeilthat will run at the National.Gilbert fattens his lambs on farm

and sells through the ring at Dumfries

and Lockerbie. He buys his 200 headof cattle from these outlets; mainlyCharolais and Charolais cross and finishes them at Cocklicks. “I findthat the Charolais come to betterweights and grow bigger,” statesGilbert, who finishes them on homegrown barley and silage, hanging themup at Scotbeef at 500-600kgs.A thirty strong suckler herd of

mainly Black Angus and someCharolais crosses also run at this SWholding, run by Gilbert and his sonEdward.Gilbert, who will turn 74 just

before the event, says he first ran adog when he was about 20 years oldand had his initial win shortly after.He is now teaching his grandsonDaniel (14) with his own young dog –Tess and reckons that they will beready to run next year.Presently Gilbert has 13 dogs and

4 pups on farm. He tends to buy inrather than breed them. “Spot was agood dog, he goes back to ThompsonMcKnight’s Gail and Roy – I still havehim – was bred by Alex Spears,County Down. I bought Max offSpears a week ago.”The next few weeks will be busy

for the Marshall’s setting up thefields. “We have to take the silage off

at the right time and not to cut it tooearly so the grass is not too long. Weare aiming for the 1st July to cut.”Once again BBC ALBA will be

filming and the Gaelic TV Channel168 will be showing footage fromtrails around the country, culminatingin the Nationals at Annan.

Sheep dog mania is soon to sweep the SW of Scotland,with The Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials running on the6th, 7th & 8th August on Cocklicks Farm, Annan.

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SCOTTISH NATIONAL SHEEP DOG TRIALS

6TH 7TH 8TH AUGUST 2009

COCKLICKS FARM, ANNAN, DUMFRIESSHIRE

Come along and see 150 competitors and their dogs compete from all over

Scotland at this Championship event which will be filmed by BBC Alba

The top 15 Scottish competitors and dogs will go forward to represent Scotland

at the International Sheep Dog Trials in September at Lowther Park.

Along side this Championship Event there will be a Countryside Fair

Local Trade Stands and Crafters, Stick Making Demonstrations,

Local Bus Tours

On the Saturday 8th August there will be a family day with added attractions

Events Ring:

7 Stanes mountain biking display team

Dog and Duck Display

and much more.

Visitors and public welcome

Admission free for children under 16 years of age

Eye testing Vet will be in attendance on Saturday 8th August, 2009

Our major sponsor is Energy Solutions, Chapel Cross, Annan.

For further enquiries please contact Fiona McMillan, Secretary,

Mob: 07743 977313

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With a lifetime in WorkingSheepdogs it is perhaps notsurprising that in 1998 Ceri

Rundle founded CSJ Specialist Feeds – possibly the fastest growing dogfood brand in the UK today…….Dogs are Ceri's passion and she

was born into a family where theworking sheepdog was a part of everyday life.Her father Glyn Jones is a former

International Supreme and ReserveSupreme Champion sheepdog trialistand Ceri started competing too at ayoung age. The list of proud moments is long

and includes:o Being the first lady to appear on the popular BBC TV programme 'One Man and His Dog'

o Being the first woman to qualify for the Welsh National Team

o Being in the Welsh National Team three times

o Running for Wales in the World Trials in 2005The major cost of the kennels was

food and, being unable to find a quality product at an affordable price,Ceri made a life-changing decision tocombine her two areas of expertise –dogs and marketing – and to focus ona career of developing a range of dogfood to meet her needs and those ofothers like her.Working with the UK's leading

nutritionist, the first product in theCSJ Original range, ‘That'll Do’, wasdeveloped and now there are 3 comprehensive ranges of VAT freeworking dog feeds - 'CSJ Original','CSJ Champ' and 'CommandPerformance'.With an understanding of the

health-related properties of herbs, andfeedback on the problems of dogowners visiting the website –www.csjk9.com – work soon beganwith the country's top herbalists.The resulting herbal supplements

Calm Down! Get Over! and ComeOn! – all, like the food, descriptivelynamed – were introduced and followed by others designed to helpdogs suffering from epilepsy, cystitis

or urine crystals and muscle cramps,plus the most recent, Billy No Mates!a natural flea, tick and lice repellent.Command Performance, the

hypo-allergenic, super-premium, single meat-protein food rangelaunched in 2004, also benefits fromthe inclusion of herbs and the carefulcombination of ingredients promotes ahealthy digestive system, flexiblejoints and reduced faecal odour andvolume.CSJ has countless loyal, highly

successful users from the diversefields of sheepdogs; gundogs; agility;obedience; flyball; dog shows; andHusky racing.The business is still managed by

Ceri and husband Phil, who left a

successful corporate career to join thecompany, from the original familysheep farm nestling amongst the picturesque hills of Denbighshire. Ceri says, “We have brought in

other professional dog people in thevarious sporting arenas and developedlong-term and solid relationships withtop people in each of the areas ofexpertise. CSJ has distributors andstockists throughout the UK, and asmaller network in the EU and USA,which we forecast to expand rapidly,in line with our current growth.”Ceri believes the company's grass

roots understanding of the real needsof dogs and dog owners sets themapart - borne out perhaps by theresults of people using CSJ products.

01745 710470 www.worldsheepdogtrials.org www.csjk9.com Pictured left Mosse and above Aled with Roy’

Well done to Aled Owen, Corwen and his dog, Roy, forbecoming 2008 World Champions and to Kevin Evans,Libanus, with his dog, Mirk for winning theprestigious International Supreme Champion title.This is the second time Aled has won the World Championship

having won the first ever event staged in Bala in 2002. Teams of

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Thoreau wrote “I went to thewoods because I wished to livedeliberately…” When he chose

to spend a few years on Walden Pond,Thoreau wrote about a life of simplicity and of the connectionsbetween nature and man. It is hardtoday to imitate his quest completely.But get yourself a dog and somesheep, spend quiet mornings in greenfields, and you might find yourselfcloser to living the life you have imagined. The new book – The World of

Sheepdogs, A Photographic Tribute –provides another way to transportyourself into the world inhabited bydogs and sheep, through the magic ofphotography. Following the ideals ofThoreau, the author Angie Driscolland her husband Kelvin Broad havefollowed their passion. Originallyfrom New Zealand, and for a while living in Canada and Scotland, theynow live in Wales and are active members of the farming and sheepdog worlds. This book was conceivedby Angie while she served as theWebmaster for the 2008 WorldSheepdog Trials in Llandeilo, Wales. Angie and Kelvin captured

photographs of Border Collies at theWorld Trial, while many photos ofEuropean-based dogs are contributedby Joachim Homm, Germany. Initself, that makes this book a timecapsule, portraying extraordinaryevents and dogs. But the book ismore than that. It captures the connections between nature and manthrough its portrayal of dogs at closerange, with views we never see whenwe stand at the handler's post. The World of Sheepdogs, A

Photographic Tribute portrays thedogs belonging to young handlers likeKevin Evans of Wales andInternational Supreme ChampionMirk as well as up and comers likeChloe Cropper and Roy of England.Dogs belonging to pillars of the sportlike Aled Owen and Scotsmen, BobbyDalziel and Stuart Davidson are also

pictured as are dogs owned by handlers from Ireland, England,Wales, Denmark , Norway, Sweden,the Netherlands, Germany, Australia,New Zealand, South Africa, Italy andmore, with a total of fifty-two dogsbelonging to the top men and womenfrom nineteen countries pictured. For those who wish to know moreabout Border Collies and handlersaround the world, this book is a treasure trove of information, withrich content interwoven amidst thephotos. A biography of each handleris provided, along with the story ofeach dog, career highlights and the allimportant pedigrees. At the end ofthe book are lists of WorldChampions, International SupremeChampions, Continental Champions,USBCHA Champions andScandinavian Champions.The working sheepdog is a part of

our heritage. Herding dogs workedalongside farmers in Thoreau's dayand dogs are still an important featureof agricultural landscape today. In theintroduction, Angie says the bookputs a face on the humble sheep dog,reminding us that Border Collies “areworking dogs first and foremost, performing their job with enthusiasm,courage, intensity, tenacity, athleticism and even beauty.” “Nature is genius,” wrote Thoreau,

and this book demonstrates the geniusand the raw beauty of the dogs atwork on the field. Leafing throughthe pages, the beautiful portraitsreveal the joy of the humble workingsheepdog. And through these dogsmany of us have realized that perfectstate of being “in our dreams, awake.”This unique and beautiful new bookwill appeal to everyone who has lovedthe working Border Collie andadmired the working sheepdog.Order directly from –

www.kinlochsheepdogs.com or, contact Angie at 01267 253388.A limited number of books will alsobe available from the ISDS tent atthe 2009 Scottish National.

AndrewEmmerson &Midge

Skyeman – Andrew Emmerson– who is shepherding atCorsebank, Sanquhar in

Dumfriesshire has qualified to runMidge at the National. His first trialling experience was

chance as he came in early from agather at Kingsburgh, on Skye, anddecided with the others to go andspectate at KC MacKinnon’sBernisdale Trial. He was placed inthe local. From then on it has beenonward and upward. Andrew, who worked at SAC

Kirkton for a couple of years, thenon the 45 000 acre Auch andInvermearn Estate before heading tothe South West, reckons that a hilldog can make a good trial dog butnot vice versa and he always runsdogs that deliver at home on the hillas well as on the trial field.

Andrew’s firstregistered dog wasGwen from StuartMcFarlane’s Sweepfrom Bridge of Cally.Although he had nofirst prizes with her,his best haul was fourtrophies in the Localsection at Dunveganin one day. She rantill she was 10 yearsold.His next bitch

proved too fast andhard for trialling sowas sold off as a greatworking dog to KathHuston on Mull.This year Midge, bredby John MacDougall,Manager on the Dukeof Montrose’sGartencaber Farm, atDrymen is Andrew’s

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sixth ticket to the National. She isout of his Midge and Roy. Incidentiallyhis first run at a National was also atCocklicks Farm!Midge who is only 2 years old won

her first trial – the Local at Sanquharand was placed at a lot of nurseries.She picked up her qualifying points atGlenlyon, where she scored 105/110.“I’d love to make the Scottish

team,” concluded Andrew, who hassold dogs at auction to £2500.


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Well it’s a wee while since I’veput pen to paper or should Isay fingers to keyboard for

farmingscotland.com. Nothing haschanged too much here at Newhouse.We’ve had a fantastic run with the

bull sales getting champion at the lastsale in Perth with Newhouse BlackColorado probably one of the bestblack bulls we’ve bred and he headedup to Orkney, to a commercial beefherd for 16000 gns. We plan to payhim a visit this summer as I’m judgingat the county show in August. At the moment we are all sold out

of bulls aged to work, which is great,but there are always some heifers tomarket. The Blue Leicester’s have had a

tough spring and not looking theirbest but the boys did manage to scoopthe overall sheep championship atAlyth show last weekend with ahomebred two crop ewe, so we wereall very happy.We’ve had a few school visits to

the farm this spring and I was alsoinvolved with the Angus Estate day,this is all organized by RHET, which I

enjoy working with very much. It isalways rewarding having the schoolsaround at lambing time and this yearwe had a lamb born during the visit,which was great but pretty nerve-racking until I saw it shake itshead! The kids just thought this wasamazing and the feed back from themis always very interesting. Bob and I were at the RHET

reception at the Highland Show celebrating 10 years of the trust,which is a tremendous achievementand lets hope they get even morefunds and support for the future yearsto come.We have a new enterprise here at

the farm – the boys were given 10black rock pullets at Christmas and inJanuary they started to lay and havenot stopped since. A couple startedto cluck, which was giving the boys abit of hassle, but the eggs are lovelyand the delight when a double yolkerarrives is heard all over the farm.We were all at the Highland as a

family on various days and not necessarily all together! The boysboth had a visit to the showground on

Thursday with the school. Theyspent a lot of time up at the armyassault course, which they enjoyedbut looking at horses hadn’t gonedown too well with our James! I was left at home on the Thursday

to do the cattle and thought I mightgive myself a bit of pampering. I hadbeen saving my nails trying to lookafter them letting them grow, in orderto paint them for going to the showon Friday but it didn’t happen! I hada tup lamb with a touch of scad a kickfrom him while spaying his foot sawme head to the show with my nursednails now a glorious teramycin green! We all went through on Friday to

watch Aunty Hazel show her Bluesand Andrew had his first Highlandshowing experience, he got a 6th withHazels tup lamb.The silage is all made and should

be good as the rain stayed away forthat week. No hay cut yet but hopefully buy the time you read thisit should be well undercover – I hope!We had a party in the shed at the

beginning of June to celebrate bothBob and I reaching the big 40! The

shed was washed out, decorated, foodprepared, drink bought, pig put onspit and cowboy gear worn. We had agreat night and instead of gifts wemanaged to gather in £1600 for theCystic Fibrosis Trust. Bob’s Pimmsdid have a strong tinge of gin and afew of our friends did get theWhoosh… as my father in law calls it!A great night was had by all.The boys get off school this week

when project ferret cage will continue. James and his best palRobbie, who is our stockman’s son,have been constructing a ferret cagefor several weeks, well months now,with the intent that when its finishedthey will fill it with the ferrets andcatch rabbits! This has taken upmany hours of design and construction since the nights gotlighter and I hate to think how manynails, wire and wood has been nickedfrom the fencing trailer in order tocomplete this project. I have heardthrough a source that my dear sistermay have the ferrets on order! Watchthis space! As long as they don’t getnear the hens we’ll be ok.

Are you involved in farming oragricultural work in Scotland?Do you care about those who

have dedicated their life to workingon the land? Maybe you just fancygetting involved in a good cause andhaving some fun? Then RSABI needsyou!RSABI is Scotland's only

benevolent fund helping former farmers, farm workers, gamekeepers,ghillies and all other land-based occupations, when these individualshave fallen on hard times. Not onlydo they provide financial assistance toretired workers who are struggling onlow incomes, but also younger peoplewho have perhaps had an accident orillness, which means they can nolonger rely on their job for income.RSABI helps people of all ages and inmany different difficult circumstances,but they need the funds to allow

them to take on more people in need.RSABI does not receive any

government funding and thereforerelies solely on donations, memberships, fundraising activitiesand legacies, to allow this essentialservice to continue. RSABI recently recruited

Stewartry born Ashley Baird to takeon the role of Development Officerfor southern Scotland. Brought up infarming, with a love for the outdoors,Ashley hopes to use her agriculturalbackground to help get RSABI betterknown and supported across southernScotland.Ashley is looking to set up regional

volunteer committees of enthusiasticpeople, who would like to help getsome fundraising events going in theirarea. “I don't want people to be putoff by the thought of a boring committee or long meetings, I'm

looking for a fun mix of people whocan meet in the pub, or round thekitchen table, come up with somegreat fundraising ideas, and run withthem. It doesn't matter if you havenever done fundraising before, orhave years of experience, please getinvolved!”“We need more people on board in

the rural communities to help spreadthe word about RSABI, and raisemoney for those less fortunate thanourselves. None of our beneficiariesthought they would ever need us, butthey are glad we are here now”.Ashley covers all of southern

Scotland, and is happy to come alongand give talks on RSABI to interestedclubs, groups or societies, who maybe looking for a guest speaker.So, if you would like to help

RSABI to help others, why not getinvolved with your local RSABI

Volunteer Committee, have some fun,and raise funds for this worthy cause.Ashley is looking for groups in theLothians, Borders, Dumfries &Galloway, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire,Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire so ifyou can help out or just want to knowmore, please contact her on thedetails below.For anyone who would like more

information on getting help fromRSABI, there is a dedicated team ofwelfare officers who are always morethan happy to chat to you. Allenquiries and assistance are dealt within complete confidence, so please donot hesitate to contact the headoffice.Ashley can be contacted on 01890

830311 or [email protected] details can also be found on thewebsite, www.rsabi.org.uk RSABIHead Office 0131 4724166

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SHEEPfarmingscotlandIssue fifty-five • July 2009

Ross-shire sheep shearer - SimonBedwell – is in with the bigboys now, as he raced New

Zealand icon, Johnny Kirkpatrick offthe board in the Open final at theSouth of Scotland Shears recently.Simon, who topped the thirty-one

man and one woman Open heats witha display of speed and accuracy, travels annually to New Zealand toimprove his skills and technique. Hisefforts are certainly being paid off,with a five second time advantageover nearest rival on the speed stakes,local Charolais sheep breeder andshearing contractor, Alan Kennedy,and an almost flawless board mark hesat top of the pops on 19.55 points.North Island, Maori shearer - JohnnyKirkpatrick – who was in the winningNew Zealand team at the WorldChampionships in Norway inNovember and is current NZ ShearingChamps holder, came second in theheats with a slower time but cleanerfinished job, while Alan Kennedy wasthird.Twelve shearers qualified for the

semi-finals at the 25th CelebratoryShears, including female shearer, UnaCameron of St Boswells.Even though Simon was in the

slower semi final, he still scooped thetime points, pushing his 8 sheep downthe porthole in 6 minutes and 21 seconds. Englishman, AnthonyRooke, was 13s behind him, while therest of the heat were over a minute inhis wake. The second semi-final wasin over drive with 5 out of 6 shearersfinishing in under 6 minutes 48secs.Qualifying overall in fourth positionbehind Kirkpatrick, well seasonedWelsh, Wynn Jones and EnglishAnthony Rooke, Simon was marginal-ly ahead of fellow Scot, Grant Lundieof Dundee and Mark Fox, England.The final showdown saw Simon set

the pace, on the six-man stand. Hewas first in for the catch every timeand completed his pen of 20 Texelcross hoggs in 14 minutes and 21s.Anthony Rooke was hot on his heelstill sheep number nine, when Kiwi,Johnny Kirkpatrick, who is shearingfor Geordie Bayne and Una Cameronagain this season, found form and

started to give Simon a run for hismoney, switching off his machine only4 seconds behind the flying Scotsman.Anthony Rooke and Mark Fox finished on 15m 18 and 15m 21secsrespectively. Grant Lundie and WynnJones were over a minute behind.When the computer worked its

wonders and the tallies were calculated, Johnny Kirkpatrickemerged the victor with a low boardscore and the cleanest pen. Simonwas runner up, with Anthony Rooke aclose third. Fox, Jones and Lundiewere fourth, fifth and sixth.Unfortunately, Grant Lundie, a

recipient of the Cameron Trust TravelAward, who has just stepped up tothe Open class this year and took outthe Caithness Open title recently,nicked a hind leg, which required astitch. The judges out the back saidthat it was a shame as his quality jobwas otherwise first class.Top Scottish shearers Gavin Mutch

and Hamish Mitchell have not arrivedin Scotland yet from New Zealandand Norway respectively. Apparentlyboth will be competing at the RoyalHighland Show at the end of themonth. With another year beforeselections take place for the WorldShearing Championships in Wales2010, Gavin and Hamish cannot beguaranteed their positions in theScottish team as they now have stiffcompetition from Simon Bedwell andGrant Lundie. Dairy farmer and Beltex sheep

breeder, Andrew Baillie, of LongleaFarm, Larkhall, who contracts inLanarkshire under the name ‘ShearCrazy' is having a tremendous season.He lifted both Senior and Open titlesat the inaugural Lesmahagow Shearsand won the Senior at Caithness. Hewas next man in to the Open final atthe Barony College, but took out theSenior title. Gordon Nichol, BevanGuy (NZ), Richard Robinson(England), Archie Paterson and GavinFenwick were placed second to sixth.Rowan Forrest of Edinburgh, who

was 4th in the NZ Golden ShearsJunior this season, took out theIntermediate Class, while AndrewHouston cleaned up the Juniors.

Shearing in a league of his own,in the Scottish National, GavinMutch turned off his machine,

completing his 17 Mule hoggs in 12minutes and 2 seconds, as nearestrival, Hamish Mitchell, pulled his lastsheep out of the pen. Hamish fired itout in speedshear time, but the extra38 seconds cost him dearly andMutch, who was cleaner on the boardand outside deservedly lifted theNational title at last. John Lamb, who was 1 minute and

17seconds off the pace, came in third.Grant Lundie, Dundee and JordanSmeaton, Kinloch Rannoch, recipientsof the John Cameron Trust, provedtheir worth coming fourth and fifthrespectively with Aberdonian JohnBlackhall in sixth, only 0.04 points inSmeaton’s wake.Grant Lundie, who stepped up to

the Open section this year has had anamazing season making every final.Quality counts with Smeaton, but hehas yet to find fifth gear.Border lass, Una Cameron upped

her game in the forty-five strongOpen section and qualified in secondposition, behind Gavin Mutch. RhysJones, Keiran McCullough, SimonBedwell and Willie Dickson made upthe top six, with another dozen getting a second shear.Mutch, James Fagan, Mitchell,

Johnny Kirkpatrick, McCullough andRhys Jones were the final line-up, qualifying in that order. The Scots set the pace in the

Open Final, with James Fagan chasinghard. Mitchell had his first out in33seconds and 10 down the portholeby 7 minutes 40. Unlucky for someMutch stole the show at number 13and by number 16, Irishman, KeiranMcCullough came from nowhere intosecond slot, as he found a flier. Mutch took the time points (15m

23) once more by a 30 second marginahead of McCullough, while Mitchell

and Kirkpatrick had a photo finish on16m 15sec. James Fagan was only10sbehind them, but young Jones had acouple left in the pen.Keiran (55.55), who had qualified

in fourth and fifth places in the heatsand semis improved his job all roundto lift the Open Title, from Mutch,by 0.15 points. (Personally I thoughtMutch had it in the bag). JohnnyKirkpatrick came third (57.50),Mitchell fourth (59.25), then Faganand Jones.The Kiwis and the Scots that had

featured in the Open Final camehandpiece to handpiece once more inthe Scotland/New Zealand test. Itwas a riveting duel with the Scotsonce again leading the way initially.Mitchell shadowed Mutch till sheepnumber 8, when James Fagan cameinto his own; by number 9 they wereall neck in neck, with Gavin getting the catch. At the fifteenthFagan took the lead and clocked offafter the 18th, 6s ahead of Mutch.The Scots picked up the whisky andthe test by 5.09 points.The Baillie bubble burst at the

Highland as Andrew Baillie, who haswon every other Senior competitionso far this season, only managed 5thplace. With five out of the six finalists finishing within 19s of eachother, it made great spectator viewing.Richard Robinson, Kirkland Farm,Denny, who has previously won theJunior and Intermediate events at theRHS, secured the time advantage by4seconds. Married with the secondlowest board and pen scores, he madea Highland hat trick by taking out theSenior title. Only 0.13 behind, ChrisHird, of Cumbria was second. IainKirkpatrick, NZ, who should really beshearing Open, having won theGolden Shears Senior this year, camethird; Ewen MacKay, Killearn, AndrewBaillie, Larkhall and John Strutherswere fourth to sixth.

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Calum Shaw (above) of WestLethans Farm, Saline, Fife and amember of West Fife Young FarmersClub scored a double whammy, takingout the YFC Silver mounted handpiece and the Intermediate title.He works at home with his fatherWillie, who has graced the bladeshearing boards across the country formany a year. In both events Calumhad the cleanest pen and lowest boardscore. He pushed professional shearer, John Gibson of Loch LomondYFC, into second place in the YFCfinal. Richard Colley, Thornhill YFCwas third, Murray Smith, South Mid,fourth, George Brough, LowerNithsdale fifth and John Hamilton,Bathgate JAC 6th.

Brian Simpson, Perth had a minuteround the other competitors but wasby far the roughest out the back sowas demoted to third position behindJohn Sturthers, Greenbank Farm,Carluke. Darren McKinty, RichardColley and George Brough followed.Welsh girls were out in force at the

wool handling event. Jess Morgan,pictured above left in action withGavin Mutch in the Open Final wonthe Novice section. It was a double act for Linda

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farmingscotland.comIssue forty • June 2007

WORLD MARKETS

World dairy price recovery isstill at least 12 months awayand may be further delayed

by flow-on effects from the financialcrisis, such as widespread unemployment. The only prediction, which can be

relied upon, say dairy traders andforecasters, is continued volatility incommodity prices. That would nowseem obvious, after the past two yearswhich saw world prices rise to theirhighest levels and then plunge – alongwith the removal of price supports byboth the EU and the US, and nowtheir re-instatement.Down on the farm in some dairy

producing countries, milk returns arestill falling to reflect the changedworld commodities order. It meansmore pain ahead of dairy farmersbefore any improvement.European farmers have not yet

reduced production in response tolower prices, although that is anticipated. In the US, supply hasstarted to ease in response to unprofitable milk prices. TheDepartment of Agriculture has forecast a 1.3% volume fall in 2009.Dairy industry leaders and analysts

believe world prices for tradable dairycommodities seem to have bottomedout. But it will be mid-2010 beforerecovering economies and reducedmilk supplies act to boost world dairyprices again, they say.After the Dairy Industry

Newsletter conference in Londonduring May, Citigroup analysts saidthe world's liquid milk supply continues to expand, notwithstandingthe recent market price slump. Theexpansion is still running on momentum from the 2007- 08 priceincreases. Because dairy demand iseasing, world prices are likely to remainsubdued for the remainder of 2009.“But some time dairy markets will

rebound – the question is when?”they said.Prices for milk to producers

around the world are still falling andEuropean retailers are aggressivelycutting dairy product prices to attractcustomers. For example, Aldi supermarkets in Germany are sellingmilk for the equivalent of Euro 50c alitre. In France, prices to farmershave been substantially cut followinglengthy disputes with farmers, whichdrove some dairy companies to thebrink of bankruptcy.Co-operative processor Dairy

Farmers of Britain called in thereceivers in early June and its farmershad to scramble to find processorswilling to take their milk supply andruinous prices around 20p per litre.“The main point of consensus at

the (London) conference was thatdairy markets, having never been abeacon of stability, are increasing involatility,” Citigroup said.Speaking in London, Kerry Group

chief executive Stan McCarthy said

the short-term price outlook is difficult, with prices continuing to fallin 2009 as the cyclical lag betweendemand and supply works through.“A short-term demand recovery is

unlikely and prices may at best bearound intervention levels,” he said.Swedish Tetra Pak CEO Dennis

Jonsson said emerging markets aredriving consumption of liquid milk,with compounded annual growth overthe past four years of 2.4% (1.7% in2008). He forecast 2.2% growth until2012.Emerging markets like India,

China, Pakistan and the Middle Eastgrew liquid dairy sales 100% in thepast four years. But Rabobank analysts pointed out that India andChina satisfied their own growingdemand for liquid milk and the boomin prices in 2007 was notable in partbecause it occurred without these twogiants (numbers one and two in theworld in liquid consumption) makingany additional purchases on international markets.Reports from the US say farmers

are culling cows because milk production is unprofitable. An Idahoproducer with 350 cows and 750ha ofwheat, barley and alfalfa (lucerne)said the imbalance between the costsof feed supply and milk income wasthe worst he had seen in 40 years offarming.If, as the USDA has predicted,

milk production falls 1.5% this year

and a further 0.5% next year, it willbe the first back-to-back decline since1969.The uncertainties caused by the

US decision to reintroduce exportsubsidies have dragged down worldmarket prices in May and June. Theactual volumes of product movedthrough the US Dairy ExportIncentive Programme are still small,and have not had any beneficialeffects for US farmers.Kelvin Wickham, the managing

director of global trade at NewZealand's Fonterra Co-operativeGroup, the world's largest dairyexporter, predicts prices probably willrise at least 25% by the second half of2010 as production slows and consumption rebounds with animproving economy. HoweverWickham cautioned that even a smaller herd might not be enough toturn the market around as rising subsidies and government stockpilingin the European Union and the USdelay the recovery.The five million cow NZ herd has

recovered milk production from the2007/08 drought, increasing milk output by 7.5% in 2008/09, but thatwas only a return to 2006/07 production levels.The latest global DairyTrade

bidding round for Fonterra milk powder resulted in 3% fall in prices toan average of US$1829/t. That followed a 12% fall in the June event.

WorldMarkets

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