At Lawrie and Symington’s annual show and sale of Beltex-sired lambs on Monday, 11 November, it was the winning pen in the Beltex cross any other breed 43kg and under from A & D Murray, Calton, that went on to
READ FULL STORYHexham Mart Beltex x Store Lambs – 10 August 2018 Judging this tremendous show of lambs this year was Mr K Harryman, Keskdale who placed M/s CA&JG Skidmore, Needless Hall first in the Other Continental class and Overall Champions. This
READ FULL STORYEarly wedding present for farming couple at Skipton Beltex show There was an early wedding present for soon-to-be-married farming partners Ian Moorhouse and Laura Hammond when they secured first prize in the annual Beltex-cross lambs show at Skipton Auction Mart.
READ FULL STORYBuyers travelled to Hopes Auction Wigton to secure Beltex commercial shearling gimmers. The trade exceeded expectations for an excellent selection of Beltex x shearling gimmers, the champion pen making £300 per head with the reserve champion pen at £250 per
READ FULL STORYButchers prefer to buy Beltex Lambs which means that consumers are guaranteed a consistent product Due to the high heritability of the double muscling traits of the breed Beltex rams have the ability to pass these characteristics on to commercial
READ FULL STORYHarrisons Butchers Wigton use Beltex Lamb to meet customers requirements Paul Harrison of Harrison butchers Wigton uses Beltex x carcasses to meet customers requirements – Paul said “our customers really appreciate the texture and flavour of the Beltex lamb we
READ FULL STORYThe Beltex Sheep Society has a membership of 800 and continues to grow – the society deals with registrations and promotes the breed with the production of a year book and members directory. Social media is used to promote the
READ FULL STORYHoggs with Beltex sired lambs at NSA Scotsheep 2018 held on 30th May, at Kings Arms Farm, Ballantrae. Beltex Society Chairman John Harbinson commented “the sheep on the farm were outstanding and it was particularly pleasing to see an exceptional
READ FULL STORYBeltex Hoggs lead the trade at Hopes Auction Wigton on March 6th 2018
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For all Beltex Sheep Society enquiries please contact secretary:
Barbara Huddleston,
Beltex Sheep Society,
Lane Farmhouse, Crooklands,
Milnthorpe,
Cumbria, LA7 7NH
T/F: 015395 67973
M: 07918 638197
E: beltex.sheep@beltex.co.uk
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Please Note: the Society Office will be closed from 4.00pm Friday 16th October and open again on Monday 26th October.
We are taking a well-earned break, emails may be monitored intermittently throughout this period.
Beltex x Prime Lamb Show at Wooler Mart 14 October '20 - Champion pen of 5 lambs from Annstead weighing 44 kg and sold for £129 per head - full report to follow
Thank you so much to our generous breeders for raising so much for worthy causes through the donation of their prize money in our virtual show season - £1316 including a very welcome lunch out for the office staff!
Here are the long overdue results of the People's Champion and Champion of Champions awards, and well done everyone for taking part 🐑🏆
Check out this week’s issue of The Scottish Farmer where Stuart Wood is the man in the spotlight of the Stockmen of our Time feature.
