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Hamish Goldie’s success

DUMFRIES-BASED Hamish Goldie was in the money at the British Charolais Cattle Society’s official sale at Carlisle on Saturday.Read

A Caerlaverock diary

WATCHING the Caerlaverock ospreys is a bit like watching a soap opera and this season is no exception.Read

Butterfly Conservation Scotland

SCIENTISTS are trying to discover why some Highland butterflies are coming down from the mountains and spreading south.Read

McNish races at Daytona

AUDI sportscar ace Allan McNish gets his 2012 motor racing season underway with a one-off race for the American Starworks Motorsport team in this weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours.Read

Pioneering project awarded first out of season muirburn licence

A PIONEERING projects in the moors above Langholm has won a muirburning first.Read

First Dumfries and Kirkcudbright Nursery Sheep Dog Trials of new season

THE FIRST Dumfries and Kirkcudbright Nursery Sheep Dog Trials were held on Saturday at Cocklicks Farm, Annan, by the kind permission of Mr Gilbert Marshall. The judge was Mr Mark Elliot from Cumbria.Read

Caerlaverock Diary

August was an unusual month at Caerlaverock with some of the highest rainfall we have ever seen at this time of year.Read

GALLOWAY NATIONAL SHOW - WIGTOWN SHOW 2011.

THE Galloway National Show, held at Wigtown Show, was hailed as a great success.Read

Crowds flock to Dumfries Show

IT WAS the 50th Dumfries Show since the amalgamation of the Lockerbie Agricultural Society and Saturday’s event saw one of the strongest competitions yet in the livestock rings.Read

UNION CALLS FOR RENEWABLES EXPERT GROUP

NFU Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to proactively tackle the growing list of issues and challenges being experienced by farmers interested in renewable energy so that the country’s full potential for energy generation can be realised.Read

25th Borderway Black and White Anniversary Sale Date Announced

EUROPE’S leading livestock marketing company, Harrison and Hetherington, have announced the 25th Borderway Black and White Anniversary Sale will be held on Saturday, December 3 at 11am.Read

New local markets leaflet unveiled at D&G’s newest farmers’ market

DUMFRIES and Galloway’s farmers’ and community markets have joined together to create the first comprehensive guide to local markets.Read

Local winners at the Royal Highland Show

A SHEEP from this region was the toast of this year's Royal Highland Show when it walked off with the interbreed title on Saturday.Read

Union calls for cattle scab to be made notifiable

THE GROWING incidence of cattle psoroptic mange – the bovine equivalent of Sheep Scab – has prompted NFU Scotland to call for the disease to be made notifiable to prevent it getting a grip in Scottish herds.Read

A Caerlaverock Diary

May at WWT Caerlaverock can be one of the most unpredictable months of the year.Read

Osprey webcam goes live........

FOR THE first time you can now watch live images from the osprey nest at Caerlaverock on the internet via a live webcam at the nest.Read

Dumfries Store Cattle

CUMBERLAND and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart PLC held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle in Dumfries on Monday when they sold 673.Read

WWT Caerlaverock Diary

APRIL at WWT Caerlaverock has been dominated by the return of our ospreys from a winter spent in West Africa.Read

South West's Alex Fergusson To Head RHASS In 2011-12

ALEX Fergusson is to be the next President of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.Read

Upper Nithsdale Folklore

WHILE researching material for his last project, Old Sanquhar Tales, farmer turned writer Rog Wood realised there was a plethora of similar tales from the surrounding areas and so set about producing this new book.Read

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