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Rising costs and diminishing subsidies have made many upland farms review output and systems.
Numerous units have switched to a Cheviot sire for this reason, either to breed replacements or as a terminal sire for store or prime lambs.
Society sales have seen throughputs and averages lift and the Cheviot Mule has seen an explosion in popularity.
Farmers Weekly speaks to three breeders using Cheviots with a firm eye on the future.
Cheviot store lamb could save £9,200
Switching to Cheviot tups is part of a Dales farm plan to save £9,200 in winter costs by producing a more marketable store lamb for the autumn sales.
The Duke of Buccleuch inspects the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards while serving as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in May 2019. Picture: Gordon Terris. THE family of the Duke of Buccleuch, one of Scotland’s biggest landowners, has made a successful move into self-catering accommodation amid the boom in demand for staycations triggered by the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. As the MDS Estates business owned by the Duke’s family posted a £64 million annual profit the company declared: “ Our recently launched self-catering accommodation has recognised success in booking figures”. The business provides holidaymakers with the opportunity to stay in accommodation in what is billed as the historic and picturesque Drumlanrig Castle & Country Estate, in Dumfries and Galloway and in an apartment on the grounds of Bowhill House near Selkirk.
Today’s bank holiday is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far, according to the Met Office.At the end of a cold, wet May, forecasters said that the temperature in parts of Scotland today