Frome Market, Standerwick, Frome, Somerset BA11 2QB

Tel: 01373 830 033 Fax: 01373 831 201 Email: info@fromelivestock.com Website: www.fromelivestock.com

Auctioneers: Cooper & Tanner and Symonds & Sampson

Sale Reports & Information for the week ending

29TH MAY 2020

1259 HEAD SOLD

PRIME CATTLE to 196.50p/kg CULL COWS to 154.50p/kg PRIME HOGGETS to 192p/kg CALVES to £300 DAIRY to £1360 STORE LAMBS to £40 STIRKS to £540 CULL EWES to £106 STORE STEERS to £1400 STORE HEIFERS to £1125

ALL PROSPECTIVE BUYERS MUST REGISTER WITH THE

MARKET OFFICE OR AUCTIONEER BEFORE THE

AUCTION, TO ENSURE WE ARE ADHERING TO COVID 19

GOVERNMENT SOCIAL DISTANCING.

CALVES/STIRKS - CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588013

SHEEP - ROSS WHITCOMBE: 07815 985737

PRIME CATTLE/CULL COWS - MARK NORTHCOTT: 07798 645274

DAIRY - TREVOR ROWLAND: 07968 480401

PIGS - WILL WALLIS: 07833 453482 Please be aware that we operate a very strict and robust 2 metre social

distancing rule. Buyers may only attend on their own without any partners,

children or others. FLA are extremely grateful for your support at this

challenging time.

UPDATE TO CORONAVIRUS SITUATION WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

(UNDER VERY STRICT GOVERNMENT RULES)

VENDORS

‘Drop and Go’ Policy ONLY.

MUST NOT enter the Livestock Buildings.

Deliver stock to the unloading bays (remaining in their vehicles whilst market

staff unload the vehicle and take the animals to their pens).

The sale documentation MUST be collected by the Auctioneers or Staff from

the Vendors vehicles when they arrive at the unloading bays – Vendors MUST

NOT take the paperwork to the market office themselves, or enter the market

penning area for any reason. Please ensure your mobile number is on your

entry form. If we want to stay in business and protect everyone from the

virus we need to implement these restrictions and it is imperative they are

adhered to. Please all vendors ‘Drop & Go’ Thank you.

PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS UPDATE 27th MAY 2020 CORONAVIRUS (COVID – 19)

PRECAUTIONS FOR FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET

We are open for business (Under very strict Government rules)

With immediate effect we have implemented a “Drop and Go” Policy for

Vendors bringing Stock to market for Sale.

FROME LIVESTOCK WEEKLY SALES

WEDNESDAYS: Dairy, Prime cattle, Cull cows, Prime lambs/Hoggets, Store sheep, Ewes & Lambs, Cull ewes & rams, Calves, Pigs fortnightly (20th May), Reared calves/Stirks fortnightly (27th May).

FRIDAYS: Store cattle plus Cows & Calves

IF VENDORS, IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WOULD LIKE TO BE PAID BY BACS FOR THEIR CONVENIENCE PLEASE EMAIL OR PUT ON YOUR ENTRY FORM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS.

VISITORS

NO VISITORS

TRADE STALLS ALL CANCELLED & MARKET RESTAURANT IS CLOSED

We must follow government guidelines at all times, so recommend that the

over 70’s, those with underlying health issues, pregnant women and children

DO NOT VISIT the market at this time. Security measures at all entrances will

be in place to monitor this.

Please can we urge all Buyers attending sales to use hand washing/sanitation

facilities provided. Rest assured we are following and adhering to ALL

government and medical advice and under those current guidelines, there is no

reason for us to cancel or postpone sales at this time. But we ask that you ALL

remember the simple rule and take social distancing seriously.

MARKET LAIRAGE

NO Market Lairage will be available on the evening prior to the sale, until

further notice

Market Gates Open at 6.30 am – Please get your stock to market EARLY

TOILET FACILITIES

The ONLY Toilets available on site are the ones located in the Main Market Car Park.

Please can I ask that everyone bears with our staff who are working incredibly hard

under added pressures. We are constantly monitoring Government reports to keep

you updated with any changes, we will act accordingly if required, so please note that

arrangements may change at short notice. Livestock Markets are a vital part of the

National Food Chain and the rural economy and we will be doing everything possible

to keep Frome Market OPEN. If everyone plays their role, we are confident the crucial

service provided by Livestock Markets will be permitted to continue.

Finally, thank you for your patience and understanding, working together is key!!

BUYERS

The number of buyers MUST be restricted to allow social distancing (2 meters between

each buyer). At the conclusion of the sale buyers MUST enter the Sales Office in a way

that does not result in too many entering at any one time.

ALL BUYERS MUST WEAR GLOVES – (AS PROVIDED)

ONLY 1 MEMBER PER FAMILY ALLOWED INTO THE RING

NO CHILDREN PERMITTED ON SITE.

WEDNESDAY 27th MAY 2020

TOTAL HEAD SOLD: 796

PRIME CATTLE (68) to 196.50p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEER: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 Overall another good trade in the Beef ring with all grades wanted and more could have been sold on this trade. OTM’s best under 36months sold well and at UTM levels, but older cattle discounted

TOP PRICE STEER 196.50p/kg for a Limousin from EM Horn & Son

TOP PRICE HEIFER 184.50p/kg for a Simmental from EM Horn & Son

UTM FAT TOTALS: No MIN P/KG MAX P/KG

STEERS

Light 100-500kg 2 139.50 183.00

Medium 551-650kg 10 149.50 178.50

Heavy 650kg+ 9 146.50 196.50

HEIFERS

Light 100-500kg 7 74.50 176.00

Medium 501-590kg 8 159.00 180.00

Heavy 590kg+ 11 145.50 184.50

THANK YOU

TO ALL VENDORS AND BUYERS WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.

HERE AT FROME LIVESTOCK MARKET WE MEET ALL NEW IMPOSED

RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES SET OUT BY THE LAA AND GOVERNMENT.

WE WERE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE 2 METRE SOCIAL DISTANCING

RULE.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WORDS AND

SUPPORT; WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UNDER IMMENSE

PRESSURE.

UTM STEERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Limousin 196.50 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

1409 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

Simmental 187.50 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

1372 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

Hereford 183.00 DJ & VM Norman, Sherborne

1091 D Flux & C Griffin, IOW

Blue 178.50 R & J Gregory, Winchester

1169 R & J Gregory, Winchester

Angus 178.00 Durnell & Sons, Chippenham

1124 Durnell & Sons, Chippenham

Friesian 158.50 FJ Lessey & Son, Wincanton

1156 DJ & VM Norman, Sherborne

UTM STEERS (22) Max. 196.50p/kg & £1409 EM Horn & Sons’ cracking Limousin topped the day at 196.50p/kg with Simmental x to 187.50p/kg from the same home. Blues to 178.50p/kg from R & J Gregory. Hereford and Angus continue to sell to a strong demand topping with Hereford 183.50p/kg from DJ & VM Norman and Angus to 178p/kg from Durnell & Sons. Friesians were again an excellent trade and dear to 158.50p/kg from FJ Lessey & Son and wanted.

UTM HEIFERS (26) Max. 184.50p/kg & £1256 The Horn family also topped the heifers with a smart Simmental x to 184.50p/kg. Limousin to 180p/kg from BJ & EM Yandle and Stabiliser to 170p/kg from DJ & VM Norman. Herefords sold to a strong trade topping at 179.50p/kg from Lulworth Castle Farms and £1141 from VI & GR Doggrell. Angus to 172p/kg and £1124 from R & J Gregory. Devon to 163.50p/kg and £1116 from DO Webb and Friesians met a strong demand to 159p/kg and £1129 from Hann Farming.

UTM HEIFERS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Simmental 184.50 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

1256 EM Horn & Son, Swanmore

Limousin 180.00 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock

988 BJ & EM Yandle, Martock

Hereford 179.50 Lulworth Castle Farms, Wareham

1141 VI & GR Doggrell, Wincanton

Angus 172.00 R & J Gregory, Winchester

1124 R & J Gregory, Winchester

Stabiliser 170.00 DJ & VM Norman, Sherborne

945 DJ & VM Norman, Sherborne

Devon 163.50 DO Webb, Radstock 1116 DO Webb, Radstock

Friesian 159.00 Hann Farming Ltd, Frome

1129 Hann Farming Ltd, Frome

OTM PRIME CATTLE (19) Max. 176p/kg & £1270 All steers today, with Lulworth Castle Farm’s Herefords x topping at 176p/kg,

£1142. Limousin x to 165.50p/kg, £1163 from the same home. Angus to

168.50p/kg from SR Gibbons and £1039 from BR Gough. Blue x to 147p/kg and

£1004 from HJ Masters & Son. Friesians wanted to 161.50p/kg from SR

Gibbons and £1051 from D Flux & C Griffin. OTM’s need to be sold under

36months if possible as older ones are discounted.

CULL COWS (95) Beef to 154.50p/kg Dairy to 131p/kg Starts 11.30am AUCTIONEERS: MARK NORTHCOTT 07798 645274 A large entry of Barreners today met a fast competitive trade to average

112.26p/kg which is up 7p on the year with all grades wanted. Best Friesian

meat cows to 131p/kg from AJ & RG Barber who also had cows to 130.50p/kg,

128p/kg, 126p/kg and 3 selling over £1000 to £1051. Other quality meat cows

selling from 110p/kg with manufacturing cows continuing to be keenly wanted

and tending dearer. Plainer cows at late rates with only a couple selling below

69p/kg. Beef cows – S & R Stamp’s excellent Limousin topped the day at

154.50p/kg with A Salter’s heavy Charolais grossing £1467 (136.50p/kg). Other

grades and feeding cows also keenly wanted and dear. Many thanks for your

continuing support, please keep your cows coming.

CULL COWS

BREED MAX

(p/kg) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

Limousin 154.50 S & R Stamp, Highbridge

1183 S & R Stamp, Highbridge

Angus 137.50 S & R Stamp, Highbridge

930 PW Townsend & Prtnrs, Trowbridge

Charolais 136.50 A Salter, Cranmore 1467 A Salter, Cranmore

Devon 132.50 J & W Collins, Warminster

996 J & W Collins, Warminster

Friesian 131.00 AJ & RG Barber, Shepton Mallet

1075 AG & RG Barber, Shepton Mallet

Hereford 128.50 AT Garrett, Dorchester

1061 D Thurman, IOW

Simmental 127.50 L Mansbridge, Southampton

835 L Mansbridge, Southampton

Shorthorn 125.00 Home Farm Hursley Prtnrs, Winchester

982 Home Farm Hursley Prtnrs, Winchester

Ayrshire 119.00 PD & EM Stockley, Sturminster Newton

872 DH Masters & Son, Wincanton

Norwegian Red

125.00 AJ & RG Barber, Shepton Mallet

838 AJ & RG Barber, Shepton Mallet

Swedish Red 114.50 N & B Hutton, Frome 766 N & B Hutton, Frome

DIRECT SALES SERVICE

Frome Livestock Auctioneers

are pleased to now offer a direct to slaughter service

for Prime Cattle, Cull Cows & Bulls

All Classes and Grades Taken (TB Restricted Included)

Both UK and Foreign Imported Cattle

Guaranteed & Prompt Payment

Free Advice / Fieldsman Service

Transport Arranged

SHEEP (416) Starts 10.30am AUCTIONEER: ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737 PRIME HOGGETS (40) Max 192p/kg & £98 With fields starting to become empty of last year’s hoggs, but a lively trade with 47.50p/kg blue lines to 192p/kg from Shaplands Farm Partnership or 197p/kg from W & S Bougard for lighter sorts. Chris Tucker with heavies to £98 and £94 from CT Baker.

NO. WEIGHT

(KG) MAX

(P/KG) VENDOR

MAX (£)

VENDOR

1 32.1-39 143.00 Shaplands Farm Prtnrs, Chippenham

50.00 Shaplands Farm Prtnrs, Chippenham

14 39.1-45.5 187.00 W & S Bougard, Nailsea

83.00 W & S Bougard, Nailsea

8 45.6-52 192.00 Shaplands Farm Prtnrs, Chippenham

94.00 CT Baker, Trudoxhill

4 52+ 144.00 C Tucker, Devizes 98.00 C Tucker, Devizes

PRIME LAMBS (352) Max 246p/kg & £115 A smaller number on offer with buyers being more selective on what they are buying. Lighter weights with shape by far the most competitive. DP & PS Osborne had Continental types to 246p/kg, others to 240p/kg from AG Hinks and 238p/kg from RM Fear. Headage at peak values of 246p/kg, £118 from LJ & SE Kellaway, closely followed with a pen of 25 yellow lines from Sally Withers & Michael Knowles.

STORE SHEEP Never enough forward to meet the demand required by the buyers on offer, please keep sending these to market, Medium types to £64 or lighter types to 50. Any undeclared ram store lambs will be subject to a 25% deduction if found by the buyer after the auction. To prevent this please declare all ram lambs when booking them in.

CULL EWES & RAMS (24) Max. £106 With Ramadam having now finished the cull ewes have lost their edge slightly. Still a terrific trade with better sorts regularly over £80 topping at £94 from Sue Bishop. Rams from Pat Apsey to £106.

ARE YOU UNDER TB RESTRICTION?

We hold regular Restricted Orange Sales for Cull Cows, Prime and Store Cattle Restricted Orange Sales

2020 Dates: MONDAY 22nd JUNE MONDAY 20th JULY

Cattle must be licenced to these sales please call the Market Office on

01373 830033 for more information Entries for catalogue by

the Wednesday prior to sale please

Licences must be obtained from animal health at least one week before the sale.

Applying for a licence has now changed; an application form (TB204) must be completed and either emailed to

CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gis.gov.uk or posted to APHA, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9AD

STIRKS AUCTIONEER: CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 Numbers continue to come forward with a red hot trade to match! A superb run of

6mo Blues from Alan Mitchell met exceptional demand to see steers top at £520

and heifers to a marvellous £440, more could easily have been sold. A cracking

trailer load of Blues from Messrs Brunt of Bridport saw again exceptional demand to

see steers to £512 and an impressive £450 for some lovely heifers. Quality Angus

forward today from Stuart Guest saw steers to £540 and heifers to £425, a real

trade to make use of. Cracking Angus heifers from LA Lewis sailed to £500, with

others to £460 from Sam Baker & family, who also saw young Blue heifers to an

impressive £385. Friesians still a storming trade topping at £325 from Darren

Jeanes with others to £270 from the Morgan family of Marston. A run of Devon

steers to £340, a flying trade from start to finish. Please contsct Charlie Coleman –

07494 588013 if you have any enquiries. Our next sale is Wednesday 10th June,

please get them entered whilst the trade continues to fly.

DAIRY (18) AUCTIONEER: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480401 CALVED HEIFERS TO £1360 Numbers very limited but plenty of demand for the fresh milk heifers. Hard outwintered Friesian Holstein heifers from Brian Fielding sold well to £1360. More fresh calved heifers and cows were required today. Yearling and 14mo Friesian x Holstein heifers looked a good buy at the moment to £545. Next week good entries of in - calf heifers to hand with 25+ expected.

NEXT SALE OF REARED CALVES:

WEDNESDAY 10TH JUNE FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE CALVES

Please contact the Auctioneer

Charlie Coleman 07494 588013 or the market office 01373 830033

with your entries in advance

SIRE NAMES

ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD CALVES, STORE CATTLE &

FAT CATTLE THAT COME TO MARKET WITH NO SIRE NAME/ONLY PART NAME OR INCOMPLETE NAME WILL BE

SOLD AS NO SIRE FOUND. ALL ABERDEEN ANGUS & HEREFORD SIRED STOCK MUST HAVE FULL NAME OF SIRE. WE APPRECIATE

YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. HELP US TO HELP YOU.

NEXT FORTNIGHTLY PIG SALE:

WEDNESDAY 3RD JUNE THEN FORTNIGHTLY SALES THEREAFTER

10.15am Please contact the Auctioneer

Will Wallis 07833 453 482 with your entries in advance

CALVES (206) Starts 10.00am AUCTIONEERS: TIM HECTOR 07818 056 049 CHARLIE COLEMAN: 07494 588 013 Trade still just as strong for all grades, with Friesians still in exceptional demand throughout, as serious demand here in Frome continues.

CONTINENTAL BULLS TO £300/HEIFERS TO £275 A broad range of bull calves forward found a quick trade to see the best Blues to £300 several times from Wardour Farms, Messrs Clothier and JW Wilkins. Smaller, medium sorts still well sold with nearly all pushing £200. A single Charolais bull from Messrs Osborne to £198. Heifers an absolutely marvellous trade today, Blues really were on fire, with nearly all except the smallest sailing past £200 to top at £275 from E James & Son, plenty over £250. Limousin heifers today to £165 for a young sort from Messrs Masters.

NATIVE BULLS TO £285/NATIVE HEIFERS TO £210 Angus still an absolute flyer with all top end bulls sailing past £250 to top at £285 and £275 again from the Masters family, with all medium sorts to £200, nothing less than £150. A similar trade for the Herefords with best bulls to £265 from GC & HS Davys, with plenty others pushing £200. Heifers from the same home to £210 with others to £190 and £160 from Darren Jeanes. Angus heifers also a wonderful trade to top at £200 from Somers Farm Partnership with others to £195, do keep them coming.

FRIESIAN TO £175 FLECKVIEH £300 Friesians still a wonderful trade to top at £175 and £155 from Padfield & Dyke

with others to £120 from Rich Holder of Shaftesbury. Again an average of £88,

certainly a roaring trade to make use of. A lovely run of Fleckviehs from the

Voizey family found usual support to £300 for a lovely young bull.

The winner of the £25 for the top price Continental sired

heifer under 41 days sponsored by Howard & Sons – Kubota,

was a Blue to £275 fromE James & Son. Next week the £25

sponsored prize will be for the top price Native sired heifer.

Howard & Sons: New Kubota dealers in

Wiltshire & Somerset. Tel: 01380 723986

FRIDAY 29TH MAY 2020 TOTAL STORE CATTLE SOLD: 463

SALE TIME: 10.30AM AUCTIONEERS: TREVOR ROWLAND 07968 480 401 LESTER WILLIAMS 07778 646 031 CHARLIE COLEMAN 07494 588 013 ROSS WHITCOMBE 07815 985 737

ORGANIC STEERS TO £1400 ORGANIC HEIFERS TO £1125 STEERS TO £1290 HEIFERS TO £1012

The increase in finished prices definitely reflecting in the current store trade with some outstanding price being achieved.

ORGANIC Just a handful of Organics this week but those on offer were of high quality and a grand consignment from Orchid Meadow created furious bidding throughout. 25mo Simmental steers peaked at an amazing £1400! With their next bunch at £1300. Best Simmental heifers from the same home to £1125 and Shorthorns to £1000.

FEEDING BULLS Feeding bulls more scarce this week, senior bull saw 3yo Fleckvieh to £865.

YOUNG STEERS YOUNG HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Blue 1150 11mo A Hill, Cheddar Blue 880 17mo Lower Bagber Farms, Sturminster Newton

Angus 1010 14mo Hinton Hill Farm, Crewkerne

Angus 872 14mo Hinton Hill Farm, Crewkerne

Simmental 875 11mo M Lush, Winchester Limousin 800 13mo BN Meek, Bristol

Charolais 855 12mo Portesham Dairy Farm, Weymouth

Simmental 800 17mo CW Butcher & Son, Devizes

Friesian 725 16mo Lower Bagber Farms, Sturminster Newton

Hereford 740 17mo HP & J Flux, IOW

Hereford 685 17mo BL Tayler & Prtnrs, Chippenham

Charolais 655 13mo Portesham Dairy Farm, Weymouth

Shorthorn 622 10mo The Chedgey Prtnrs, Hants

YOUNG CONTINENTAL The best single suckled cattle getting shorter in supply due to the time of year.

Trade for the best very lively and quality Simmentals from Mike Lush 10 – 12mo

saw steers at £875 and heifers at £740. 11mo Charolais steers from Portesham

Dairy Farm to £855 and heifers to £655. Dairy X Simmental steers 14mo from

Patrick Stokes saw strong prices at £798. 16mo British Blue X steers 16mo

presented by Mile Elm Farming sold well at £922. Not too many best quality

Limousin forward but outstanding 11mo steers from young Archie Hill created

furious bidding to £1150!

HEREFORD

A super trade for all Herefords this week, buyers looking for the hard grazing types. 7 – 8mo named sired Hereford steers from AJ Napthine & Son produced exciting bidding to finish at a superb £620! Stronger 17 – 18mo Hereford x steers were in demand and a lovely consignment from Highgrove Farm saw prices to £932 and £892. Quality bulling Hereford heifers from the same home peaked at £788 closely followed by the Flux’s heifer to £740. Grand forward steers and heifers presented by Charlie & Fred Butcher saw competitive bidding throughout to £980 and £895 respectively. Overall another good trade and particularly the older cattle closer to finishing seeing prices reflective of the current strong finished demand.

ANGUS A large proportion of Angus cattle forward today which enjoyed a strong trade for all presented. Best steers to £1090 (twice) from regular supporters D Flux & C Griffin from the Isle of Wight and Steve and Rachael Stamp of Highbridge. Other quality Angus steers to £1080 from CJ Board & Partners of Lottisham and £1052 from Hinton Hill Farm. Well fleshed Angus heifers to £978 from Rupert Dyke & family with other quality forward types to £952 from EAS Reeves of Warminster who had others at £880. A quality run of 16 – 17mo Angus steers from P & R Kimber enjoyed a strong trade topping at £942. Younger steers all looked a strong trade with plenty over 11mo Angus heifers £680 from AJ McKie with quality 10mo heifers to £602 from CF & AM Martin.

FRIESIANS

Trade continues for the best end stronger goods with trade still flying, topping at

£888 from ML & RI Loder of Yeovil with others to £800. Strong sorts from D

Flux & C Griffin of the Isle of Wight to £830 and well framed steers to £805 from

Rupert Dyke & family. Younger sorts wanted with less Friesians on the market

driving the trade, certainly still a trade to make use of, Friesians certainly

looking worth their money as calves.

FORWARD CONTINENTALS Strong forward cattle still in serious demand, with quality finding a real premium.

Topping the day a superb show potential Blue steer from the Hill family raced to

£1290. A cracking 20mo Blonde steer from Clive House flew to £1065 with a

24mo steer to £990 from D Flux & C Griffin. A run of very well done 20mo cattle

from Charlie Butcher & family saw best Simmental steers to £1070 with heifers

to £800 for very thick sorts. Charolais steers from the Mckie family sold well to

£900. A usual quality entry of cattle from Paul Hurd saw Limousins to top at

£1030, with Limousins from the same home to £910. Heifers still ticking the

boxes to see Blues to £915 for 19mo goods from the Board family, younger

sorts to £880 from Lower Bagber Farms. Very few cattle past 25mo in this

category today. This said a real demand for the Flux’s of Isle of Wight with their

Limousin heifers to £960 (23mo). Charolais heifers from CW House really

rocked and rolled to top at a superb £992 for lovely types. Tremendous 18mo

Simmental steers from ART Meatyard & Son sold exceptionally well to a

marvellous £1012. Please keep the cattle coming, certainly a trade to maximise

the value of your cattle.

FORWARD STEERS FORWARD HEIFERS

BREED £/

HEAD AGE VENDOR BREED

£/ HEAD

AGE VENDOR

Blue 1290 18mo A Hill, Cheddar Simmental 1012 20mo ART Meatyard & Son, Trowbridge

Angus 1090 19mo S & R Stamp, Highbridge

Charolais 992 25mo CW House, Lymington

Simmental 1070 25mo CW Butcher & Son, Devizes

Angus 978 26mo GWJ & EM Dyke, Gillingham

Blonde 1065 21mo CW House, Lymington

Limousin 960 24mo D Flux & C Griffin, IOW

Limousin 1030 27mo P Hurd, Warminster Blue 915 19mo DL & HJ Board, Yeovil

Hereford 980 25mo CW Butcher & Son, Devizes

Hereford 895 23mo CW Butcher & Son, Devizes

Montbeliarde 962 22mo CW Butcher & Son, Devizes

Montbeliarde 668 24mo GWJ & EM Dyke, Gillingham

Charolais 900 21mo AJ McKie, Pewsey Brown Swiss 610 26mo GWJ & EM Dyke, Gillingham

Farming Community Network (FCN) volunteers regularly attend local livestock markets and whilst we cannot be present at sales currently, our helpline is still open from 7am to 11pm every day, staffed by people who

understand farming.

FCN is a charity and voluntary organisation that helps farmers to stay resilient. We provide practical and pastoral support to those experiencing

difficulties in England and Wales.

During these challenging times we are encouraging everyone to think about their own physical and mental health and that of their families and

staff.

We can help with contingency planning against the backdrop of the Corona virus outbreak and our FarmWell website (www.farmwell.org.uk)

offers a wealth of free information about managing change and maintaining personal wellbeing.

The FCN helpline can be reached on 03000 111 999 or via email at

help@fcn.org.uk. Confidentiality is assured.

“CHEER US UP” with a DRAWING/COLOURING

At this difficult time we all need cheering up so we are hoping you can

find the time to put pen/crayon into action?! The drawings can be of

anything but preferably of animals or your family. A great opportunity for

everyone to see your skills! Please submit your drawings to the FLA

Market office. The drawings will appear on our market reports and

website – so please get your parents’ permission first. Please say if you

DO NOT wish your name or age to be on it.

A “FLA Cheer Us Up” Certificate will be sent to every entry!

So have fun – get drawing!

Thank you to Kyler Matthews, Age 7.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW STOCK BULL?

BREEDING HEIFERS? COWS & CALVES?

GO ONLINE TO OUR ‘PRIVATE SALES’ PAGE

WHERE YOU WILL FIND A HUGE SELECTION OF

ALL DIFFERENT BREEDS.

OR SIMPLY GIVE THE MARKET OFFICE A CALL

01373 830033.

Chaplain’s Weekly News 18th May A prayer for Rogation, a time to ask God for his blessing for our farmers in

this season of planting and growth.

We come before you our God and Sustainer, remembering that you are our Creator

and the source of all being. Out of your love the universe was born. From primordial

darkness you put in place all that is needed for growth and saw that it was good.

You have put this world into our hands: may we recognise your Spirit within it,

disturbing and challenging us to care for creation, for the weak and the deprived.

Lord we remember that we are called by you to nourish the earth and its diversity of

life, to share the gifts you have given, with one another and with the poor of the

world, Amen.

NEW GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE AROUND WORKING SAFELY DURING COVID-19

The UK government has released new guidance around working safely in outdoor

environments, including in the agricultural sector, during Covid-19. The guidance

includes information about personal protective equipment (PPE), thinking about risk,

who should go to work and more. The guidance is available here:

https://bit.ly/2LkDC2r

NEW FUNDING TO SUPPORT DAIRY FARMERS THROUGH

CORONAVIRUS

A new fund will enable eligible dairy farmers in England to

access up to £10,000 each to help them overcome the impact

of the coronavirus outbreak. Read the UK government press

release: https://bit.ly/3dnsSMH

NEW FARMWELL RESOURCES

FCN provides practical and pastoral support to the

agricultural community to build resilience and access help at

difficult times. Visit our website at www.farmwell.org.uk for a

wealth of free information about personal and business

resilience, mental and physical wellbeing and successfully

managing through change.

This week has seen the following updates added to the

FarmWell website.

NFU Mutual Risk Management Service (updated 8th May)

NFU Mutual health and safety telephone service (updated 8th May)

COVID-19 update on EU National Workers (updated 11th May)

Brexit - Farming is Changing (updated 11th May)

Stay calm through COVID - series hosted by Holly Beckett (added 12th May)

TB testing during COVID (updated 13th May)

APHA decision making tree for bTB testing during COVID-19 restrictions (added 14th

May)

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE:

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