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Saintfield Mart. Picture: Saintfield Mart

Fat cattle selling to £1876 for a 730kg Belgian Blue cow at Saintfield Mart Darryl Armitage

It was an early Saturday morning for Farming Life's Darryl Armitage as he took himself down the Ards Peninsula to Kircubbin for the start of the Lap The Lough run which had been organised by the Peninsula Vintage Club. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Watch: Tractors leaving at Kircubbin at the start of the Lap of the Lough Run Darryl Armitage

It was an early Saturday morning for Farming Life's Darryl Armitage as he took himself down the Ards Peninsula to Kircubbin for the start of the Lap The Lough run which had been organised by the Peninsula Vintage Club. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Watch: Tractors gather at Kircubbin for the start of the Lap Of The Lough Run Darryl Armitage

At the drop calf sale held at Downpatrick Mart on Saturday 3rd June 2023, a Strangford farmer topped the market on the day with lot 603, a Belgian Blue heifer at 81kg which sold for £290

Excellent prices for sheep and cattle at Downpatrick Mart, drop calves to £290 Darryl Armitage

Livestock Markets

Belgian Blue heifer at 96kg sells for for £380 at Downpatrick Mart Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Steady trade for sheep at Saintfield Mart, ewes selling to £194 Darryl Armitage

At the drop calf sale held on Saturday 6th May 2023 at Downpatrick Mart, a Portaferry farmer topped the market on the day with lot 616 a Belgian Blue male at 60kg which sold for £260

Drop calves top at £260 for 60kg at Downpatrick Mart

Downpatrick drop calf sale held on Saturday 29th April 2023 saw an Annacloy farmer topped the market on the day with lot 640, a Simmental bullock at 72kg £360

Drop calf sells for £360 at Downpatrick Mart Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart

Fat cattle selling to £2200 for a 1000kg Belgian Blue bull at Saintfield Darryl Armitage

Livestock Markets

Bulls selling to £200 at Downpatrick Mart, hoggets to £140.50 Darryl Armitage

Livestock Markets

Cattle selling to £310 at drop calf sale held at Downpatrick Mart Darryl Armitage

Gerard runs a flock of 250 BelclareXDorset and CharollaisXDorset ewes near Portaferry

Pre-tupping decisions lead to over £20 increase in ewe profitability By The Newsroom

Special celebrations for Portaferry WI By The Newsroom

Jacqueline and James Higginson from Captain Jacks with Finance Minister Conor Murphy and Hospitality Ulster Chief Executive Colin Neill during a visit to Portaferry

Treasury must act now to support businesses – Murphy Joanne Knox

Lambs sell to £148 at Saintfield Ruth Rodgers

Ewes selling to £258 at Saintfield

Steady trade for quality lambs at Downpatrick By The Newsroom

Basket maker and willow artist Clive Lyttle.

Final episode of ‘Keepers of the Lough’ on TV this Thursday Joanne Knox

Calves selling to a top price of £1000 at Downpatrick Darryl Armitage

Trauma teddies

Portaferry members keep in touch during Covid lock-down By The Newsroom

Pre-tupping decisions led to over a £20 increase in profitability per ewe By The Newsroom

Steven Weatherup and Nigel Gamble

Ploughing matches get underway in province By The Newsroom

Fat ewes selling to £150 at Downpatrick Mart Darryl Armitage

Saintfield Mart: Ewes selling to £120 Darryl Armitage

Pictured at the Kircubbin, Portaferry and District Ploughing Match are former world champion David Gill from Annahilt, Co Down, and Brian McNally, chairman of the Kircubbin, Portaferry and District Ploughing Society. The match, which was held at the Springwell Road, Groomsport, Co Down, last Sunday, on land kindly donate by Mr Ted Thompson, was the first that the society had held in eight years. Competitors came from across Northern Ireland and there were several from southern Ireland too. For full report and more photographs see this Saturday's Farming Life. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Ploughing society returns after a break of eight years By The Newsroom

Pictured at Ballycastle and District Ploughing Match on New Years day in Ballycastle

Ploughing events in busy weekend Community Reporter

Spring lambs to £104 at Downpatrick By The Newsroom