However, he said the sheep lived up to his name and was indeed “perfection”. New owner Mr Douglas said the Texel sheep was as good as he had seen, with a “great body and strong loin”.

Cast cattle (194) went to £3576.76 for a British Blue from Messrs Comrie, Stonebyres Mains and to 435.5p for one of the same from B Haigh, Hightown Farm. A Dutch Texel topped the hogg trade at £500 or ...

The British Texel Sheep Society started in 1974 and the current chairman, Jeff Aiken, is spending some time at the show alongside his family. Jeff was born into a sheep farming family in Dromara ...

Kicked off by a 1970s themed evening on Friday (15th November), the weekend saw people from across the UK come together to mark the Society’s half-century landmark. Society chief executive John ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Melissa Buchan of the Clinterty flock, Aberdeenshire, has won the Texel Sheep Society Spotlight Award 2025. Nominated by the North of Scotland ...