Toplines and Tales

From a family background in pedigree sheep and learning his trade at 2 of the country's top Texel flocks, Jeff Aitken has spent 14 years building up the top flock at Procters Farms. Now with the adde…

As a preview to the Scottish Beef Event I speak with Peter Langdale, owner of the 5000 acre Dalswinton Estate near Dumfries where it will be hosted. We discuss beef cattle, the future of the suckler …

Top stockman and breeder Jimmy Wilson talks of his early days working for Gordon Blackstock which got him started in Suffolk sheep and his Bridgetown flock. Along with a few other select breeders fro…

I have a great chat with Yorkshire butcher, Slacky, a real character who not only offers fantastic products, but quirky over the counter advice on how to cook and prepare. A brilliant advocate of not…

My guest this week, Mike Alford is certainly not a man who does things by halves. With 3 pedigree herds, 3 pedigree flocks, all at the top of their game, as well a successful wholesale meat business …

This week we get together with two Irish brothers, John and Leo McEnroe, not only great cattle breeders but with plenty of stories to tell, including driving 16 cattle to Oldcastle show on the road a…

Donald Biggar was not only a man who had massive respect in the beef cattle industry but part of a dynasty. I speak with his son Duncan about his father, grand-father and great grand-father and the t…

Chatting to Aberdonian,  Rich Thompson, a very understated but talented stockman. We hear about him working in New Zealand as a youngster and then his time at Bankhead Angus when they were the top of…

A celebration this week as I have a most enjoyable chat with one of livestock's Golden couples, Ian and Madge Anderson as they celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. In his usual chatty way Ian…

I am honoured this week to speak to one of the UK's greatest livestock auctioneers, former boss of United Auctions, David Leggat, MBE. We hear how David started at Perth Market as an office boy strai…

Veteran stockman Dennis Gall shares his exploits with the Galloway breed among others in a highly interesting chat. Among his successes we hear about his bull nearly getting beaten in the show ring b…

Although the very first lady to have their portrait hung in the prestigious Saddle and Sirloin Club, the name of Sal Forbes may not be familiar to everyone but she really was a true inspiration not j…

This week we chat to a Scotsman in Argentina, who has been there some 60 years, man and boy, working with and bringing out some of the best cattle in the country. As he casually mentions winning more…

Geordie Soutar and his family have made it a passion to preserve the Native lines of Angus cattle that could trace origins back to the original herd books. Looking back at a type of cattle that would…

An episode everyone should listen to, we chat to New Zealand dairy farmer Marc Gascoigne about the mental health struggles he suffered some years ago and how the Farmstrong organization helped him th…

Top Irish Simmental breeder Garrett Behan is an extremely hard man to get past, both at sales and shows. With the Clonagh and Jennalyn herds both churning out top stock that are highly in demand, he …

Another special episode this week hears me host an online webinar to 200 guests, direct from the lambing sheds of two of Scotland's leading sheep breeders, Robert Laird from Cambwell and Finlay MacIn…

A great fun chat with Cammy Wilson from the phenomenally successful YouTube Channel, The sheep Game. His passion for the industry shines through from the outset as we discuss some personal stuff and …

Just how do you go about designing and creating a new top-quality breed of sheep to suit the modern world? Our guest Graham Gilmore of the Tattykeel stud in Australia has done just that, breaking jus…