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Dairy Expo Promotes UK Genetics

As announced earlier this year, the first UK DAIRY EXPO takes place on Friday 2nd - Saturday 3rd March 2012 at Carlisle's Borderway Centre

A GUINNESS MART OF RECORDS!

For Harrison and Hetherington Europe’s leading Livestock Auction Company, 2011 has been a year of highs. Scott Donaldson, Sales Director, looks back at the livestock trading for the last six months and looks forward to 2012.

Harrison & Hetherington’s farmstock business dates back to 1870, originally operating a number of local livestock auction marts throughout north Cumbria and south west Scotland with, until 1974, its main facility being in Carlisle city centre. In 1974 the company relocated to the edge of the city where it is today. Harrison & Hethrington are now the official appointed auctioneers for all major beef, dairy and sheep breed societies and clubs throughout the UK.

Borderway is one of the largest and leading livestock sale centres in the UK, handling some 800,000 head of cattle and sheep annually and providing a service to sellers and buyers from all geographic locations, including Europe.

Aside from Borderway the company operates six other auction marts: Kirkby Stephen, Lazonby and Broughton in Furness in Cumbria; Middleton-in-Teesdale in County Durham; Lockerbie and Newcastleton in Dumfries and Galloway and Roxburghshire respectively; specialist livestock sales are also conducted at various other sites throughout the UK.

The Borderway site has a capacity to hold sales of commercial livestock of up to 3,500 head of cattle or 17,000 head of sheep on any one day. Annually, 120,000 cattle and 680,000 sheep are sold by auction and/or by private treaty.

The farmstock business is well known to and respected by, pedigree and commercial farmers nationwide and in specialist fields worldwide - animals purchased through our sale rings are frequently exported to Europe – Belgium, Spain, Italy, France and Southern Ireland.