Meet the McLean family’s 170-cow organic Holstein herd at Mains of Culsh, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, supplying Graham’s after merging into a 300ha farm.

Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb tops J36 Crooklands sale at £6500 for Bob Lawrence’s Bob-On flock, bought by Messrs Armstrong, Ainstable.

Barledziew Holstein herd dispersal at Carlisle reaches 5,800gns, with strong UK demand and Harrison & Hetherington selling top pedigree dairy cattle.

Glenrath Farms’ Galloway cattle win Scotland and Northern England Herd of the Year title, with Skelfhill reserve and Rogan third after judging 17 herds.

Andrew Hastie explains how Alderston Mains uses a Biolectric on-farm anaerobic digestion system to turn dairy slurry into renewable electricity and heat.

Incheoch Farm’s McGowan family reaches the Scotch Beef Farmer of the Year finals, recognised for its 200-cow suckler herd in Angus and Perthshire.

Girvan Mains’ Young family farms 3000 acres, finishes 5,000 cattle a year and powers the farm with an anaerobic digester as award finalists.

Ian Brownlie’s Murdo won Yetholm, Davie Wallace’s Taz Ellemford and Ian McMillan’s Cat Colmonell; Chase won Northumberland.

Bryson Tractors is a finalist for Machinery Dealer of the Year at the Scottish Agriculture Awards, after growing to 40 staff and two Scottish depots.

Stewart family’s Smallholmburn Farm near Lockerbie milks 675 Holstein cows three times daily, alongside dairy youngstock and beef enterprises in Scotland.

Hillhead of Covington near Biggar milks 450 Holstein cows, achieving high yields while focusing on herd health, cow comfort, farm efficiency and sustainability.

Orkney agricultural contractor J and S Hay is a Scottish Agriculture Awards Contractor of the Year finalist, after growing from a 75-acre family farm.