Royal Highland Show 2022 Round Up!

1^st July 2022

NSA Scotland would like to thank all visitors, exhibitors, volunteers and contributors for their support this year at the Royal Highland Show. 2022 saw the NSA marquee move to Avenue M directly beside the MacRobert Shearing Theatre with many changes and improvements planned ahead of 2023. This year, we ran two competitions in conjunction with the newly added seminars which took place on Thursday afternoon on the shearing stage.

The first seminar saw a focus on animal health and welfare where sheep scab was discussed by Grace Reid (NSA Scottish Region Coordinator), Stewart Burgess (Moredun), Neil Wilson (IAAS) and Nigel Miller (Livestock Health Scotland). Main takeaways surrounded the progress being made in Scotland and across the UK as a whole to help reduce the prevalence of scab alongside the advancement of diagnostic tests to identify this very contagious parasitic disease.

Straight after this NSA Scotland and SAYFC ran a joint seminar to explore the future of the flock and the opportunities for young people in the sheep industry. A panel of Grace Reid (NSA Scottish Region Coordinator), Karyn McArthur (NSA Next Generation Ambassador) John Fyall (Highland Rural), were chaired by Scott Anderson (SAYFC) and ably answered questions posed by a very engaged audience. Many questions surrounded the sustainable nature of meat production alongside the possible rejuvenation of wool sales and how to encourage younger generations particularly from non-farming backgrounds. This seminar had a very positive outlook in terms of the passion of all involved however it was clear that there were many close looming threats to overcome.

NSA Scotland/RHASS Lamb Dressing Competition Results

Judge: Andrew Morton, Lochend, Denny.

1^st £60 & Michael Dun Memorial Trophy

Finlay Barclay (11), Mid Brockloch, Maybole; Zara Wood (13), Kingledores, Broughton & Katie Aiken (15), Proctors Farm, Lancashire.

2nd £30

Cameron Barclay (11), Mid Brockloch, Maybole; Struan Wood (10), Kingledores, Broughton & Robbie Aiken (13), Proctors Farm, Lancashire.

3^rd £20

Cohen Neil (6) & Kirsty Neil, Carnoustie, Angus.

4^th £15

Ewan Clark (8) & Alexander Clark (10), Meikle Glengyre, Stranraer.

5^th £10

Hayden Witelaw (12), Park Place Lockerbie with friends Harry & Innes.

6^th

John Duncan (11), Burnfoot Farm, Muirkirk with friends Mark & Fletcher.

NSA Scotland Stock Judging Competition

Class One: Beltex Gimmers, Class Two: Beltex X Texel Rams from Corstane Farm, Broughton, Biggar by kind permission of Mary Dunlop. Prize money kindly sponsored by Galloway and Macleod.

Open

1^st Jake Palmer

2^nd Ben White

3^rd Iain MacEachan

YFC

1^st Helen Forbes

Joint 2^nd Jane McGowan and Arabella Dunn

Congratulations to all the competition winners!