Hallworthy Stockyard, Hallworthy, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9SH

Tel: 01840 261261 Fax: 01840 261684

Website: www.kivells.com Email: hallworthy@kivells.com

HALLWORTHY MARKET REPORT THURSDAY 8th MARCH 2018

EVERY THURSDAY Gates Open 6.30am

SALE TIMES 09:45 am Draft Ewes followed by Prime, Store Hoggs & Breeding

Sheep followed Tested & Untested Prime & OTM Cattle 11:00 am Store Cattle & Stirk

NAMED SIRES Store cattle and calf purchasers are continually requesting the names of sires of Angus, South Devon and Hereford cattle. Please supply this information by writing

it on the passport, it reflects in the sale price.

185 Draft Ewes Good entry met a flying trade with Hill bred ewes and everything in the overall average on the day was £72.20, and a lot more could have been sold. Top of the day was £105, for a pen of Suffolk x from Phil Hawkey, Lower Tregolls, St Wenn, who also realised £100 for another pen of Suffolk x, and £82 for a pen of Mules. Polled Dorset topped at £90 from Trevor Cummings, Treroosal. Several other pens £85 to £88. 178 Fat Hoggs The Hoggs are getting dearer by the week. Top per Kilo on the day was 239p for a pen of 44.4kgs £106 from Mr C Kent, Liskeard, who also topped per head on the day at £109.50 for 48kgs. 158 Store Hoggs The Store Hoggs were on fire and more are needed. 7 pens over £93 to a top

of £97 from Mervin Shopland, Lake Farm, Lifton, followed by Mark Blake,

Milbrook, who realised £96.

27 New Season Lambs

A few new season lambs starting to come through and more could have been

sold. Top per kilo was 236p for a pen of 44kgs £104 from J Pearce Liskeard,

and top per head was £109.50 from Phil Reskelly, Rumford.

Couples 67 Ewes and 93 Lambs

A much larger entry of couples met with more interest, numerous pens of

Doubles over £180 to a top of £200, sold by Richard Robson, Beechcroft,

Altarnun. Paul Taylor, Lower Goonleigh, Roche realised £130 + for 4 Single

Couples, to a top of £138.

114 In Lamb Ewes

A part flock dispersal from Christopher Dunn & Family, Trezare, Fowey, met

with much interest, topping at £112 for Cheviott, April lambers.

Weight Top Average Per Head Per kg Per

Head Per kg

32.1 - 39 89.50 229 89.50 229 39.1 - 45.5 106 239 91 222.2 45.6 - 52 109.50 228 103.70 215.8 52+ 109 177 109 174.9 Over all 109.50 239 96 222.9

SHEEP AUCTIONEER STEVE PROUSE 07767 895366

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us on hallworthy@kivells.com

Store Cattle

A great day at Hallworthy with 384 Cattle through the ring. After last weeks

disappointment of snow, purchaser came out at pace.

The auction started with the organics, with Mr R T & EA Scambler of Zennor

topping out with a South Devon x Steer to a high of £985 at 17 months and 12

months. South Devon x Steers to £665.

Mr C Alderman of Lostwithiel saw his fleshy Aberdeen Angus Named Sire Steers,

realise £940. Mr D J Braund of Bude saw his run of North Devon cows with

Limousin x Calves, top to £1000 x2, both sets with Heifer Calves at foot.

In the conventional section there were Cattle for everybody with top going to JP &

TC Chapman of Laity from Redruth, his strong Limousin x Steer attracted a top to

£1225 and another 4 at £1080. Next inline was SE & JM Eastley of Looe, with his

super run of Cattle headed by a Limousin x Steer to £1150, a pair of fleshy British

Blue Steers to £1070.

Regular consigner Mr W E Gribble of North Hill, saw his best 3 Limousin Steers to

£1145. Messrs Blewett Partnership of St Dennis, topped out at £1105 for British

Blue Steers with his super shaped Friesian Steers to £980 x4. There was a distinct

difference in the Aberdeen Angus section for Named Sires. Messrs Bilkey and Bray

of Tregony, led the way with a run of quality Aberdeen Angus Steers and Heifers,

topping out with his Steers at £1190x3 next 4 Steers to £1085, with another bunch

of 8 to £1045.

Herefords topped by Mr D C Roberts & Son of Praze, with a grand run of Red and

White Herefords. His best was a run of 4 realising £1105 for Heifers. Messrs Bilkey

& Bray topped their Heifers to £1045 x 4 Aberdeen Angus, Named Sire.

Younger Cattle saw Mr P Skelley of Tavistock, seeing his pair of Charolais x Steers to

£845 at 7 months, with Mr WT Key & Son seeing his 7-9 month Limousin x Heifers

to £700.

Fats and Cows

Mr S J Crago of Par led the way with the cows, his lead cow a Limousin x topped out

at 126ppkilo with next at 124ppkilo, with a third to 114ppkilo.

STORE CATTLE AUCTIONEER RICHARD DENNIS

Cows and Calves

A rare dispersal of Blue Albion Cattle from Mr D Gow of Ashwater, his cow & Calf

topped to £1020, for a 2008 cow with Calf at foot, his second to £980. Best incalf

Heifer due to Blue Albion to £960 and Bull to £680, away to the Cotswolds, to join

Adam Henson’s Farm Park.

Pictured below is Adams Sister Libby Henson and his Herdsman Mike Caunter

meeting David Kivell and Stuart Cornelius after the sale.

FORTHCOMING SALES

MARCH SALES SATURDAY 10TH – HOLSWORTHY Resheduled monthly Pig & Poultry Sale MONDAY 12TH – HOLSWORTHY & HALLWORTHY TB Restricted sale 300 Store Cattle and 11 Cull Cows WEDNESDAY 14TH – HOLSWORTHY Weekly Prime and Store Market to inc Special Sale of Couples and Monthly Beef Breeding Sale, Also Dispersal Sale of a home bred and closed herd of Holstein Friesian Dairy Cattle THURSDAY 15TH – HALLWORTHY Weekly Prime and Store Maket to inc Special Sale of Couples SATURDAY 17TH – HALLWORTHY Sale of Poultry commencing at 10:15am also Collective Machinery Sale, entries inc 2 Flemming Toppers, 8 CWT Teagle Fertilizer Spreader, Bale Spike, Sheep Shedding Gate, 10 Sheep Hurdles, Wire and a selection of Hand Tools. Further invited to 01840 261261

Need an additional house on the farm?

Want to maximise capital when selling agricultural buildings?

Permitted development rights mean it is even easier to attain planning

permission to convert an agricultural building to a dwelling!

Pop into your local Kivells Rural Professional Office for advice and information

or call

Holsworthy - 01409 253 275 Exeter - 01392 252 262

Launceston - 01566 776 886 Liskeard - 01579 345 543

PRIVATE TREATY

North Yolland and Ley Farms, Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall. Approximately 113 acres available for two cuts only by Private Treaty. All enquiries to Mark Bunt, Kivells, Liskeard Rural Professional Department. Tel: 01579 345543 or 07879 640970. Email: mbunt@kivells.com

Rural Professional Department

Land Available by Informal Tender

Land at Copshorne Lane, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 2PA

4.29 acres of permanent pasture available either on a Farm Business Tenancy or a Licence to

Occupy for the Grazing of Horses or Ponies for a two year term from 25th March 2018.

Tenders close 5pm on Friday 16th March 2018

Land Tredethick Farm, Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0LE

36 acres of pasture land available on a Grazing Licence from 1st April 2018 – 31st October

2018. Sheep only and cut once. Tenders close 5pm on Friday 23rd March 2018

Full details available from Mark Bunt, Kivells, Liskeard Rural Professional Department. Tel: 01579 345543 or 07879 640970. Email: mbunt@kivells.com

SELL YOUR SURPLUS ENTITLEMENTS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE

2018 DEADLINE!

TRADING WINDOW NOW OPEN!

Please contact:-

Caroline Squire on 01392 252 262 (opt 2)

Or email caroline.squire@kivells.com

Snow, a word loved by many but detested by others. The beginning of March saw our fair share of the

white stuff dumped across the south-west causing many problems throughout the farming community. I

have to say, going home over the week leading up to the collision of the ‘Beast from the East’ and ‘Storm

Emma’ I thought we were going a bit over the top by blocking up every gap and open space, but as I was

told and consequently learnt, drifting snow gets everywhere. A couple of positives witnessed from the

cold snap was the scenic spectacles the cold weather provided across the countryside, but also the

realisation from many of the public that milk and bread doesn’t just drop out of the sky and land in our

local shops and stores!

That said the snow has come and gone and we probably won’t see another night like last Thursday night

for a very long period of time. Let’s hope spring can now fully establish itself enabling the much required

warm weather to energize our rolling countryside.

With regards to livestock, the sheep industry is witnessing an exceptional boost with spring lambs, prime

hoggs and cull ewes meeting a truly fantastic trade. The large rise in prices is because of short numbers

coming forward and weather conditions hampering farming condition not just at home, but across the

whole of the UK. Just looking back a last year figures, whereby Exeter’s SQQ (Standard Quality Quotation)

for prime hoggs averaged 166ppk (pence per kilo), yesterday on the equivalent day, Exeter’s SQQ levelled

out at 223ppk; a stark contrast and one that will be very much welcomed and deserved by our sheep

farmers across the South West.

Moving on to professional matters and the very much talked about Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The

window for submitting BPS opens on the 13th of March and the Kivells team are gearing up for the busy

period of processing and submitting clients’ applications. With regards to changes from the 2017 claim

year, generally the RPA (Rural Payments Agency) has introduced very few changes, especially with

regards to mapping and submitting requirements.

There are however a number of rule changes the RPA have introduced, I have listed what I feel are the

most affecting below:

Active farmer - you no longer need to meet the ‘active farmer’ requirement under BPS for 2018

onwards. However, this change to the EU regulation was confirmed too late for RPA to make

changes to the Rural Payments service or the BP5 application form for 2018. Therefore, for BPS

2018 you must fill in the first box of the ‘Active farmer declaration’ in the Rural Payments service,

or on your BP5 application form stating ‘No - I qualify as an active farmer’. You must do this before

you submit your BPS application’.

A complete ban on the use of Plant Protection Products on Ecological Focus Area (EFA) Fallow Land, EFA

Catch and Cover Crops, and EFA Nitrogen-fixing Crops is introduced. The ban applies from the time

of sowing the crop, even if this is before 1 January 2018, to harvesting. The ban also applies to seed

dressings.

Rural Reflection March 2018

The definition of the EFA option for hedges is extended to include trees in a line. The EFA value will

remain the same - each metre of length equals 10 square metres of area for EFA.

As always, if you require telephone advice or feel you would rather one of our team complete and submit

this year’s BPS application please get in touch.

Countryside Stewardship seems to be an ongoing saga with clients submitting applications last

September still waiting to be told by Natural England whether their application was successful. Bearing in

mind if the application is successful the agreement has already started on the 1st January 2018. Quite

frankly a shocking situation! You don’t see government bodies giving us extended deadlines to get BPS

applications submitted or livestock records updated.

That said, it would appear Natural England have given themselves sufficient time for this year’s 2018

applications, with the requirement to have all submitted by 31st July 2018. Although there have been

some glitches in the application process, if properly administered the scheme does create great benefits

not only to the environment, but also provides landowners and occupiers an extra source of income and

the possibility of advancing capitals grants. We have clients interested in submitting for this year’s

application window, if you are considering the same please get in touch.

The last few weeks have seen continued negotiations with one large utility company which has been

renewing it apparatus across the South West. Kivells have, on behalf of clients, submitted a vast amount

of compensation claims whereby land has been damaged and businesses have been disrupted. Going

forward, if any utility company requires access or damages land because of required repairs or

maintenance it is likely compensation will be due to you or your farming business.

On a positive note let’s hope March brings that required sunshine enabling the wheels to start turning

and the grass to start growing.

Until next time…...

On Behalf of the Kivells Rural Professional Team

Ian Caunter

Exeter Office

The Kivells Rural Professional Team

David Kivell 01409 253275 david.kivell@kivells.com

Mark Bromell 01409 253275 mark.bromell@kivells.com

Mark Bunt 01579 324927 mark.bunt@kivells.com

Tom Rattray 01566 776886 thomas.rattray@kivells.com

Lisabeth Miller 01409253 275 lisabeth.miller@kivells.com

Claire Bellew 01392 252262 claire.bellew@kivells.com

Ian Caunter 01392 252262 ian.caunter@kivells.com

Caroline Squire 01392 252262 caroline.squire@kivells.com