The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2014 - Issue 35 | Page 42

SHEEP

NSA North Sheep 2015 to
be held in Cumbria
Noted breeders, the Marston family, to host key industry event near Cockermouth
North Sheep 2015, the National
Sheep Association’s (NSA) key
biennial event for the North of
England’s sheep sector, will be held
in Cumbria next year.
The industry showcase will be staged
at Millstone Moor Farm, Cockermouth, on
Wednesday June 3 by kind permission
of Neil and Sally Marston. The Marstons
are noted for the quality of the Bluefaced
Leicesters and North of England Mule
sheep they breed.
Event organiser, Julie Sedgewick, said:
“It’s brilliant to be bringing NSA North
Sheep back to Cumbria, a renowned
sheep producing area.
“NSA North Sheep 2015 will be
focusing on the current challenges and
opportunities in the industry, and we are
expecting visitors from all over the UK, not
just Northern England, to make the trip to

the Marston’s fantastic livestock farm for
this important industry event.”
Neil Marston, who has been breeding
sheep all his life, farms with wife Sally and
his parents, Raymond and Frances. They
have been farming at Millstone Moor Farm
since 2008 and are well-known in sheep
breeding circles. They hold the record for
the highest priced animals ever sold at
Mitchell’s Market in Cockermourth, with
the champion and reserve champions
at the Bluefaced Leicester sales selling

for £8,000 each last year. The Marstons
have also had success in the showing
world, winning a Royal Highland Show
championship with a Mule Ewe lamb.
The Marston’s farm 650-acres which
is half owned and half on a Farm
Business Tenancy (FBT), it is home to the
Highberries flock of Bluefaced Leicesters,
a small flock of pure-bred Swaledales,
North of England Mule ewes, a pure Dutch
Texel/Beltex flock and some Texel cross
Mule ewes. In total, there are around
1,800 breeding ewes at Millstone Moor
and plus a 60 strong suckler cattle herd
made up of pure Limousins and Belgian
Blue crosses.
Neil said: “We are delighted to be
hosting NSA North Sheep 2015. And, a
great honour to be welcoming this, the
leading sheep event in the North England,
once again to Cumbria.

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