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Toplines and Tales

Podcast about all things to do with livestock, past and present, including interviews, discussions and general chitchat.

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01:06:08

123 - Characters in Livestock - Ian and Madge Anderson

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/03/31

A celebration this week as I have a most enjoyable chat with one of livestock's Golden couples, Ian and Madge Anderson as they celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. In his usual chatty way Ian talks us through his early days with Angus, his time at Rushmore and the fun this formidable team have had over the years in a most delightful episode.

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122 - Characters in Livestock - David Leggat

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/03/24

I am honoured this week to speak to one of the UK's greatest livestock auctioneers, former boss of United Auctions, David Leggat, MBE. We hear how David started at Perth Market as an office boy straight from school and conducted his first sale of pedigrees, selling pigs in Ireland! The personable way he has with people has not only taken him to the pinnacle of his profession but made him one of the most likeable men in the pedigree industry.

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121 -Characters in Livestock - Dennis Gall

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/03/17

Veteran stockman Dennis Gall shares his exploits with the Galloway breed among others in a highly interesting chat. Among his successes we hear about his bull nearly getting beaten in the show ring by a rabbit and, in his delightfully modest way, how he has helped and nurtured a lot of the younger generation of stockmen.

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120 - Characters in Livestock - Sal Forbes

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/03/10

Although the very first lady to have their portrait hung in the prestigious Saddle and Sirloin Club, the name of Sal Forbes may not be familiar to everyone but she really was a true inspiration not just to cattle breeders worldwide but to all women in the industry. With a deep pedigree of high achievers in her family, Dr Bob Hough highlights some of their fascinating history before we hear how Sal, with her husband Waldo, started and shaped the Red Angus breed by instigating and promoting high

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119 - Characters in Livestock - Norman Catto

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/03/03

This week we chat to a Scotsman in Argentina, who has been there some 60 years, man and boy, working with and bringing out some of the best cattle in the country. As he casually mentions winning more than 40 championships at Palermo show, along with a whole list of other achievements, it is pretty obvious why he is valued as one of the top cattlemen in South America to this day and it is a great pleasure to hear his story.

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118 - Characters in Livestock - Geordie Soutar

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/02/24

Geordie Soutar and his family have made it a passion to preserve the Native lines of Angus cattle that could trace origins back to the original herd books. Looking back at a type of cattle that would finish off grass they soon found their genetics were sought after world-wide. With bulls like Dunlouise Jipsey Earl, the Native Angus is now represented in many countries and Geordie has suitably been rewarded for his work with an OBE.

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117 - Wellbeing special - Farmstrong

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/02/17

An episode everyone should listen to, we chat to New Zealand dairy farmer Marc Gascoigne about the mental health struggles he suffered some years ago and how the Farmstrong organization helped him through. Now one of their ambassadors, he reveals how Farmstong started in New Zealand 8 years ago, covering the whole topic of wellbeing in the agricultural community. With the company currently running a series of talks throughout Scotland, we are also joined Farmstrong Scotland’s chairman, John Scott,

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116 - Characters in Livestock - Garrett Behan

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/02/10

Top Irish Simmental breeder Garrett Behan is an extremely hard man to get past, both at sales and shows. With the Clonagh and Jennalyn herds both churning out top stock that are highly in demand, he talks us through his journey from just one cow to selling the current record priced Simmental bull. Also winner of the coveted Miss World with Clonagh Darling Eyes, Garrett now holds an annual online sale, due shortly.

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115 - Special episode - Tales from the lambing shed

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/02/03

Another special episode this week hears me host an online webinar to 200 guests, direct from the lambing sheds of two of Scotland's leading sheep breeders, Robert Laird from Cambwell and Finlay MacIntyre from Dunalistair Estate. In conjunction with Harbro we chat through the challenges of lambing, with these two knowledgeable guys offering a whole host of free advice to sheep breeders of all levels..

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114 - Perth Bull Sales Special

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/01/27

Yet another first at Toplines and Tales as we go visual for the first time. This weeks podcast charts the history of the iconic Perth Bull Sales in conjunction with a simultaneous YouTube video portraying hundreds of photos of the subjects mentioned. Please visit Youtube and look for Toplines and Tales, episode 114. Or follow this link. https://youtu.be/W58DZ42mWbQ Please also click the button to subscribe to our channel.

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01:03:31

113 - Characters in Livestock - Cammy Wilson

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/01/22

A great fun chat with Cammy Wilson from the phenomenally successful YouTube Channel, The sheep Game. His passion for the industry shines through from the outset as we discuss some personal stuff and move on to what we can all do for farmer’s mental health. The time flies by as a host of subjects of all things sheep come and go as we get an insight into what makes one man evolve into a household word in our industry in such a short space of time.

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57:41

112 - Modern Livestock Operations - Graham Gilmore,...

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/01/13

Just how do you go about designing and creating a new top-quality breed of sheep to suit the modern world? Our guest Graham Gilmore of the Tattykeel stud in Australia has done just that, breaking just about every record in the book in the process including making 240,000 dollars for one ram. With statements like ‘people are hungry, not cold’ the Tattykeel Australian White not only sheds its wool, thrives in all climates, but produces some of the finest restaurant-quality meat in the world due to the

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111 - Characters in Livestock - Pete Dowlman

Toplines and Tales ·

2023/01/06

We pay homage to a well known character and cattleman I had massive respect for, sadly recently deceased, Peter (Piccolo) Dowlman. Although a humble man, his ability with animals and people made him a great friend and mentor to many over his long lifespan, particularly among Hereford and Angus breeds. His son Paul and I chat about his achievements as well as some of the craic that was had in his presence.

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110 - Characters in Livestock - Major David Walter

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/12/30

Not just for the Charolais purists, we end the year with probably my most enjoyable interview to date with one of life’s really great characters, (Major) David Walter. Although his family has been at Balthayock for a few hundred years, we hear about his fascinating younger days in the forces and the city, including playing polo with our current King. Although his very first cow got torpedoed by some Italians, David speaks of an early passion for the Charolais breed and buying a bull at auction for a

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01:22:04

109 - Christmas Special

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/12/23

This week along with a few mates, Scott, Derek and Andrew, all of whom are fellow commentators at the Royal Highland Show, we roll out the Christmas drink and have a laugh, as well as some serious chat. We start by mentioning a few great folks that the industry has lost over the past year. When we get to big Doddie it opens up a discussion about the fact that many great rugby players were and are farmers. A random chat about using crossbred rams leaves us divided although the concept Scott raises of

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108 - Characters in Livestock - PJ Budler

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/12/16

My guest PJ Budler has judged a staggering 81 breeds of cattle in 43 different countries! Based in Texas and now working as a consultant for an embryo company, we start by discussing the merits of cloning. His time working in Scotland gave him an understanding that breeds need to be adapted to their surroundings to produce effective genetics. We move on the ‘Champion of The World’ beef competition which he started nearly a decade and now involves animals from 93 countries. Then we get into a quite

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107 - Characters in Livestock - Eustace Burke

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/12/09

This week we cross to Southern Ireland to speak with Angus breeder Eustace Burke. From humble beginnings we hear how Eustace and his father built up the highly successful Clonthead herd of Angus including the all-Ireland medium herd competition. We go on to his role as president of the Irish Aberdeen Angus Association and their post-brexit role as a HQ for a number of breeds in Europe as well the function of The Government funded Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) database which aims to record

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45:45

106 - Characters in Livestock - Neil and Sally Lloyd

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/12/02

While we are in the closing stages of the fatstock show season we chat to freelance stockman, breeder and top judge, Neil Lloyd and his wife Sally. We hear about his early days being educated into the livestock showing business through pigs, his successes with all breeds of cattle and that infamous wedding in the main ring at Smithfield Show in London. A couple always striving for perfection, the conversation includes the variation of fatstock cattle across the regions and the family's progress with

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105 - Characters in Livestock - David Walker

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/11/25

This week’s character, David Walker from Galcantray, needs no introduction. From bringing out top Suffolk sheep and Angus cattle, the big man is always amongst the craic when it comes to showtime. We chat through his successes and then move on to his more recent passion, Clydesdale horses, where Galcantray are now really making their mark.

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104 - Live from Agriscot

Toplines and Tales ·

2022/11/18

This week I set up camp on HARBRO's tradestand at Agriscot in Edinburgh, the UK’s largest farming trade show, and chatted to a number of invited guests including Mairi Gougeon, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, Sarah Miller, CEO of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), some of the prestigious finalists of Scotland’s farming awards as well as other high profile forward thinking farmers at the cutting edge of the UK livestock industry.

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