ANDREW McNeilly, Randalstown, took top honours at the recent annual spring lamb competition organised by the Northern Ireland Branch of the Suffolk Sheep Society.
The competition was held at Ballymena Livestock Market and was generously sponsored and judged by Danny McKay, Rowandale Farm & Butchers, Martinstown.
Andrew McNeilly took first prize in the pedigree class with an excellent pair of lambs, while Alastair Barkley, Dunloy, took second and Philip Gurney, Coleraine, took third.
In the Suffolk X class, Rodney Blair, Ballymoney, had a clean sweep taking the winning rosette whilst also claiming second and third in the class.
However, it was Andrew McNeilly who went on to claim the champion rosette with his pedigree Suffolk pair of lambs.
Lambs peaked at £6.14 per kg and prize winning pens averaged £5.42 per kg.
Judge and sponsor Danny McKay of Rowandale Farm & Butchers, Martinstown, explained: “Rowandale Farm is a family-run business focused on bringing top quality produce straight to our customers from our grass fed herds of beef and dairy cows and our flock of sheep.
“From our fresh cows, milk, pasteurised by us and delivered in glass bottles, right through to our butchery where we use traditional methods, don’t add fillers or rusks and specialise in cuts not often set out on counters today.
“We always focus on quality, our customer service and most importantly the health and life of our animals.”
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