This sheep, assuming we believe those ranchers that it even is a sheep, is a Beltex, a peculiar, heavily-muscled breed originating in Belgium. Its name is a portmanteau of its place of origin (“Bel”) ...

It’s the Beltex that breeds the best for Michael and Paul who attend to most of the sheep work, as it produces the best finished lambs and some cracking good females too. “The Beltex appeals to our ...

The Irish Beltex Sheep Breeders Club held their AGM on 28 January 2025, re-electing office bearers and reflecting on another bumper year for the Club and the breed.

It included the section champion, a gimmer, a home-bred ewe lamb and a five-crop ewe purchased from Willie Lockhart in a pen of 40. Reserve went to a trio of Beltex from John and Heather Barclay, and ...

The Beltex sheep breed will be under the spotlight at a field day in Canterbury tomorrow. Former Invermay head Dr Jock Allison, Canterbury farmer Blair Gallagher and farm adviser John Tavendale, ...

David Findlay, a council member of the Beltex Sheep Society who runs one of the breed’s largest flocks at Leyburn, North Yorkshire, said there had been important reasons why the breed had ...

One of the Beltex sheep on show at the field days stands in the pen waiting to be examined by members of the public. Photo / Nicole Sharp A top price of $15,000 was achieved at the first Beltex ...

Rachel Gallagher was at the Athlone Show, where 12 breeds of sheep were on show, including four All-Ireland championships.

Last Friday’s (9 December) Beltex Society premier show and sale of in-lamb females saw the top price of 4,000gns go to a ewe lamb from the Buckles Flock. K & R Buckle, Barras, Cumbria, put ...

With lockdown restrictions fully lifted, farmers from across the UK turned out in force for the annual Pedigree Beltex Sheep show and sale - and it turned into a great social occasion as they met ...