We are grateful to Myton Food Group (Morrisons Manufacturing Division) for hosting one of our “donation stations” at each of their depots in Thrapston and Rushden the company’s Community Champion for Rushden and Thrapston [pictured at the depot in Haldens Parkway] was the driving force behind the joint venture and says “It’s a subject that’s very close to my heart I wanted to do something to support the elderly in our community Making it easy for our colleagues to donate their items to Age UK Northamptonshire’s shops is a ‘quick fix’ that will help many local people.” Several other companies in Northamptonshire have kindly sited a donation station where their employees can donate their unwanted saleable items to us, including Kier Group plc and Alimac Group UK Ltd in Rushden.  Get in touch with us on 01604 611200 if you are interested in having one at your company or send an email Please note, these donation stations are not open to the general public.  If you have any items you'd like to donate please take them to one of our nine shops Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800 Email: [email protected] Find new and used Farm Machinery,Farm Equipment, Livestock and Property for sale  At Thrapston's Farmers Guardian supported Christmas show and sale in was a clean sweep in the prime cattle section for Will and Natasha Burden who claimed the overall prime cattle championship with a home-bred April 2022-born Limousin steer It went on to sell for £2,159.40 (370p/kg) to W.H They also took the reserve championship with a home-bred Limousin sired heifer out of a British Blue cross cow which sold for £2,159.40 (366p/kg) to P Mr and Mrs Burden run about 60 suckler cows with the majority of progeny sold as stores but some are retained for showing Both champion and reserve were by a stock bull was an Angus sired heifer which sold for £1,494.40 (282p/kg) and the unhaltered class winner from E Taking the champion and reserve titles in the sheep section was Ann Wilson The champion pen of three weighed 61.5kg/head and sold for £250/head (405p/kg) to A.J with the 57kg reserve champions selling for £190/head (333p/kg) to the same buyer Mrs Wilson lambs 40 pure Rouge ewes which are run alongside a 100 head commercial flock The sale of show and commercial lambs had an SQQ of 291p/kg The champion pig was a five-month-old Duroc cross from Paul Winderspin which had been bought as a weaner from the market It sold for £200 to Joseph Morris Butchers The charity chosen by the Thrapston and District Fat Stock Show Society was Marie Curie and more than £1,100 was raised at the Christmas show with fundraising to continue at the society dinner Pedigree sheep sales from around the marts More organic farming helps Government deliver environmental goals 2021 John Deere 6155R Ultimate Edition Command Leading the trade at the Hereford Cattle Society's spring show and sale at Shrewsbury at 9,000gns was Pepperstock 1 Blackstaffe A round-up of this week's livestock sales The Midlands South Devon Cattle Breeders Club sale at Worcester topped at 9,500gns for Colcharton Trumper 4 All material is copyright Farmers Guardian Limited. Farmers Guardian and Farmersguardian.com are registered trademarks of Farmers Guardian Limited, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, England, PR2 9NZ. Farmers Guardian Limited is registered in England and Wales with company registration number 07931451. Part of Arc network, www.arc-network.com Saica Pack successfully manufactured more than 1m square meters worth of corrugated cardboard at its Thrapston facility near Northampton a dedicated team of professionals oversaw the production of 1,150,000ms2 of corrugated cardboard called T1M (Thrapston 1 Million) abided by strict social distancing measures reflecting the team’s commitment to achieving the feat despite facing several logistical challenges The ambitious team included a mix of team Leaders supervisors and a handful of other employees at Saica Pack Thrapston Regional Managing Director at Saica Pack South East said: “I would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved in T1M The achievement is a testament to the hard work put in by the team and to achieve it safely and securely while abiding by social distancing measures shows their fantastic can-do attitude.” Saica Pack Thrapston set Saica Pack’s UK and Ireland corrugated manufacturing record after successfully overseeing the production of 1,152,745 meters squared in one 24-hour window.  This website uses its own and third party cookies for technical and analytical purposes For more information, you can visit our Cookies Policy. If you click the "Accept all" button, you are consenting to all cookies. Likewise, you can configure or reject them in our Cookie Settings Center You can set your preferences, at any time, regarding the use of Cookies. For more information, you can visit our Cookie Policy.