Loch Tay has been chosen as the Scottish winner of a nationwide competition to help young farmers get ahead with shearing sheep.
Fifth generation farmer and Breadalbane Academy school leaver Duncan McDiarmid (17) was picked as the young person to represent Scotland on the trade body British Wool’s new YFC Shearing Training and Development programme.One winner from each UK nation gets the opportunity of 12 months of training as well as a Lister Shearing prize package worth £500.The programme of training Duncan is going to start includes attending a British Wool machine shearing course, followed by a gear course, a wool handling course and finally a second machine shearing course.The rural life is in Duncan’s blood.
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