by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Market Updates
Genetic improvement continues for calving ease and performance British Charolais breeders are continuing to respond to commercial producers’ demands to deliver bulls that leave not only efficient high performance progeny but ones that are easier to calve, according to...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Society News
Smithfield Winter Festival Results Commercial Classes Heifer Sired by a Purebred Charolais Bull 1st – S Betts & L McKay – Emerald Angel – 586kg 2nd – MacPherson & Currie – Penny Arcade – 592kg 3rd – Dermot Small – Cotton Candy – 618kg Steer Sired by a Purebred...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Market Updates
Farming on a large scale in the North-east of Scotland, Philip Simmers has found that using Charolais bulls across his suckler herd, suits his forage-based system perfectly. “Our calves are doing 1.6kg to 2kg per day on a silage-based diet – that is what Charolais are...
by admin | Dec 5, 2014 | Sale Reports
Ashleigh Marshall with her Overall Rising Star Champion Anna Robertson, Lower Inchcorsie, Rothiemay secured the overall Pedigree Bull Championship with her 21-month Charolais Inchcorsie Iceman which sold for the top price of 7,000gns to Leys Estate, Leys Castle,...
by admin | Dec 1, 2014 | Show Reports
Show Results Charolais Heifer Section 1st – Mr BE Williams – April – 656kg 2nd -SI & LJ Evans – Little Chicken – 700kg 3rd – Mr John R Owen – Rhiana – 604kg Charolais Steer Section 1st – Mr Berwyn Hughes...
