News & Insights
Market Updates
Charolais sweep the board at YFC calf rally
Charolais crosses swept the board at Clyde and Central Young Farmers Club calf rally at Caledonian Marts, Stirling. The Young Farmers supreme championship went to Goldie Locks, a 10…
Read more →
Charolais cross stores achieving £200 premium over all others
Achieving an average £200 a head premium for Charolais cross stores over all others in the marketplace combined with underlying confidence in demand for quality Scotch beef is enabling the…
Read more →
Gearing up for VIA: the rearer finisher’s take
Focus on Eye Muscle Area and Retail Beef Yield EBV selection VIA (Video Image Analysis) is an automated method of objectively assessing visual carcase conformation and fat classes to comply…
Read more →
Charolais crosses reap enhanced finisher margins
HAU student placement study Charolais sired steers reached 400kgs target deadweight one month earlier than other Continental crosses on a specialist finishing unit and thereby achieved a £54 a head…
Read more →
Charolais secure supreme Smithfield titles
Bang Tidy, an 18 month old Charolais cross heifer scooped the supreme Smithfield championship in Peterborough, on Thursday 5 December. Exhibited by Drew Hyslop and his partner, Katie Davidson of…
Read more →
Charolais dominated the Winter Fair carcase competition
Charolais secured the supreme championship and picked up a fistful of red tickets at Premier Meat Exhibition’s carcase awards staged at Scotbeef on Saturday 23 November and organised by the…
Read more →
Charolais is King on McConnell Suckler Farm in Clogher Valley
Sean McGovern Charolais club committee member visited the farm of Paul McConnell & family situated on an elevated site overlooking the Clogher Valley, the uplands provide good grazing in summer…
Read more →
Charolais reigns supreme at Stars of the Future
Charolais reigned supreme at Stars of the Future in Stirling on 16 November by taking the top two Continental interbreed slots; Glenericht Hilary secured the supreme senior award and Falleninch…
Read more →
Undisputed weight for age – Charolais cross cattle leave £132 a head benefit over all other crosses: McIntosh Donald
The Milne family, Robbie, Barbara and their son, James are among the hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors who are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross…
Read more →

Stay up to date
Join our newsletter









