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  • 21 Mar 2014

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…

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  • 11 Feb 2014

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…

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  • 13 Jan 2014

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…

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  • 7 Jan 2014

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…

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  • 6 Dec 2013

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…

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  • 27 Nov 2013

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…

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  • 20 Nov 2013

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…

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  • 19 Nov 2013

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…

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  • 16 Sep 2013

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…

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