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Searching for a sustainable suckler strategy?
Charolais + Beef Shorthorn cross to maximise output What does it take for a sustainable future for a suckler cow enterprise? According to SAC beef specialist Ian Pritchard, the answer…
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Charolais delivers performance related premiums while continuing to step up genetic progress
Re-elected breed society chairman, Alasdair Houston Charolais breeders are providing sires leaving premiums for commercial producers worth over £130 a head over other breeds. Momentum is gathering, as modern British…
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Bull calf finishing results by individual sire from the 2011 calf crop at Hopping Farm
Simon Marsh, Senior Lecturer – Beef Cattle Specialist, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus farmer Simon Frost at Hopping Farm in the Derbyshire dales…
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Charolais crosses averaging £200 a head more than other Continental crosses
Cumbrian beef producer, Mark Bowman is focused on maximising output per suckler cow and has found that he has been able to boost annual income by over £200 a head…
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The 2009, 2010, 2011 Calf Crops (Beef Focus article)
Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus farmer Simon Frost has just hit one of his lifetimes targets for his suckler herd with a daily carcase gain (dcg) of his bull calves…
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Darnford use Charolais for top performance
The Watson family is among the hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors who are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross cattle within the specification and to…
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Bull calf finishing results by individual sire from the 2001 calf crop
Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus Farm Simon Frost, Hopping Farm, Youlgreave, Derbyshire Spring 2011 born bull calves from high Terminal Index Charolais bulls from Limousin x Holstein-Friesian cows. The calves…
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Pure Charolais prove performance consistency
SAC trial findings SAC’s Gavin Hill and SAC Bush’s stockman Ken Oman among the pure commercial Charolais herd.
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Charolais cross cattle worth an extra £125 a head
McIntosh Donald Qboxanalysis: helping farmers to measure, monitor and make more informed decisions Hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross…
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