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  • 3 Aug 2014

Fairway Charolais Sale

The Fairway Herd has not been seen by many breeders hidden away as it is beside the River Nidd in the Vale of York. Rarely were cattle sold publicly and…

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  • 29 Jul 2014

Steven Nesbitt elected British Charolais Cattle Society chairman

North east cattle enthusiast, Steven Nesbitt, of Winston, Darlington has been elected chairman of the British Charolais Cattle Society’s Council of Management. He succeeds Alasdair Houston, of Gretna Green who…

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  • 15 Jul 2014

CHAROLAIS TOP TABLE

At the Annual General Meeting and the subsequent Council of Management meeting the following office holders were elected: President; Mervyn Parker Chairman: Steven Nesbitt Vice – Chairman Andrew Hornall Treasurer:…

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  • 30 Apr 2014

Commercial producers return to Charolais – more kilos per cow, higher returns

Steven Crabtree is among an increasing number of commercial producers who are returning to Charolais. How come? Quite simply, he is finding that modern British Charolais is able to deliver…

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  • 28 Apr 2014

Completeness of Performance, Charolais launches new Breedplan herd rating system

The British Charolais Cattle Society has launched a new system that identifies and rates the quality and quantity of performance information recorded with Breedplan by individual herds on a one…

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  • 28 Apr 2014

Beef farmer proves value of using EBVs

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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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  • 4 Mar 2014

Culmvale Charolais sell to £2400!

Kivells dispersed the entire pedigree Charolais herd on behalf of Messrs SDF Molineux & Partners of Silverton at Exeter Livestock Centre. The small dispersal attracted huge demand and a packed…

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  • 18 Feb 2014

Gretnahouse achieves greatest UK Charolais herd genetic improvement

Alasdair Houston’s Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire based Gretnahouse Charolais herd has been recognised with the Harman Charolais Genetic Improvement Award 2014 for making the greatest genetic progress both in Scotland and…

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