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  • 9 Oct 2018

Myostatin Information

What is Myostatin? Myostatin is a gene that influences the production of proteins which control muscle development. When an animal is identified as having one of the mutations it means…

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  • 31 Aug 2018

Farm Visit 15 September

The British Charolais & Salers cattle societies are holding a farm visit on Saturday 15 September, kindly hosted by Alun and Anita at Thomas at Tyn hendre, Talybont, Bangor, Gwynedd,…

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  • 23 Aug 2018

National Young Stars Northern Boys

This year’s Charolais team, The Northern Boys – Micheal Dumbreck, Tom Brown and Harry Stobart, who were kindly jointly sponsored by Blyth’s Butchers, arrived at Malvern Three Counties Showground mid-morning,…

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  • 23 Aug 2018

Charolais Youth Year

South East, Anglia & South West Regional Qualifier There was an early start to the qualifiers this year, as the weekend after Easter saw the first of the regional qualifiers…

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  • 29 Jun 2018

Urgent need for beef farmers to safeguard their business from uncertainty

Despite huge uncertainty in the agricultural sector, beef farmers must start to make decisions now in order to protect their business in what is likely to be a more volatile…

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  • 19 Jun 2018

Mornity Nero heads over to Ireland for semen collection

Robert Young of the Mornity herd was delighted to inform us that he has sold the 15-month-old Mornity Nero, in a private deal to Elite Pedigree Genetics of Northern Ireland…

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  • 1 May 2018

Charolais AHDB Live to Dead demonstration

On the 7th March we held our first L2D demonstration courtesy of AHDB and Dunbia Sawley, it was a practical and educational event which allowed members to handle live animals…

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  • 13 Apr 2018

2018 Charolais Youth

South East, Anglia & South West Regional Qualifier There was an early start to the qualifiers this year, as the weekend after Easter saw the first of the regional qualifiers…

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  • 10 Mar 2018

Modern Charolais meets market demands

With hard work, and a commitment to producing quality home grown meat, the Blyth family from Hartlepool has seen demand for their beef and lamb though their butcher’s shops grow…

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