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  • 11 May 2017

Photographic Competition

The Society are pleased to announce our photographic competition. There are two categories – Summer Charolais and Funny Farm. For the Summer Charolais section, please submit pictures of your Charolais…

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  • 11 May 2017

Dorcas Charolais – Open Day Saturday 27th May 2017

On Saturday 27 May, the Dorcas herd, in association with the British Charolais Cattle Society, hosted an open day which gave us a chance to to see how the Charolais…

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  • 11 Apr 2017

British Genetics Dominate the Irish Sale Trade

Buyers at this year’s Irish Charolais Cattle Society Premier show and sale in Elphin, on the 25 March were looking to purchase bulls with British linage giving high euro star…

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  • 29 Mar 2017

WHAT A PARTY!

  David Benson retirement party held at Gretna Green on 25 March 2017                          

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  • 15 Mar 2017

Mains of Gallery

The Charolais is the breed of choice of the Gammie family and forms the backbone of its respected suckler and finishing business in Laurencekirk, south of Aberdeen. The Gammie family…

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  • 14 Mar 2017

Peter Phythian joins the Charolais Society

We welcomed Peter Phythian on his first day at the Society today and he is “very much looking forward to meeting members and working with all members up and down…

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  • 7 Mar 2017

Future beef farmers = Charolais

6 March 2017 Future beef farmers = Charolais Future beef farmers are using EBVs and focusing on easy calving Charolais bulls, according to one leading university’s students. Charolais was the…

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  • 28 Feb 2017

Charolais Supreme Champion at first Commercial Show of the Year

A Charolais heifer from the Veitch Family Lisbellaw County Fermanagh, took top honours at the Northern Ireland Star of the Future Commercial Show in Dungannon and went on to secure…

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  • 24 Feb 2017

The life cycle never stops at the McKelvey’s ever busy cattle farm

Behind the busy farm supplies operation in Ballynahinch,  McKelvey Bros runs one of the top finishing units in County Down.  Finishing 1000 bullocks and 300 heifers including 1000 head of…

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