April 2014

April 30, 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…


April 28, 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…


April 28, 2014 Ballymena Charolais peak at 3,500gns twice

Charolais sold to a top of 3,500gns twice at the breed’s Northern Ireland Club sale which featured a small entry of 11 bulls forward in Ballymena on Friday 25 April.…


April 28, 2014 Beef farmer proves value of using EBVs


April 24, 2014 Holsworthy Charolais peak at 4,400gns

Charolais sold to a top of 4,400gns in Holsworthy on Wednesday 23 April at the South West Charolais Association’s annual spring sale. Sale leader at 4,400gns was Balbithan Fiji TI…