July 23, 2013 Royal Welsh 2013
Charolais dominates Royal Welsh beef awards Charolais triumphed at the Royal Welsh 2013 by taking the top two interbreed beef awards. Three year old Barnsford Ferny kicked off the…
July 19, 2013 Vaccine For Schmallenberg Now Available
A vaccine to control the impact of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in cattle and sheep is now available. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has granted MSD Animal Health a provisional…
July 15, 2013 Great Yorkshire Show 2013
July 11, 2013 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…
July 5, 2013 Young Charolais Breeders Out In Force At Stock Judging Final
Fifty two finalists from nine UK regions battled it out at the British Charolais Young Breeders’ Stock Judging Competition sponsored by Weatherbys, hosted as part of the inaugural National Charolais…
July 5, 2013 The National Charolais Youth Stockjudging Final 2013
The National Charolais Youth Stockjudging Final, sponsored by Weatherbys and held at the Livestock Event today was a great success. Fifty competitors turned out to compete from all over the…
July 1, 2013 National Charolais Show 2013
Inaugural National Charolais Show a great success The first National Charolais Show attracted an attendance of 63 head of cattle at the Livestock Event at the NEC, Birmingham, with…
June 24, 2013 Charolais reign supreme at Royal Highland Show
Royal Highland Show Website Interbreed team and individual in the main ring Charolais judging in the main ring Charolais breeders enjoyed one of their most successful Royal Highland Shows ever;…
June 20, 2013 Blelack Charolais cow and twin calf outfit peaks at £18,795
Charolais females met a strong demand from buyers from throughout the UK and Ireland, selling to a top of 17,900gns for a cow and her twin heifers when Neil and…
May 28, 2013 Dungannon Charolais bulls to 4,400gns
British Charolais bulls met a ready commercial demand selling to 4,400gns at the Northern Ireland Charolais Club’s show and sale at Dungannon on Monday 27 May. Leading the day’s…
May 24, 2013 Balmoral Show 2013
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May 20, 2013 Welshpool Charolais bulls peak at 6,200gns
A small entry of Charolais bulls at the final official BCCS spring sale sold to a top of 6,200gns. Sale leader was the first prize winner Moelfre Galliano TI +47,…
May 14, 2013 New Charolais centre breed record of 31,000gns at Carlisle
93 bulls sold to £5,116 average Top price bull 31,000gns Bull prices from 9,000 – 14,000gns A new British Charolais centre record of 31,000gns was set at Carlisle at the society’s…
May 10, 2013 Blelack Charolais matrons to go under the hammer
Blelack Catalogue The entire autumn calving portion of the Blelack Charolais herd will come under the hammer at its matron sale to be held at Stirling on Wednesday 19 June,…
May 7, 2013 Charolais trade tops 6,500gns thrice in Stirling
British Charolais lead breed averages at £4,285 for 21 bulls sold at multi-breed fixture British Charolais trade peaked at 6,500gns three times at the society’s official show and sale at…
April 25, 2013 Holsworthy Charolais peak at 4,300gns
Charolais bulls sold to a top of 4,300gns in Holsworthy on Thursday 24 April at the South West Charolais Association`s annual spring sale. Sale leader at 4,300gns was the champion,…
April 23, 2013 Charolais Champion tops Ballymena at 4,400gns
Charolais trade topped at 4,400gns at the Northern Ireland Charolais Club’s show and sale at Ballymena Livestock Mart on Friday 19 April. The top price of 4,400gns went to the…
April 19, 2013 Welshpool Charolais bulls peak at 7,200gns
Charolais bulls met a solid commercial trade selling to a top of 7,200gns in Welshpool on Thursday 18 April at the breed society’s official spring sale. Sale topper at 7,200gns…
April 4, 2013 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…
March 26, 2013 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…