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August 23rd 2011
Feature: Hawkley Red Angus
In a first for a Red Angus herd, this year’s winners of the EBLEX most imprived herd are Robert and Sophie Whitcombe with their Hawkley herd
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August 20th 2011
Suckler producer Rupert Dod makes FW Awards final three
Best of luck to Rupert Dod from Devon who has made it in to the final three in this year’s Farmers Weekly Beef Farmer of the Year competition
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August 14th 2011
Angus ladies lead the way in NI herd competition
In the recently judged NI Aberdeen Angus Club annual herd competition, kindly sponsored by Northern Bank, it was definitely a case that females are best. In each of the three sections of the competition, small, medium and large herds the eventual winners were all herds owned by ladies
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August 8th 2011
Willie McLaren receives the Sir William Young Award
Aberdeen-Angus cattle breeder Willie McLaren, of Netherton Farm, Blackford, Auchterarder, is the 2011 recipient of one of the livestock industry’s most prestigious prizes, the Sir William Young Award.
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August 8th 2011
Feature: Linking soil pH with Johne's Disease
Amongst other things it appears that raising soil pH by applying lime could reduce the incidence of Johne’s disease in cattle, but it will only be part of the answer
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August 5th 2011
Feature: JB Bradley Farms
The desire to produce a premium product at a time when economic production and ease of management are all crucial, lay behind Des Bradley’s decision to change from using Charolais bulls to Aberdeen-Angus on his suckler herd, as Doreen Forsyth reports
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