Producing your own beef solely from forage and then retailing it direct to the consumer both locally and further afield is an inspiring aspiration many a producer would crave. But one Scottish cattle producer is doing exactly that. Finishing 150 quality Aberdeen-Angus cattle each year off 150 acres is no mean feat for Lanarkshire farmer [...]
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Ease of management and natural fleshing ability, coupled with a substantial bonus at slaughter, are just a few of the reasons why Aberdeen-Angus is the first choice for Garvagh suckler farmer Hugh McFetridge. The County Londonderry herd owner farms over 200 acres and has been using Aberdeen-Angus stock bulls for more than seven years. The [...]
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Last week saw the Netherton herd spreading the word about high quality Aberdeen-Angus and Scotch beef when the McLaren family hosted a visit from nine leading international food and drink journalists. The top food and drink writers from as far afield as Portugal, Italy, Austria, France and Israel were among the first to see the [...]
Read full storyThe North-east Aberdeen-Angus Club will be hosting a tour of North-east herds for Aberdeen-Angus breeders from all over the world this autumn. The Keenan Ruby Anniversary Tour, sponsored by one of the world’s leading feed technology companies, Keenan, will celebrate the club’s 40th anniversary and will take in visits to no fewer than 16 herds [...]
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A team of three young cattle handlers will be heading off on a trip of a lifetime to the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, Canada, as reward for taking top honours in a new competition at this year’s National Beef Association’s Beef Expo 2012, May 23rd and 24th at Three Counties Showground, Worcestershire. The all new [...]
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The recent Northern Ireland Aberdeen-Angus Club AGM saw the club chairman John Blackburn tell members that last year saw membership of the Northern Ireland Aberdeen-Angus Club soar by more than 60% to now total 108 members. One of the guest speakers at the AGM was Peter McQuaid of Equestrian and Farm Feeds, Knockmore Road, Lisburn. [...]
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Aberdeen-Angus breeder John Moores, CBE, of North Moss Farm Partnership, is the first recipient of the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s Hugh Watson Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The October 2001-born Dalrene Cruz daughter Coolermoney Rhoda from father and son team Adrian and Graeme Parke, Strabane, helped unveil the world’s largest public art display in Londonderry last month. The world famous “Cow Parade” is coming to Co Derry and Belfast this summer and it will be the first time the project has spread [...]
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Aberdeen-Angus females bred in the Daylesford Angus herd, Moreton-in-the-Marsh were displayed on the EBLEX stand at this month’s world famous SIA Show, better known as the Paris Show, which is believed to be a first for UK-bred Angus genetics.
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Louis Byrne of the Tomriland herd, Co Wicklow, has been elected as the new President for the Irish Aberdeen-Angus Association, while John Tait of the Westellen herd, Co cork, has been elected as the new Senior Vice President.
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