The UK registered 18 month old heifer Carinthia Elektra N519 from Oliver Behringer (Carinthia Angus) is the 2015 Austrian Angus female champion at the Austrian junior beef cattle show. Elektra is a daughter of the import cow Rawburn Evergreen K136 and by Carinthia Ebonys Mister Meat K318 (Rawburn Transformer X Rawburn Ebony D288).  

Calling all NI Club members – a quick reminder that the AGM will be held on Tuesday 31st March in Dungannon Rugby Club at 8pm. The Club looks forward to seeing as many members there as possible. 

The official Irish Aberdeen-Angus Association sale at Nenagh, Co Tipperary, takes place on Wednesday 1st April (having moved from it’s previous Roscrea location). The sale will be held in in conjunction with Nenagh Mart Special Dairy Sale. The show starts at 11.30am with the sale following at 2.00.pm. Please note, the sale iis not a High Health Status sale this year. …

Judging this year’s Junior Championships, which will be held on the 8th-9th July in conjunction with The Livestock Event at the NEC, will be Neil Wattie Jnr of the Aberdeenshire-based Tonley herd.  Class structure: Male or Female born in 2013 Male or Female born on or between 1st January 2014 & 31st July 2014 Male or Female born 1st August …

The Aberdeen-Angus breed has once again increased its influence on the British beef industry, cementing it’s position as the most popular native beef breed sire in the UK with more than 17% of all beef breed sired calves registered with the British Cattle Movement Service in 2014 being sired by Aberdeen-Angus bulls. As well as being the most popular native …