Do you have bulls coming to the October Stirling Sale?Please call Caroline at the office and tell her which bulls you are entering and we will send out the DNA kits in advance. We always struggle to get the samples back in time check the pedigree and the myostatin status prior to the catalogue being printed. Early notification will make …
Mohill to host All Ireland championships August 17th
Mohill to host All Ireland championships August 17th
The Irish Aberdeen Angus Association is all set for the 87th annual Mohill Show will this year will host the 2014 Growvite All-Ireland Championship on Sunday 17th August. The prestigious competition which carries a prize fund in excess of €3500, was officially launched by Ciaran Reidy, Lough Rynn Castle Hotel, Mack Crowe and John Tait, president, Irish Aberdeen Angus Association, along with …
DNA tissue sampling - your questions answered
DNA tissue sampling – your questions answered
Following the Society’s press launch of its ground breaking DNA initiative, the Society has received a number of enquiries from members as to how it will operate and what they will need to do. In response to enquiries, Assistant Breed Secretary Neil Caul has updated the previous information on the website and offers the following: Do I have to sample all …
Angus steak wins McIntosh/Donald best Scotch steak competition
Angus steak wins McIntosh/Donald best Scotch steak competition
An Aberdeen-Angus yesterday won the McIntosh/Donald best Scotch steak competition at the Royal Highland Show for the first time in 10 years. The winner was a sirloin steak from an Orkney-bred Aberdeen-Angus cross heifer consigned by Ian and John Emslie, Little Barras, Laurencekirk. It came from a carcass weighing 318.7kg and grading R for conformation and 4L for fat cover. …
Aberdeen-Angus team wins interbreed native group at Royal Highland
Aberdeen-Angus team wins interbreed native group at Royal Highland
The representative Aberdeen-Angus team in today’s native interbreed group competition found favour with judge Friar Thomson, Forfar, to win the title ahead of some stiff competition from the Highland team. Their winning group was headed by the breed champion from yesterday, Rawburn Jester Eric J034 from Alistair Clark and family, the reserve breed champion Haughton Laura L026 from Whittaker and Co …