Just eight years in to a new tenanted arable and livestock holding, Tom Burden is fast establishing a successful suckler herd based largely on Aberdeen-Angus genetics, with a view to selling store cattle locally. “I used to work full time on a nearby farm, but the chance came up for a tenancy and I grabbed it having always wanted to …
Record entries for Black Beauty Bonanza
Record entries for Black Beauty Bonanza
A record entry graced Aberdeen and Northern Marts at Thainstone on Friday for the Black Beauty Bonanza. Organised by the North East Aberdeen-Angus Club with Glenrinnes Farms Ltd – owned by oil tycoon, Alasdair Locke – as main sponsor, the show attracted 109 entries from leading herds throughout Scotland, plus another five in a new class for commercial steers and heifers. …
Shadwell clinch top spot at East of England Smithfield Festival
Shadwell clinch top spot at East of England Smithfield Festival
Yesterday’s Aberdeen-Angus calf show at East of England Smithfield Festival saw Robert Clarke and his team from Shadwell Estate Co stand at the top of the line under judge Alex McLaren of the Aynho herd with Shadwell Blue Belle R822. Born September last year, this heifer is by Nightingale El Paso J489 and is out of a home bred Muirhall …
Time is running out for free data uploads to BVDFree England’s database
Time is running out for free data uploads to BVDFree England’s database
English cattle farmers have until the end of the year to benefit from free uploads of BVD test results to the BVDFree England database. The database provides recognition at a national level for all individual animals and herds testing negative for BVD, which can prove attractive for onward sales. Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is one of the biggest disease issues …
Wickmere herd wins AHDB most improved herd award
Wickmere herd wins AHDB most improved herd award
The Wickmere herd, owned by Tony and Phillida Hurn, from Beck Farm in Norfolk, has been recognised by AHDB Beef & Lamb as the most improved herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in England for 2016. The award is presented by the AHDB Beef & Lamb Better Returns Programme (BRP) to the recorded herd that shows the greatest genetic gain for commercial …