One of the highlights of every year is the Royal Highland Show, and this year’s event was particularly special as it married in with the World Angus Forum which so many of our friends from around the world attended with us. Carlhurlie Darcie was the champion at this year’s Show and we’ve been speaking excusively to Doreen Cormack to get …
2017 Connaught provincial trophy
2017 Connaught provincial trophy
The Connaught Provincial Perpetual Trophy, presented and awarded by the Irish Aberdeen-Angus Assocation to the best Aberdeen-Angus in the Connaught province was awarded at the annual Mohill Show over the weekend. The winning recipient for 2017 was Conor Craig & Amanda Bogan from Coolarty, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford with their bull calf, Millbawn Prizeman. This one was born in April 2017 …
Calls for industry views on carcase classification
Calls for industry views on carcase classification
A thank you is extended to Andrew Shufflebotham for sharing the below with us from AHDB Beef & Lamb. We wanted to share it out to see if it might be of interest to anybody. Representatives of the beef and lamb industry are being called upon to share their thoughts on the future of carcase classification as part of a …
Huge numbers forward at 90th anniversary Mohill Show
Huge numbers forward at 90th anniversary Mohill Show
The annual Mohill agricultural show marked its 90th anniversary in some style with record Aberdeen-Angus entries throughout all sections, resulting in some 75 Aberdeen-Angus cattle catalogued for the show. The day’s massive entry was boosted in no small part by a brand new Aberdeen-Angus calf championship, which offered significant prizemoney. The Overall Supreme Aberdeen-Angus championship was awarded to the two-year-old …
Mogeely on top again at Cappamore
Mogeely on top again at Cappamore
Albert & Jennifer DeCogan, Killamuckey, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork continued their stellar run of results this summer show season by clinching yet another supreme breed championship at last weekend’s Cappamore Show. A larger than normal entry of Aberdeen-Angus cattle were put in front of judge Mr. Michael Barron, Grange, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny despite the poor weather conditions in the lead-up to …