Friday 24th November will see the 24th Black Beauty Bonanza underway at the Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire at 10:30am. With 106 entries from 28 breeders the North East of Scotland Aberdeen-Angus Club will be putting on a strong show.
Gretnahouse Aberdeen-Angus Herd Dispersal Saturday 18th November will see the renowned Gretnahouse Aberdeen-Angus and Charolais herds dispersed at H&H Carlisle. The Gretnahouse herd is based at Gretna House Farms, a lowland farm of roughly 800 acres on the Scottish border. The farm was purchased in 1885 by Alasdair’s great, great maternal grandfather Hugh Mackie. Predominately a grass and cereal farm, …
Woodvale Miss Annie reigns supreme at Angus calf show By Julie Hazelton AN excellent show with a very strong top end in each class was how Scottish judge Brian Clarke described the Northern Ireland Aberdeen Angus Club’s annual Calf Show, held at Dungannon. Mr Clarke from the 60-cow Duncanziemere Herd based at Cumnock in Ayrshire, said: “I’ve had …
A 16 month old Blackbird heifer topped the HW production sale from Burnside of Balhadie, Dunblane, when achieving 13,000 gns. The on-farm sale held at Netherton Farm, Blackford, topped by an HW Equator daughter from the $900,000 SAV President line. Sold free of the bull she is out of a Rawburn Bannockburn daugher and travels down to North Yorkshire with …
The 2023 Winter National Calf Show was held at Agri Expo at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 27th October 2023. The standard of entry was tremendous, for judge Andrew Hodge, who presided over the 85 catalogued entries. Males With no Senior males forward, the eldest male category were yearling males, born between January 2022 and end December 2022. The best …
