Following on from last week’s Royal Ulster Spring Show in Balmoral, the first of the agricultural shows got underway in Southern Ireland over the weekend with the annual Bandon Show taking place in Co Cork. The Aberdeen-Angus entry was up on previous years with all 9 classes in the Aberdeen-Angus section very well supported. The supreme Aberdeen-Angus championship, under show …

The May sale at Carrick-On-Shannon saw a very healthy demand for Aberdeen-Angus bulls, with prices jumping well ahead of other major sales held in the last number of weeks. Almost 100 Aberdeen-Angus bulls were catalogued for sale and this helped draw a large crowd to the Showgrounds in Carrick-On-Shannon for one of the final sales of the Spring season. The …

The Drumcrow Aberdeen-Angus herd of Frank & Margaret McKiernan, Drumcrow, Corlismore, Co Cavan provided the overall sale topper in the Aberdeen-Angus ring at the multi-breed bull sales at Kilkenny yesterday. The top priced bull, Drumcrow Pontiac T717 was born in December 2017 and was out of Drumcrow Princess Jewel J363 who is a daughter of Coldstream Genetic Trend 80F. This …

We’re delighted to be able to bring you some of the prizewinner photography from this year’s Balmoral Show: The Matchett family, Nigel, Gail and Sam, Portadown received the Aberdeen Angus Perpetual Cup for the supreme champion at Balmoral Show, from Barrie Turner, chief executive, and Alan Cheney, senior vice president, Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society. Dessie Martin, centre, Saintfield, receives the …

At a chilly first show of the Summer season, Temple Lolly Pop became judge of the day Jimmy McMillan’s Champion of the Aberdeen-Angus classes at the North Somerset Show. Temple Lolly Pop is out of well-known Lockerley Laura D444 and by Rawburn Doubleoseven. Lolly Pop was shown with her calf at foot Temple Lulu. Following closely behind was Melview Diva …