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Region: Scotland
Harry Brown wins best Angus carcase at Scottish National Premier Meat Exhibition
Best carcase from an animal sired by an Aberdeen-Angus bull at the Marks and Spencer-sponsored, Scottish National Premier Meat Exhibition at Scotbeef, Bridge of Allan, was an entry from Aberdeenshire finisher, Harry Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud
Thank you to farm hosts from South West Scotland Club
Message from Fiona Clark of the South West Scotland Aberdeen-Angus Club:
May I take this opportunity to thank all our host’s who very kindly welcomed club member’s on our weekend trip to Aberdeenshire. We visited seven herds in two and a half days from 3ft above sea level to 1000ft. It really was a superb trip [...]
Feature: Burghill Farms
The move to Aberdeen-Angus in a suckler herd previously based on Continental crosses has greatly eased the management load at Burghill Farms, Brechin, Angus.
Rawburn sell top genetics in private sale to new breeder
The Rawburn herd of the Elliot family, Roxburgh Mains, have sold two of their best females to a new breeder for the total sum of £22,000.
YDP trainer feature: Johnny Elliot
In the first of our series on YDP workshop trainers, we speak to south Scotland/Borders host and trainer Johnny Elliot on what he hopes to teach the participants and his thoughts on the YDP programme itself
Leading Angus commercial herd to host open day
An Aberdeen-Angus open day is to be held at Westside, Edzell, Angus, on Saturday, May 29, by kind permission of Lord Dalhousie’s Burghill Farms.
Elixir son sells at 6500gns
Coming from Caithness Messrs D and M Tait have sold their second prize Inkstack Primeline H322 (lot 119) for 6500gns to A King, Ormiston, East Lothian. By Ankonian Elixir 100 he is out of a Rawburn Transformer daughter and has a SRI of +49 and an eye muscle figure of +4.7.
At 4100gns Alan Lawson has [...]
Elliot draft tops Angus females at 14,000gns
Leading the trade for Aberdeen-Angus females and topping the draft offering from John Elliot’s Elliot herd was Lockerley Primrose E489, a January 2005-born female bred by the Van Geest family.
Blelack finish on ultimate high to take overall championship
A delighted Graeme Massie has just been tapped out by judge Albert De Cogan to take the overall championship here at Stirling.
Record entry for Black Beauty Bonanza
A record entry of 120 Aberdeen-Angus calves and yearlings has been received for the Black Beauty Bonanza show at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, on Saturday (November 14).
Stock Sales
Sales
- 6th and 7th Feb 2012 Perth Bull Sales at Stirling.
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Shows
- 16th – 18th May 2012
Balmoral - 21st – 24th June 2012
Royal Highland - 10th – 12th July 2012
Great Yorkshire - 23rd – 26th July 2012
Royal Welsh - 17th November 2012
Forfar Stars of the Future Calf Show
