HIGH QUALITY COMMERCIAL ATTRIBUTES OF LIMOUSIN BREED TICKS ALL THE BOXES FOR THE TURVILLE...
Guest writer James Hazard profiles the Turville Herd of the Lear family based at Creslow Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and sees the Limousin breed ticking all the boxes as a pedigree herd run on a...
EASY CALVING LIMOUSIN COWS PRODUCING CALVES WITH GOOD GROWTH RATES FOR TOWLER FAMILY
Feature on the Towler family’s mainly commercial suckler herd at Scriddles Croft farm, Grindleton, near Clitheroe in Lancashire.
The Limousin is the breed of choice for many beef producers looking for a hardy animal that...
TOMSCHOICE PEDIGREE LIMOUSINS
A feature on James, Sarah, Laura and Ben Cooper, partners in Tomschoice Limousins, Hill Top Farm, Dacre, North Yorkshire
The Coopers are proof that it is not necessary to farm full time, in order to...
‘SPOILT FOR CHOICE’ LIMOUSINS AS THE PERFECT FIT IN SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
In this feature we see how the commercial attributes of Limousins fit the bill perfectly for first generation farmer Gary Bell in his commercial enterprise at Haas Side Farms in Lockerbie.
First generation farmer Gary...
HUGH BLACK & SONS, BUTCHERS WITH LIMOUSIN AT THE HEART OF THEIR SUCCESS STORY
Hugh Black & Sons is a Lanarkshire success story, expanding from the late Wiston farmer Hugh Black’s single shop in 1987 to the string of independent high street butchers it is today under the...
“Limousin Supplying Exactly What The Market Wants”
Here we feature the Glencross Pedigree herd of Mark and Catherine Davies at Glanyfer, Crosswell, Pembrokeshire
Two years after they married, Mark and Catherine Davies were fortunate to begin farming in their own rights. Glanyfer,...
John Richardson, Ghyll House Farm, Dufton, Appleby
“There’s nowt to beat a Limmy,” is a phrase that John Richardson often uses when asked to describe his favourite breed of cattle. As a producer of high quality suckled calves, he thinks the...
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT BULL STUD: GIVING CROFTERS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY GENETICS
Feature on the Scottish Government’s Crofting Cattle Improvement Scheme and bull stud based at Knocknagael Farm, Inverness.
On a hillside above Inverness is the farm of Knocknagael. Knocknagael is owned by the Scottish Government which...
PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF LIMOUSIN CATTLE CENTRAL TO SCOTT & SCOTT (AYSTON) SUCKLER HERD
Guest writer James Hazard reports on the central role of Limousin genetics in the 150 cow suckler herd of Robert and Sue Scott, Ayston, Rutland.
In the heart of the country’s smallest county of Rutland,...
VERSATILE, EASY CALVING, TOP CARCASE TRAITS
Limousin cattle perfect for the Jack family as they ‘just get on with it’
Limousin bloodlines underpin a relatively new livestock enterprise, which has become a passion for the Jack family who farm at Carriston...
