Limousin breeding and efficient management are key to producing quality beef for Northern Ireland...
Murtagh Walls Feature
Murtagh Walls and his family farm at the picturesque foothills of the Cock and Hen Mountains in the Mournes, close to Hilltown, Co Down. He is the third generation to be farming...
LIMOUSIN: THE ONE TO BEAT IN UK CATTLE PRODUCTION
Feature on Will Ketley, Toppesfield Hall Ltd, Yeldham Road, Toppesfield, Halstead, Essex
With a life-long family association with the breed it was no surprise that when Will Ketley decided to establish a pedigree cattle herd...
GLADIATOR IN THE FIELDS OF GOLD
Feature on Stephen Nixon, Hunters Hall, Southerfield, Wigton, Cumbria
Most dedicated cattle producers can only dream about achieving the leading price at a pedigree sale, especially when they are in the company of some of...
BLCS SUMMER 2017 MAGAZINE
The Summer 2017 Limousin Magazine is out now! Posted to BLCS members, copies will also be available around the UK at the upcoming Limousin sales, major winter shows and general events. Another magazine packed...
Limousin’s Maximise Beef Enterprise Returns
With several members of the Nixon family relying on the income from Stotsfold Farm in Northumberland, it’s essential that profits from the beef enterprise are maximised. That’s why they’ve chosen the Limousin - a...
FLEXIBLE LIMOUSIN IS A GOOD FIT FOR BOTH SUCKLER HERD AND FINISHING ENTERPRISES
Messrs S Higgott & Son, Crown Farm, Nailstone, Leicestershire were interviewed by Richard Saunders, BLCS Development Manager, in August 2013. Photography by Andy Hunting.
Robin & Julie Higgott run 130 suckler cows in tandem with...
‘THE PEDIGREE PEN’
QUESTION & ANSWER WITH ERIC & ELAINE NORMAN OF THE NORMAN PEDIGREE HERD, LITTLE ORTON FARM, CARLISLE
The Norman herd, owned and run by Eric and Elaine Norman, along with their two sons Craig and...
Breeding quality stock for the pedigree and commercial market
The McFarlands of Rahoney
Ireland and its counties are sub-divided in a unique way; counties into baronies, baronies into parishes, and parishes into townlands.
The townland is a unique feature of the Irish landscape and is...
THE SPARKES OF LITTLE SWINBURN, HEXHAM
A family producing store cattle in north-east England has been using the Limousin as a crossing sire for two decades.
Kevin Sparke and his family manage 1,000 acres of grassland at Little Swinburne, near Hexham....
Limousins Taking the Potters From Strength to Strength
Feature on Michael and Sarah Potter of Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Michael Potter lives, breathes and dreams about Limousins. And the dream of establishing himself as a recognised breeder is now starting to come true.
Having made the...
