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...
Smiths of Bloxham Open Day : 4th July 2009
BLCS Open Day held at Smiths of Bloxham Ironstone Limousins on Saturday 4th July 2009.
Burnbank pedigree Limousin herd to be a big part of 2010 Scotsheep event
Mains of Burnbank, Blair Drummond, Stirling, June 2nd
Feature on the Graham family, Dougie and Lynda, and sons John and James
Most farmers eagerly await a cracking good day out at Scotsheep, but this year’s event,...
‘All-Round’ Performance Providing Profitability at Branton East Side
Northumberland-based store cattle producer, Roland Telford has tried several terminal sire breeds for producing store animals for the auction market, but he feels that a switch to using the Limousin exclusively five years ago...
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...
GREENSONS HERD WINS EBLEX MOST IMPROVED AWARD
A rapidly expanding herd focusing on the production of high health status black polled Limousins
As well as winning the EBLEX Award, the herd has the highest average Beef Value this year of any Limousin...
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...
LIMOUSINS AT THE CORE OF CHASE FARM SUCCESS
Firmly established in an urban area of the West Midlands the pedigree herd of Roughley Limousins has played an integral part in propelling Chase Farm into the successful diverse business it is today. In...
MULL OF GALLOWAY FARM FOCUSED ON ‘EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION’
Here we feature the 300 cow suckler herd, and ten strong Limousin bull battery, of the Sloan family’s Mull of Galloway Farm situated in the most southerly point of Scotland.
There are few Limousin cattle...
Quality and Consistency the Key for the Wrights of Hunthills
The first word that springs to mind when it comes to describing Hunthills is traditional. The family farm, near Dumfries in Scotland, relies on tried and tested methods of suckled calf production, with the...
