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...
EVER NEARER A PUREBRED LIMOUSIN FOR KENT-BASED SUCKLER HERD
A desire to reduce disease risk and improve calf quality has seen Pluckley, Kent-based suckler herd manager Martin Russell progress towards a near purebred Limousin herd over the last six years, with the intention...
Procters Farm Limousins Producing Quality For the Commercial Market
A focus on quality and profitability is at the heart of the firmly established pedigree Limousin enterprise at Procters Farm Ltd, Slaidburn, Clitheroe, Lancs. Under the day-to-day eye of Farm Manager Gary Swindlehurst, rapid...
LIMOUSINS ARE SMART, FLESHY CATTLE AND ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE BUTCHER WANTS.
Page Bros at Lodge Farm, Elkington in Northamptonshire is where Frank Page, this year’s commercial section judge at the National Limousin Show has lived all his life. Working in partnership with his brother, who...
LIMOUSINS UPGRADING QUALITY AND BOOSTING PROFITABILITY AT GARROWBY FARMS
While Clive Rowland may not aspire to a fully pedigree Limousin herd, he is just as passionate about cattle breeding as anyone else involved in the Limousin Society. He also shares the same goal,...
LIMOUSINS AT THE CORE OF BALGRAY HILL COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
Courtesy of The Scottish Farmer
Words: Kayley Kennedy
Photographs: Jacqueline Pettigrew
EVER SINCE its humble beginnings some 20 years ago, the Maybe herd of Limousin cattle has gone from strength-to-strength and has achieved some outstanding results, despite...
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...
‘High Performance’ Limousins The All-Round Beef Breed at Cwmbromley
The family behind a farming business that has been buying Limousin bulls for many years believes the breed cannot be beaten. Ted and Merle Davies, and their son, Wayne, run their Limmy bulls with...
Haltcliffe – Breeders of First Quality Bulls for the Pedigree and Commercial Market Place
A feature on the Haltcliffe herd of Messrs Ridley, Haltcliffe, Hesket New Market, Wigton, Cumbria. One of the foremost pedigree names in the United Kingdom, Haltcliffe will be the venue for the British Limousin...
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,...
