Organic Limousins adding an extra 50 – 80p per Kg
Farm feature on the Allison family, Muirburn, near Biggar, Lanarkshire
“With any other breed, you would be struggling to achieve top quality grading for half the animals put forward,” he says. “By contrast, 99 out...
1,400 HEAD COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE OF DF TURNER, FORDHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
'Weight pays' is the simple mantra for Fordham, Newmarket-based commercial and pedigree cattle farmers Roger & Daniel Turner and it's one they aim to practice with every one of the 1,400 cattle they finish...
Limousin – All-round Breed Providing Flexibility & Marketability at Nunscleugh
"A producer of good quality livestock will always find a market for it" thats the motto adopted by Harry Gass a Cumbrian farmer who is optimistic about the future and firmly believes the Limousin...
‘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...
STOCKDALE FAMILY PRIORITISES “HIGH GROWTH RATES, PLENTY OF SHAPE, AND EASY CALVING”
Feature on the Stockdale family’s commercial suckler herd at Oat Croft Farm, Burnsall, near Skipton in North Yorkshire.
Brothers, Jim and Richard and Richard’s son, Dan all work on the family beef and sheep farm,...
Limousins Taking Herries Farm From Strength To Strength
Since Thomas Threlkeld switched to using the Limousin exclusively on his herd, Herries Farms has gone from strength to strength, producing yearling stores that attract the attention of market bidders and private buyers alike....
Limousin Ease of Management and Hardiness Fits the Bill
Stephen Graham’s hill farm is heavily stocked and he only has one full-time member of staff to help him. He has chosen the Limousin as the dominant breed for his commercial herd, due to...
Suckler Herd Competition 2006 – NW Midlands & N Wales Winner
Richard Howatson, Nantglyn, near Denbigh
Throughout his farming career, Richard Howatson’s affiliation to the Limousin has been unwavering - he has been involved with the breed as a suckler sire for more than two decades....
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...
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...
