A unique joint breed open day – between the Charolais and Salers – pulled in the crowds to Alun and Anita Thomas’ suckler unit in Bangor, Gwynedd in September, with those attending all impressed with the ‘golden calves’ on show. Alun farms 275 acres with additional mountain rights at Tyn Hendre Farm which enjoys stunning […]
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SALERS cattle are famed for being a hardy, easily managed and fertile breed, and its these attributes which have allowed one Aberdeenshire farming family to not only run a profitable suckler herd which produces quality store and finished progeny each year, but run an additional business away from the farm. Father and son team, Ian
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Gill and Malcolm Pye bought their 700 acre Rednock Estate in Stirlingshire in 2014. Having researched and invested in the development of an improved suckler female for the past 30 years, the site was bought with the intention of giving them enough space to run a successful commercial suckler herd alongside their Pedigrees. Today the
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From the summit of the granite massif of Cairnsmore of Fleet at 2313 feet above sea level to the fertile flats flanking the A75, opposite the Rowan Glen dairy processing plant, are the boundaries of Cuil – home of the McClymonts for the past eight decades. Third generation farmer – Colin McClymont – is now
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