Making ends meet in any business in an era of ever-increasing costs of production is never easy but bringing the Harbro Super Bruiser service to mill home-grown cereals, has helped Northamptonshire-based beef and arable farmer, Harry Brown reduce feed costs by up to 50%. Harry manages some 1700 acres of predominantly arable land at Potcote […]
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When you travel to the other side of the world, a visit to a Salers herd is too good an opportunity to miss. That opportunity came through Ian McNaughton, who kindly led me to Karen Woolley. Conveniently based just outside Auckland, and with my route taking me from Gisborne in that direction a few days
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Salers prove the ideal suckler cow Salers are proving the ideal easy care suckler cow for Devon-based father and son team Richard and Max Parr. Farming 1200 acres and a total of 1300 head of beef, as well as running an agricultural contracting business, the Parr family need a hassle free suckler herd. Their farm
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The 33rd annual premier show and sale of pedigree and commercial Salers was held at Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November 2024. The event was kindly sponsored by the Farmers Guardian.In charge of judging the strong pedigree line up was Mr George McCall, Carrick Salers. George runs 50 Salers cows
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The 33rd Premiers show and sale of Pedigree and commercial Salers takes place on Friday 1st November to Saturday 2nd November 2024 To view the Catalogue CLICK HERE
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The entries are open for Welshpool Autumn Sale 2024 Entries close Monday 23rd September 2024 The Pedigree Entry Form can be found HERE The Commercial Entry Form can be found HERE The Heard Health Form can be found Here Market Office – 01938 553438 info@welshpoolsmithfield.co.uk
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Reducing bad calvings is good business (and how to do it) – Terence Pye – Farmer Breeding Pedigree Salers, Middleton-on-Leven, North Yorkshire In suckled beef production, strong conformation and fast DLWG are key traits, but are associated with increased bad calvings, which are tolerated by farmers as a necessary evil. A breeding program targeting lower
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The Salers Cattle Society of the UK and the British Charolais Cattle Society hosted a joint herd visit at Ty’n Hendre, Bangor by kind permission of Alun & Anita Thomas and family on Saturday 3rd September 2022. The event attracted a massive audience that travelled from as far afield as Aberdeen and they witnessed for
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The Northern Farmer – March 2022
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With the aim of maximising the value of his cattle, new breeder Ben Roughton was drawn to Salers after having success with the breed in his family’s cross suckler herd, based on their mainly arable farm, Gidding Grove, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
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