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Seven years into a 10 year plan to breed a three-way cross suckler cow based on the maternal traits of Salers and out-crossed to fast growing, feed efficient Aberdeen Angus and Simmental bloodlines, James & Emma Hallett’s first crossbreds are performing well but lessons have already been learnt. Having recently achieved the goal of establishing

Drawn in by their easy calving potential, good temperaments and longevity, father and son team, David and Neil Austin who farm around 2650 acres in Kirkcudbrightshire, are firm converts to Salers cattle, running around 370 Salers and Salers cross Angus cows at Boreland of Girthon and nearby Rusko Farms, Gatehouse of Fleet. While the home

Harperley Salers Paul Allison and Tanya Devereux (Allison Devereux Farms) Low Harperley Farm is a typical medium sized County Durham mixed farm sitting at the bottom end of Weardale. When Paul and Tanya took over the farm in 2013, it came with a dairy bred suckler herd of Limousin x cows, and much of the

by kind permission of Eilidh MacPherson, farmingscotland.com. Records were broken at Stirling Bull Sales this year (Feb 2017) as two Salers sires hit the headlines and the 12,000gns mark. (This however, was soon to be broken at Castle Douglas in Autumn 2017). The MacKenzies of Whitebog, Fortrose on the Black Isle sold five of the

ONE OF THE STARS IN THE cattle firmament right now is the Salers breed and that suits Terence Pye who farms with his wife Jane at Leven Fields, Middleton on Leven, near Yarm. Terence is Chairman of the Salers Cattle Society, a role he took up in November 2016, and his Rigel herd is aptly

RUNNING a large-scale suckler herd in an era of ever spiralling costs and often reduced end prices is far from easy, but bring in the Salers which not only ensures easy calving but also a live calf that is quick to get to its feet and suckle and the job becomes much more viable –

Nuffield Scholar – Steven Sandison, Sponsor – The MacRobert Trust Objectives of Study Tour Are the benchmarking targets suggested by industry bodies realistic? What is the best being achieved here in the UK/Ireland? What do those farmers have in common? Which management practices are important? What can we learn from farmers in other countries? Countries