THE PERFECT BREED FOR THE PART TIME FARMER
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STIRLING BULL SALES – FEB ’21 SALE REPORT
The February sale of Salers took place at United Auctions, Stirling Bull Sales, on Sunday 28th February 2021, which saw Salers bulls sell to a top price of 9,500gns with a further two realising 7500gns and 7200gns. 12 bulls sold to average £4856.25 (+ £26.25 on the year), with a 86% clearance rate. The event
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COMMERCIAL PROFILE: MILLBURN FARM, HARRAY
‘The first cross has better feet and a better udder and although she is a smaller cow, she rears every bit as big a calf!‘ Steven Sandison was born and brought up on a farm in Orkney and left school to work on a dairy/beef farm. He milked for two and a half years until
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STIRLING BULL SALES – OCTOBER 2020
Topping the Salers trade at Stirling Bull Sales on Sunday 18th October 2020 was Lot 302, Cammock Nova, for Niall & Katie Blair. Cammock Nova is a September 2018 born son by Bacardi Herbie out of Cammock Libra, a Gulliver sired daughter. Cammock Nova sold to W S L Muir, Upper Onston, Stenness, Orkney for
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SALERS CATTLE SOCIETY LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
Today I am very excited to announce that the Salers Cattle Society of the UK launches its new website, domain name and email address. The new site can be found at www.salers.uk and members and organisations can contact the Society and Breed Secretary using the new email address secretary@salers.uk The site has been designed in
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THROWBACK – STARS OF THE FUTURE 2019
Normally the 2020 show circuit would be well underway with a host of local shows and the great Balmoral Show was sadly missed by all last week. A large number of members have expressed how much they are missing the show season already, so we are going to do a ‘throwback’ to last year when
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MEMBER PROFILE – CHERISTOW SALERS
Our latest member profile comes from Eric and Michelle Heard of the Cheristow Salers.I live in Hartland, a beautiful part of North Devon, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. I have lived there all my life and would not wish to live anywhere else.My wife and I have been keeping traditional Devon cattle since
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MEMBER PROFILE – BACARDI SALERS
Based near Melrose in the Scottish Borders myself, Adam and my Dad Roy started the Bacardi Salers herd in 2011. We began with a mix of 22 commercial and pedigree cows with calves at foot bought from the Livesey family, and went on to buy stock bull Seawell Fortune from Peter Donger. This herd has
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MEMBER PROFILE – WERNOL SALERS
Our member profile today comes from Aled Jones, Wernol Salers. WERNOL SALERSFamily backgroundI (Aled) farm in partnership with my brother Endaf and Mother Catherine and run a herd of 100 pedigree Saler cows – Wernol Salers in Chwilog near Pwllheli on the Llyn peninsula in North Wales. We also run a caravan park, Parc Wernol
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MEMBER PROFILE – DRAGON HERD
Today our member profile comes from Mathew Jones of the Dragon herd. Dragon herdGlan-y-Mor farm is made up of 1500 acres, mostly of salt marsh and sand dunes near Harlech on the North Wales coast. The majority of the land is sand which often burns off in dry spells, all the cattle are wintered out.I,
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