The growing significance of the Salers breed in the suckler market, driven by their unrivalled maternal traits which results in a sustainable suckler with a focus on increased margins was matched only by the desire of the Salers breeders wishing to share their story, by exhibiting the breed potential, at the Great Yorkshire Show. In
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Mr Donald Gilder, Winchcombe, Gloucester, a fourth-generation farmer, who has spent a lifetime working with livestock and has been involved with the Salers breed since 1990, winning the RHS breed champion title himself in 1995 placed two-year-old, Lisnamaul Rebecca from Mr Johny Wright and family, Traboyack Salers, Ayrshire, as his female and overall champion. This
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Preenbank pedigree led the female trade and joined Seawell Salers to lead the pedigree bull prices. There was an overall sale clearance of 85% where seven bulls sold to a top of 4,000gns and an average of £3720. 29, pedigree females sold to a top of 2,600gns and an average of £1842.93 and one commercial
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Mr Glen Welsh, farm manager at Garpel Farms was given the honour of judging the strong line up of Salers at Balmoral Show 2023. Glen no stranger to the show ring, both as a judge and at the end of the halter, runs 1500 Blackface ewes and 70 predominantly Salers cross Galloway cows over the
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Rum was Andrew Sleigh’s favourite tipple at the May-2023 Stirling Bull Sales in the form of Rednock Rum Poll from Rednock Estate who was awarded the overall championship title. Andrew who farms around 620 acres in Ellon – is a firm supporter of Salers cattle, running around 150 pure Salers and Salers cross Charolais cows
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Kindly sponsored by Tithebarn, Pedigree Tours & Caleb Roberts Insurance ServicesThursday 18th May 2023Show: 10.30am, Sale: 13.00pm
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Northamptonshire breeders P M & S M Donger of Seawell, Towcester ruled the show ring at Melton Mowbray multibreed sale on Saturday 25th March 2023. Judge, Jenny Hurst, selected Seawell Rococo as her male champion before awarding him the overall championship title. Seawell Rococo was a Norbert sired bull out of Seawell Owena and was
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Area 4 club held their spring sale at Dungannon on Friday 24th March 2023. The judge for the day was Mr Eddie Donnelly, Ballycastle, Co Antrim. Eddie farms on the North Antrim Coast near Ballycastle and started keeping Salers cattle in 2005 when he purchased 12 heifers and 6 second calvers. He now keeps 45
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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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Dungannon – November 2022 Following the success of the first ever 4 Breed Calf Show last year, the Northern Ireland Salers Club once again joined forces with the NI Blonde Cattle Club, NI Blue Cattle Club, and the NI Simmental Cattle Breeders club at Dungannon Farmers Mart on Saturday 26th November 2022. There was a
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