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Beef Expo 2010
Beef Expo 2010 was organised by the National Beef Association
and held at Hexham Auction Mart, on Thursday 27th May 2010. [more]
Whitebred Shorthorns to graze Penwith Moors
Four registered Whitebred Shorthorn heifers have been bought
from the Bloch herd belonging
to George and Ian Bell, at Langholm in Dumfriesshire to graze
the Penwith Moors on the Cornish coast. [more]
Newcastleton Blue Grey Sale 2009
At their Newcastleton Mart
on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th October 2009 Harrison & Hetherington
held their Annual Special two day sale of Blue Grey cattle. [more]
Dairy Event & Livestock Show
The Chairman Adrian Wheelwright
and Andrew Hewson (Parton herd) organised and manned a stand
for us at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show held at Stoneleigh
on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th September 2009. They reported
the demonstration to be one of the most successful held in
recent times with a great deal of interest being shown in the
breed. [more]
Whitebred Shorthorns in Germany
Six Whitebred Shorthorn Heifers
were exported to Germany in 2007. Adrian Wheelwright visited
the herd in May 2008. [more]
Whitebred Shorthorn cross Simmental
Roddy Macleod, farm manager
for The Firm of Moy Farm, Banavie, Fort-William borrowed a
Whitebred Shorthorn bull to use on some Simmental X heifers.
[more]
Borderway Agri-Expo 2007
The Association attended the inaugural Borderway Agri-Expo
held at Carlisle. [photos]
Beef 2007
The Association staged a demonstration at Beef 2007 held at Skipton Auction Mart.
[more]
Outwintering cows on lowland cuts costs
High wintering costs
are making suckler cows uneconomic for many Scottish hill farms.
So an Angus farmer has taken to outwintering cows on lowland
arable ground to reduce inputs and avoid hauling feed into
the hills. [more]
In today’s climate the Bluegrey is a very competitive
cow” says Jim Wood
J & C Wood, Potholm, Langholm, Dumfriesshire run a 1400
acre LFA unit ranging from 280’ to 1400’ with 1,000
acres of hill grazing. 170 Blue Grey cows are kept on the hill
and rough grazing. 100 calving in the autumn with the remainder
in March. [more]
TV Debut
The BBC's Rural Affairs Correspondent Tom Heap interviewed
our Chairman Adrian Wheelwright at the 2006 Autumn sale at
Carlisle for a BBC television feature to accompany the release
of the Defra "Noah's Ark" strategy. [more]
Beef 2006
The Association staged a demonstration at Beef 2006
held at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. [more]
Blue Greys at Ardjachie
Ardjachie, situated near Tain on the shores of the Dornoch
Firth in the North of Scotland, was purchased in 1962 and
is farmed in partnership by Leslie and Matthew Taylor. [more]
Whitebred Shorthorns and Blue Greys at the Bloch
The Whitebred Shorthorn has played an integral part of the farming
system on an upland Dumfriesshire unit for more than half a
century. [more]
Upland Management - The Importance Of Cattle
The Heather Trust is a charity that works throughout the
UK to promote integrated moorland management. One of the most
important parts of this work is to emphasise the positive link
between grazing and good moorland management. To a very large
extent, grazing animals have shaped our moorland areas and they
remain the ultimate moorland manager. [more]
Traditional Butcher Colin Moore likes Blue Grey Beef
For several years Colin Moore, a traditional butcher in Brampton
Cumbria has been selling beef from Blue Grey steers sourced
from Keith Laurie, Snowdon Close, Gilsland, Cumbria. [more]
Cross Highland Cattle
Adrian Wheelwright, Longley Farm, Dunphail, by Forres, Morayshire runs 130 Highland
cows, crossing 90% of his herd with the Whitebred Shorthorn bull to produce
the Cross Highlander. [more]
Northumberland National Park Drovers Project
The Drovers Project
is a two year project managed by Northumberland National Park
Authority with partnership funding from the Heritage Lottery
Fund, the Countryside Agency, English Nature and the National
Trust. Started in 2003 the project has now been running for just
over a year, and is set to draw to a close in May 2005. [more]
Traditional Blue Grey Cattle are the mainstay at Farney Shield
Long, hard winters have led the Wallace family to continue to
run their Northumberland hill farm along traditional lines
as they have done since 1962. [more]
The Contribution To Biodiversity Made By The Blue Grey
Cow
The Blue Grey cow is an interesting animal to study, since it
is a crossbred between a bull which is classed as a minority
breed (Whitebred Shorthorn) and a cow of a traditional Scottish
breed (Galloway). The resultant cow is subsequently crossed with
a variety of breeds, often continental breeds, to produce a finished
beef animal for slaughter. [more]
Iomroll Highlanders and Longley Whitebred Shorthorns
After saying goodbye to my beloved Ayrshire dairy cows I made
the decision which was to control my life, that was to get involved
in and breed Highland cattle. [more]
Blue Grey Suckler Cows at Glensaugh Research Station
Glensaugh Research Station, run by the Macauley Institute, lies
on the Eastern Grampian Hills of Scotland. The altitude ranges
from 122 to 456 metres above sea level and the area has an
average rainfall of 1040 mm. [more]
Grazing up for Grabs in North East Hampshire
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is looking for
livestock owners, farmers, graziers, smallholders and rural
businesses to get involved in an exciting new Project in the
north and east of Hampshire, which will see large areas of
conservation land being managed using grazing. [more]
Whitebred Shorthorns and Blue Greys contribute to the environment
at Hotbank Farm
The Whitebred Shorthorn and its Galloway cross daughters suit
the windswept acres of Hotbank Farm, near Bardon Mill which straddles
the Roman Wall. [more]
The Limestone Country Project
The Limestone Country Project
is a five year project based in the limestone areas of the Yorkshire
Dales. The Project has a £1.27
million budget, of which £550K is from the European Union
LIFE (Nature) fund; money specifically allocated by the EU to
support the management of internationally important wildlife
sites. [more]
Out wintering cattle can be worth the effort
There is no better or more profitable way to keep suckler cows
than out-wintering them, believes one hill producer who has
been practising it for more than 25 years. [more]
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