March 21, 2014 Charolais sweep the board at YFC calf rally
Charolais crosses swept the board at Clyde and Central Young Farmers Club calf rally at Caledonian Marts, Stirling. The Young Farmers supreme championship went to Goldie Locks, a 10…
February 11, 2014 Charolais cross stores achieving £200 premium over all others
Achieving an average £200 a head premium for Charolais cross stores over all others in the marketplace combined with underlying confidence in demand for quality Scotch beef is enabling the…
January 13, 2014 Gearing up for VIA: the rearer finisher’s take
Focus on Eye Muscle Area and Retail Beef Yield EBV selection VIA (Video Image Analysis) is an automated method of objectively assessing visual carcase conformation and fat classes to comply…
January 7, 2014 Charolais crosses reap enhanced finisher margins
HAU student placement study Charolais sired steers reached 400kgs target deadweight one month earlier than other Continental crosses on a specialist finishing unit and thereby achieved a £54 a head…
December 6, 2013 Charolais secure supreme Smithfield titles
Bang Tidy, an 18 month old Charolais cross heifer scooped the supreme Smithfield championship in Peterborough, on Thursday 5 December. Exhibited by Drew Hyslop and his partner, Katie Davidson of…
November 27, 2013 Charolais dominated the Winter Fair carcase competition
Charolais secured the supreme championship and picked up a fistful of red tickets at Premier Meat Exhibition’s carcase awards staged at Scotbeef on Saturday 23 November and organised by the…
November 20, 2013 Charolais is King on McConnell Suckler Farm in Clogher Valley
Sean McGovern Charolais club committee member visited the farm of Paul McConnell & family situated on an elevated site overlooking the Clogher Valley, the uplands provide good grazing in summer…
November 19, 2013 Charolais reigns supreme at Stars of the Future
Charolais reigned supreme at Stars of the Future in Stirling on 16 November by taking the top two Continental interbreed slots; Glenericht Hilary secured the supreme senior award and Falleninch…
September 16, 2013 Undisputed weight for age – Charolais cross cattle leave £132 a head benefit over all other crosses: McIntosh Donald
The Milne family, Robbie, Barbara and their son, James are among the hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors who are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross…
September 4, 2013 Searching for a sustainable suckler strategy?
Charolais + Beef Shorthorn cross to maximise output What does it take for a sustainable future for a suckler cow enterprise? According to SAC beef specialist Ian Pritchard, the answer…
July 23, 2013 Charolais delivers performance related premiums while continuing to step up genetic progress
Re-elected breed society chairman, Alasdair Houston Charolais breeders are providing sires leaving premiums for commercial producers worth over £130 a head over other breeds. Momentum is gathering, as modern British…
July 11, 2013 Bull calf finishing results by individual sire from the 2011 calf crop at Hopping Farm
Simon Marsh, Senior Lecturer – Beef Cattle Specialist, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus farmer Simon Frost at Hopping Farm in the Derbyshire dales…
April 4, 2013 Charolais crosses averaging £200 a head more than other Continental crosses
Cumbrian beef producer, Mark Bowman is focused on maximising output per suckler cow and has found that he has been able to boost annual income by over £200 a head…
March 26, 2013 The 2009, 2010, 2011 Calf Crops (Beef Focus article)
Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus farmer Simon Frost has just hit one of his lifetimes targets for his suckler herd with a daily carcase gain (dcg) of his bull calves…
February 28, 2013 Darnford use Charolais for top performance
The Watson family is among the hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors who are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross cattle within the specification and to…
January 8, 2013 Bull calf finishing results by individual sire from the 2001 calf crop
Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus Farm Simon Frost, Hopping Farm, Youlgreave, Derbyshire Spring 2011 born bull calves from high Terminal Index Charolais bulls from Limousin x Holstein-Friesian cows. The calves…
January 8, 2013 Pure Charolais prove performance consistency
SAC trial findings SAC’s Gavin Hill and SAC Bush’s stockman Ken Oman among the pure commercial Charolais herd.
January 8, 2013 Charolais cross cattle worth an extra £125 a head
McIntosh Donald Qboxanalysis: helping farmers to measure, monitor and make more informed decisions Hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross…
December 8, 2012 Swapping suckler rearing for finishing – with Charolais an essential tool
Welsh Charolais Region Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) suckler herd of the year finalists
December 8, 2012 Do commercial bull buyers use Breedplan data?
We asked a random selection of suckler men at the February Perth bulls sales what are their main criteria when choosing Charolais as their herd’s terminal sire. While it came…