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SIMMENTALS TICK ALL THE BOXES AT BRODIESHILL

SIMMENTALS TICK ALL THE BOXES AT BRODIESHILL

For Robert Manson, the Simmental breed offers everything a commercial producer could ask for—maternal strength, good temperament, efficient growth, and the kind of adaptability required on the farm’s varied land. Brodieshill Farm is located near Forres, one of the...

Maximising Profits from the Dairy Herd with Simmental Genetics

Maximising Profits from the Dairy Herd with Simmental Genetics

Keith Nelson runs a mixed farm in Rosslea, County Fermanagh alongside his family, where they milk 120 pedigree Fleckvieh and Holstein cows in a robotic system, run a small suckler beef herd and a bed and breakfast pig system. For Keith, focusing on genetics is crucial...

SIMMENTAL SETS A CENTRE RECORD AT SEDGEMOOR

by | Apr 4, 2022

Skerrington Iceman

Simmental that set a market record for a cull bull of £1896.60 at Sedgemoor today, Monday 4th April.

Simmental bulls were also ‘doing the business’ at Carlisle’s primestock sale. A shapey Skerrington Iceman son from Jim & Patricia Goldie, Newbie Mains Farm, Annan, Dumfriesshire weighed in at 891kgs and sold for £2392.94 and 268.5ppkg. Meant for breeding the bull was sold through the prime ring due to injury and went on to realise a tremendous trade.