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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...

DRAFT AGENDA FOR SYMA TRIP TO TURRIFF. AUGUST 2014.

by | Apr 26, 2014


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FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST.
ARRIVE- ABERDEEN AIRPORT, BUS TO TRAVEL LODGE, ELGIN.

SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST.

MORNING VISIT TO AUCHORACHAN HERD (MICHAEL DURNO), FOLLOWED LUNCH AT GLENLIVET DISTILLERY.

AFTERNOON, GO-CARTING AT LHANBRYDE?

VISIT TO CORSKIE HERD( IAIN GREEN) FOLLOWED BY BBQ.

SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST.

MORNING VISIT TO DELFUR HERD.(EDWARD MOUNTAN)

AFTERNOON- STOCKJUDGING COMPETITION AT TURRIFF SHOW.

FOLLOWED BY BBQ HOSTED BY SCOTTISH SIMMENTAL CLUB.

MONDAY 4TH AUGUST.

ALL DAY AT TURRIFF SHOW, – SCOTTISH NATIONAL SIMMENTAL SHOW.

EVENING VISIT  GARY CHRISTIE’S COMMERCIAL SIMMENTAL X HERD.

TUESDAY 5TH AUGUST.

VISIT ISLAVALE HERD.(MESSRS STRONACH)

DEPART. ABERDEEN AIRPORT.