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Wednesday
7 May
Already
a busy year for young cattle breeder, Jessica Evans, 2008
is set to travel the world as Welsh Black Cattle Society's
new Young Member Ambassador.
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Sunday
4 May 2008
Prices
at Welsh black Cattle Society sales continued their high-priced
run at the spring pedigree sale at Dolgellau (Friday, May
2) where vendors received excellent prices for their cattle.
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Thursday
1 May 2008
The
Welsh Black Cattle Society will be holding its annual general
meeting (AGM) in Breconshire next week (May 10).
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Monday
28 April 2008
The
Welsh Black Cattle Society 's Spring Sale at Dolgellau (April
25 th ) was characterised by brisk trade and good prices.
Nearly
200 pedigree store steers and heifers went under the hammer
at the sale which was sponsored by Tithebarn Ltd, and which
saw prices exceed those previously recorded at the sale.
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Sunday
20 April 2008
The
Welsh Black Cattle Society enjoyed a buoyant store sale at
Llandovery (April 18) where entries and prices exceeded the
2007 sale.
Some
94 pedigree Welsh Black steers and heifers were sold as part
of the Society's spring store sale sponsored by Blue Merle
Ltd.
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Monday
14 April 2008
It
was the end of an era when the last breeding animal from the
Pengelli herd went under the hammer at the Welsh Black Cattle
Society's sale of pedigree cattle at Llandovery at the weekend
(April 12).
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Friday
11 April 2008
Next
month (May) one of Wales' best known herds of Welsh Black
Cattle – Hafodesgob – and the farming family behind its success
will be awarded the title of Welsh Black Cattle Society Herd
of the Year 2007.
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the full report
Tuesday
1 April 2008
Devotees
of Wales ' native cattle breed will have an additional opportunity
to purchase pedigree Welsh Black breeding cattle when the
Welsh Black Cattle Society holds an extra sale at Llandovery
Market on Saturday, April 12.
The
sale is an addition to the pedigree breeding cattle sales
calendar, and was arranged for the benefit of young bulls
which would qualify for the Welsh Beef Quality Improvement
Project funded by Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC).
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the full report
Wednesday
5 March 2008
It
is a tremendous feat for an organisation which only just over
two years ago had attracted 100 members in a 12 month period,
and puts the breed back on par with its position 30 years
ago before the influx of continental cattle.
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Tuesday
15 January 2008
The
New Year got off to a good start for the Welsh Black Cattle
Society at today's (January 15 th ) sale at Dolgellau with
the surge in interest in pedigree beef cattle boding well
for 2008.
Farmers
travelled to North Wales from as far as Dumfriesshire in Scotland
, Pickering in North Yorkshire and Devon and Cornwall for
the sale which saw 79 Welsh Blacks entered for sale.
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the full report
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