events : international limousin
congress 2004
16th International Limousin Congress
2004
1st - 13th August 2004
Around
5000 people attended the ILC show held at Beef Expo 2004, at the Royal
Highland Showground. Crowds were enthralled from the moment the show
opened, until the last class was judged. All the judging, which saw
over 300 cattle judged by Paul Byas, took place in one mammoth session. results>>
 Top
price at the Elite sale was Grahams Unbeatable from
the renowned herd of R & J Graham, Bridge of Allan, Stirling.
The hammer finally fell at 35,000gns. ..more>>
 ILC Visits
The ALEXANDERS of Perthshire
A team of 24 pedigree Limousin bulls, mainly red, some
black and a few red with black genetics, are the service squad for
a breeding herd of 800 Limousin blooded cows, thought to be the largest
commercial Limousin enterprise in Britain. [more]
The CHATSWORTH HERD
To be a pedigree Limousin heifer in the Chatsworth herd means spending
the summer grazing in stunning parkland which was laid out by Capability
Brown in front of the magnificent Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, recently
voted England’s finest stately home, and the destination of over
2 million visitors in 2003. [more]
GRAHAM’S LIMOUSIN
In the late 1950’s teenager Robert Graham was milk
boy for the family producer/retailer milk business, based at Bridge
of Allan near Stirling. This eager, early rising youngster had never
heard of Limousin cattle. [more]
The GREENWELL HERD
The Nattress family of Lanchester, Co.
Durham, have totally entrusted their future livelihood to their pedigree “Greenwell” herd
of Limousins. [more]
The HUDSCALES HERD
The views from Hudscales farm, 1000
feet high, near Hesket Newmarket in the Lake District National Park,
are truly stunning. To the north you see well over the English/Scottish
border to Dumfriesshire’s Solway Coast. To the west, the view
stretches across half of Cumbria – to the mountains of the Pennine
Chain. [more]
The ROBERTSONS of Northumberland
One of the largest teams of working Limousin bulls in
England is owned by brothers David and Iain Robertson of Alnwick, Northumberland.
[more]
The RONICK HERD
One of the most famous bulls in the
Limousin breed – Broadmeadows Cannon, is just one of the many
fine cattle which have played a major role in the history of the Ronick
pedigree herd. [more]
The WHINFELLPARK HERD
The International Limousin Congress
will visit Whinfellpark herd on the morning of Monday, August 9th 2004.
[more]
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