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‘HIGH PERFORMANCE’ YEAR REPORTED BY BRITISH LIMOUSIN CATTLE SOCIETY
The British Limousin Cattle Society’s published Report & Accounts for 2008 reflect on a high performance year for the Limousin breed.

DALTON CATTLE TAG OFFER
Dalton ID Systems are offering Limousin members 10% discount on their cattle tags range. Not only is that great value but Limousin members will also get free replacement tags for any of the tags that they purchase under this offer. See the range HERE

WILODGE CERBERUS SEMEN LAUNCHED
Semen from the 50,000gns Limousin bull, Wilodge Cerberus, is now available for purchase exclusively online at www.semenstore.co.uk. Priced at £50 per straw plus delivery and VAT – with no semen royalty – he is available worldwide.

UPTAKE IN LIMOUSIN HERD HEALTH INITIATIVE INCREASES BY 18%
Breeders’ participation in the BLCS Herd Health Initiative has continued to grow sharply with 156 herds, representing 5,375 pedigree Limousin calves, having registered for the financially incentivised initiative.

SEMENSTORE ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE AVAILABILITY OF WILODGE CERBERUS SEMEN
Semenstore is delighted to announce that Wilodge Cerberus semen will be available for sale exclusively through the e-commerce site at www.semenstore.co.uk

LIMOUSIN BREED INCREASES MARKET SHARE TO 35%
Figures released for 2008 by the British Cattle Movement Service, Workington, show that out of a total of 1,821,505 beef sired calves registered in the year, 629,126 were sired by Limousin bulls.

MILLGATE LIMOUSIN SUCCESS GROWS FROM GREENMOUNT LIMO PROJECT
It has been an amazing few months for former Greenmount LIMO Project student, Christina Loughran, Dungate, Dunamore, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone which has seen her top the pedigree Limousin sales scene at both the Perth and Carlisle bull sales.

CALLING ALL BUTCHERS
The search is now on for the UK's top young talent in an ambitious new television programme, Young Butcher of the Year 2009, which celebrates the millions of young British workers whose skills aren't the kind to win them a million pound recording contract.

SEMENSTORE.CO.UK IS LAUNCHED
Semenstore.co.uk, the one-stop semen shop website has been officially launched and is open for business.

GREENSONS GIGOLO SEMEN SELLS FOR A UK RECORD PRICE OF £787 PER STRAW
Three straws of Greensons Gigolo semen went under the hammer for 750gns per straws at the Bailea & Clury Breeders’ Sale held at Carlisle on Friday 23rd January 2009.

PEDIGREE LIMOUSIN SALES GO THROUGH £5 MILLION MARK
Figures released by the British Limousin Cattle Society show that sales of pedigree animals at Official Sales exceeded the £5 Million mark in 2008.

SUPERIOR BEEF PRODUCTION PINPOINTED THROUGH GENE DISCOVERY
A gene which increases the weight of prime cuts by 19% and overall beef yield by 7% has been discovered by researchers at Adelaide University in Australia.

ANGLO-IRISH LIMOUSIN STOCKJUDGING/HANDLING EVENT
The Anglo-Irish Young Limousin Breeders stockjudging competition, inaugurated last year at Tullamore, in the Republic of Ireland, took place this year on Saturday 13th September in Northern Ireland at the Moira Sales Arena.