Charolais information meeting

tanko

I see that there's a Charolais information meeting on tomorrow night in the Lakeside Manor hotel in Virginia, Cavan at 8pm. Speakers include Rose Goulding NCBC and John Lynch Dovea genetics and speakers from the Charolais society. Free draw for Charolais semen. Meeting open to public, everyone welcome to attend.

Sounds like an interesting evening, might try and go along myself.

Genghis Cant

tanko wrote: »

I see that there's a Charolais information meeting on tomorrow night in the Lakeside Manor hotel in Virginia, Cavan at 8pm. Speakers include Rose Goulding NCBC and John Lynch Dovea genetics and speakers from the Charolais society. Free draw for Charolais semen. Meeting open to public, everyone welcome to attend.

Sounds like an interesting evening, might try and go along myself.

Always worth goin to hear Rose speak. She's some cookie!

Muckit

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Always worth goin to hear Rose speak. She's some cookie!

Every lad should 'go marry a nurse'...... apparently

She well able to breed and show cattle though. Some of the best charolais heifers l've ever seen.

jt65

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Always worth goin to hear Rose speak. She's some cookie!

Muckit wrote: »

Every lad should 'go marry a nurse'...... apparently

She well able to breed and show cattle though. Some of the best charolais heifers l've ever seen.

Doreen passed the nurse comment not Rose

Remember about 20 years I thought I had stock lined correctly in a stock judging, forgetting it wasn't the show ring , and Doreen took me to pieces


Different people look for different things, the Goulding family are all tops in the field

tanko

Made it to the meeting last night, it was an interesting an informative evening. Never heard Rose Goulding speak before, she is a very knowledgable lady when it comes to cattle breeding and isn't afraid to speak her mind. John lynch from dovea was very good too.

Fiston (FSZ) is a bull that caught my attention from a commercial point of view. He looks as though he'll make a very good weanling producer and looks easy calving too. It will be interesting to see his calving difficulty figure next month.

TITANIUM.

tanko wrote: »

Made it to the meeting last night, it was an interesting an informative evening. Never heard Rose Goulding speak before, she is a very knowledgable lady when it comes to cattle breeding and isn't afraid to speak her mind. John lynch from dovea was very good too.

Fiston (FSZ) is a bull that caught my attention from a commercial point of view. He looks as though he'll make a very good weanling producer and looks easy calving too. It will be interesting to see his calving difficulty figure next month.

Tis worth going to so?
There's another one on next week in Limerick. Might take a spin up to it if tis worthwhile. Youd recommend it so I take it? Was afraid it might just be a Charolais back slapping session. ......

tanko

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Tis worth going to so?
There's another one on next week in Limerick. Might take a spin up to it if tis worthwhile. Youd recommend it so I take it? Was afraid it might just be a Charolais back slapping session. ......

Yeah, I found it very good. I suppose it all depends who is speaking at those sort of meetings. It was far from a back slapping session, plenty of good debate and differing opinions expressed.

Genghis Cant

Thanks for the update.

Any mention of Inverlochy Gurkha (GKA) ?

tanko

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Thanks for the update.

Any mention of Inverlochy Gurkha (GKA) ?

Yeah he was talked about. I'm sorry I hadn't a pen with me to write stuff down but from what I remember he sounds like a serious bull. He's a new bull so you'd want to be careful what you put him on at the moment. I'm sure PG would have info on him.
LZF sounds like a fine bull who should be easy enough calved.

Dovea seem to have a good collection of CH bulls like FYB, LSP, FGG, S1381 and YHM.

TITANIUM.

tanko wrote: »

Yeah he was talked about. I'm sorry I hadn't a pen with me to write stuff down but from what I remember he sounds like a serious bull. He's a new bull so you'd want to be careful what you put him on at the moment. I'm sure PG would have info on him.
LZF sounds like a fine bull who should be easy enough calved.

Dovea seem to have a good collection of CH bulls like FYB, LSP, FGG, S1381 and YHM.

Any mention of Rep

tanko

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Any mention of Rep

Yeah there was, sorry I don't remember what was said about him. He's €38 a straw, I was more interested in the commercially available bulls.

TITANIUM.

tanko wrote: »

Yeah there was, sorry I don't remember what was said about him. He's €38 a straw, I was more interested in the commercially available bulls.

Ya fair enough. €38 a straw and hope she holds. Use LGL here a nice bit. Handy calved for a Charolais and some very nice stuff off him.

onyerbikepat

Muckit wrote: »

Every lad should 'go marry a nurse'...... apparently

She well able to breed and show cattle though. Some of the best charolais heifers l've ever seen.

It was Doreen that passed that comment alright. I wasn't sure who Rose Goulding was so I googled her, some interesting photos came up.:D

Muckit

jt65 wrote: »

Doreen passed the nurse comment not Rose

Your right!! Twas Doreen I was talking about, not Rose!
Doreen knows her stuff on genetics too!

TITANIUM.

Anyone heading to the information meeting tonight?

Durrus Boy

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Anyone heading to the information meeting tonight?

Where is the meeting on & where do ye see them advertised? Looked up the Charolais web-site but couldn't see any info after early Feb

tanko

I got a text from PG about the last one in Cavan. If you give your mobile no to their breeding advisor in your area they will send you messages about upcoming events.
This evenings meeting is on in the Devon Inn Hotel Templeglantine Co Limerick at 8pm.Speaker include John lynch Dovea, Stephen Laverty ABS, Rose Goulding NCBC and Nevan McKiernan ICCS.
There is an ad on donedeal in the Limerick section of the beef cattle for sale.

hugo29

if anyone is going keep an ear out for the bull ADA

TITANIUM.

hugo29 wrote: »

if anyone is going keep an ear out for the bull ADA

Will do, im gonna take Tanko's advice and bring a notebook and pen.

Genghis Cant

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Will do, im gonna take Tanko's advice and bring a notebook and pen.

I want a full brief. Please and thanks:)

TITANIUM.

Meeting last night was only ok. Not a hole pile more info then you'd get online or in the catalogues. They went through the charolais bulls from munster ai dovea and ABS. then some charolais society business, Which was entertaining. The youth development officer gave a interesting presentation on the breed and it's ability to finish under 16 months, and how some dairy boys are doing very well with there calf sales off easy calving ch stock bulls. No mention of ADA. Blelack Digger was the most interesting bull on the night IMO. They gave some very basic advice about matching bulls to cows, and dispelled the myth of a heifer out of a hard calved bull would be a an easy calver herself. as far as beef cattle go anyway.