BCCS September Newsletter 2022
BCCS September Newsletter 2022
BCCS September Newsletter 2022
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something a lot of ranchers look for with one set<br />
up telling us how their best bull didn’t make much<br />
in their sale due to it not being homozygous polled.<br />
We also noticed that the cattle in general were a lot<br />
smaller and less muscly than what we would have<br />
here in the UK. Something else that surprised us<br />
was when we went to one place and there was a<br />
pedigree red Charolais. These differences allowed<br />
for some (mostly) friendly debates.<br />
Some other visits we had included a tour of the<br />
Bayer Agricultural Research and Development<br />
Center - the world’s first biotech facility and a tour<br />
of Missouri Prime Beef Packers owned by Next Gen,<br />
one of the ranches we visited earlier on our trip.<br />
The facility opened in early 2021 and processes<br />
approximately 500 head/day. One thing that<br />
surprised me on the tour was how thin the cull cows<br />
were going to slaughter, sort of resembling a dairy<br />
cow. We also got to visit the Ozark County Fair.<br />
Our visit wasn’t all farm tours as we got to enjoy<br />
visits to Bass Pro, a massive country sports shop, a visit to<br />
the St Louis Arch, and a trip to Top Golf which we all really<br />
enjoyed. We finished our trip off by going<br />
to a baseball game to watch the Kansas<br />
City Royals. By the end of our trip it is<br />
fair to say I have made some very good<br />
friends from across the globe and learned<br />
so much about the charolais breed and<br />
the American approach to pedigree and<br />
suckler cattle.<br />
I would like to say a huge thank you to<br />
the Charolais Society for giving me this<br />
opportunity, to David Hobbs, who I’m<br />
sure will not miss driving us all around<br />
or our singing, and Kaitlyn Chism for<br />
organising all of our visits and ensuring<br />
we all had a great time.<br />
Bartley Finnegan<br />
At the end of July I had the privilege of<br />
heading to America along with Lois Scott to take part in the<br />
International Youth Programme. We spent 9 days touring<br />
around farms in Kansas and Missouri. We saw some great<br />
cattle and met some great people. It was brilliant to see how<br />
different the cattle are in America and how they suit the<br />
system and the type of farming out there. Massive thanks to<br />
David Hobbs and Kaitlyn Chism for organising a brilliant tour<br />
and to the British Charolais Society for sending us across,<br />
it was a once in a lifetime experience and one I thoroughly<br />
enjoyed.<br />
- No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet - 65<br />
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