BCCS September Newsletter 2022
BCCS September Newsletter 2022
BCCS September Newsletter 2022
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Danny Sawrij, of Swalesmoor Farms, explains his philosophy of livestock production and making money doing it<br />
After lunch we headed to<br />
Swalesmoor Charolais owned by<br />
Danny Sawrij. Danny is a great<br />
businessman with many businesses<br />
outside the farm, but his passion is<br />
farming. He says, “Agriculture is an<br />
addiction, and you want it in your<br />
everyday life”. They run 30 Charolais,<br />
25 Limousin, 100 Luing cows, 420<br />
commercial cows and 1200 3/4 bred<br />
Texel ewes over farms in three areas<br />
covering 3,500 acres. With massive<br />
barns, all the sheep are lambed<br />
inside and finished on property.<br />
They also aim to finish most of the<br />
cattle at the home farms as well and<br />
send them directly to slaughter.<br />
Danny has a very sharp pencil, and<br />
his management style is different<br />
from many. He calves the cows at 24<br />
months and showed through the tour<br />
that you can do that, and the cows<br />
still grow, and at the end he has one<br />
extra calf to show for it. Supper in the<br />
barn included a live band and some<br />
time to dance a bit after.<br />
After a night in Peebles, we were off<br />
to Roscoe Charolais near Gorebridge.<br />
They only run a few pedigree<br />
Charolais but have 350 crossbred<br />
commercial cows. They calve about<br />
2/3 in the fall and 1/3 in the spring.<br />
Mark and his brother, Michael Ross,<br />
have a 1,000 acres which they cover.<br />
Their commercial cows start with<br />
a Holstein x Belgian Blue and then<br />
Limousin. The result is crossed with<br />
Charolais for a terminal animal.<br />
There are some big hills that we were<br />
taken over with some long reaching<br />
views, from where you could see<br />
Edinburgh. After a hamburger lunch,<br />
we were off to Allanfauld Charolais,<br />
at Kilsyth.<br />
Swalesmoor yearling heifers<br />
The commercial herd at Swalesmoor strongly influenced<br />
with Limousin and Luing blood<br />
From this big hill at Roscoe Farms, you could see Edinburgh in the distance<br />
Bull calf at Roscoe Farms<br />
A good band at Swalesmoor had many<br />
dancing<br />
Fall calves at Roscoe Farms left on the cows a little<br />
longer for the tour<br />
- No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet - 73<br />
<strong>September</strong> newsletter 22.indd 73 16/09/<strong>2022</strong> 15:01:19
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