July 2008

Read the latest edition of Blade News

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June 2008

Competitive finished price contracts announced

New forward price contracts for all types of finished cattle have been announced by Blade Farming (SW) Ltd.

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May 2008

Nigel and David Maidment, South West Calf Rearers

Father and Son team in Wiltshire expand their calf rearing enterprise as part of the Defra funded South West Calf Rearers group.

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May 2008

Aberdeen Angus Scheme Update

The Blade Farming Aberdeen Angus scheme is gaining momentum. Read on to find out how you can be part of this unique scheme.

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December 2007

Partners in Production - SCFF and Blade Farming Newsletter

Read the latest information about Blade Farming and Southern Counties FF in their December newsletter. Informative articles from other Business partners are also included.

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October 2007

Aberdeen Angus cross calves in demand for a unique finished price contract

Young calves wanted urgently! To fulfil the demands of our customers we need to buy more Aberdeen Angus calves.
 

Finishing contract

A limited number of places are available for this unique contract based on the meat quality Aberdeen Angus cattle. Cattle must be contracted by ear number, and must have at least one grazing period in their lifetime. 14 to 18 month old, 'R' grade cattle between 245 and 280 kgs dwt. can be sold finished on a fixed forward price contract of £2.25 / kg dwt.

Finishing places are limited, so please Contact Us if you are interested.

October 2007

South West Calf Rearers

Blade Farming SW has secured a Defra Farm Health Planning grant and it is being used to improve the standard of calf rearing in the South West. The 14 professional calf rearers who have the capacity to rear over 16,000 calves a year have joined together to form the South West Calf rearers. The group meet regularly to discuss issues with calf rearing on the units, and also invite specialists from within the industry to come to group meetings and share knowledge.

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August 2007

Blade expands its calf rearing business

Our existing network of professional calf rearers are expanding their enterprises. Ben Moody is one our rearers in Devon and Cornwall who has put up two new sheds each to accommodate batches of 120 calves at a time. Two other rearers have undertaken similar developments with purpose built calf units and others too have plans to develop their sites. Throughput of calves this year should top 16000 as these new units come on stream.

At the same time we are working with our various partners in the supply business to continue to improve calf performance with attention to every detail. The dramatic expansion of the Blade calf rearing business has been facilitated by the quality of the calf rearers, the success of the Blade franchise finishing agreements and the unique funding package that Blade Farming provides for its Calf rearers.