For the 12th year in succession, BCMS figures released for 2007, have confirmed the British Limousin as the leading beef breed sire in both Scotland and Britain, as well as the largest numerical cattle breed - beef or dairy.

The annual figures show that 642,847 Limousin-sired cattle were issued with passports in 2007 - the equivalent of 34% of available market share.
Since the establishment of the British Cattle Movement Service 12 years ago, to record all British cattle births and movements, just under 8 million (7,962,470) Limousin sired birth registrations have been recorded.
In the dairy herd Holstein-Friesian or Holstein-Friesian crosses amounted to 577,168 - a number which has remained firm on the year.

See April 19 issue for the full story.

1:54pm Friday 18th April 2008

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