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Goldies Charolais herd looking ahead to Stirling bull sales

Hamish Goldie has known Charolais all his life. His father Jim was one of the first to import them into the UK in 1969 and he now runs his own successful Goldies herd at South Bowerhouses, Dumfries

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Goldies Charolais herd looking ahead to Stirling bull sales

In Hamish Goldie's opinion, the Charolais breed is in as strong a position as it has ever been and if his own herd sales over the past year are anything to go by, he is certainly not wrong. Last February...

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