Welcome to Cloquhat Farm

It was the arrival of Neil Drummond as stockman in 1992 which led to the introduction of Limousin Bulls onto Cloquhat Farms. Initially Normande LONESTAR, and more recently Homebyres OMEGA and Woodhouse RUFUS have been the stock bulls, producing each year an excellent show of quality calves which have consistently been at or near the top at the annual Spring-born Suckled Calf Sale in UA Perth in late October/early November. Taking the quality from their sires, the calves produced by these bulls have been fast-growing, well-muscled and good-looking. Each year several calves are bought by buyers wishing to show them, and many have been purchased under the Young Farmers Scheme. In November 2005 one of OMEGA’s calves won the Supreme Championship at Perth’s Suckled Calf Sale.

OMEGA has recently been replaced by an impressive young bull, Marlepark ALBERT, which was Champion at the Stranraer Show and Reserve Champion at Wigtown and Dumfries Shows in 2006. The latest arrival, in November 2006, was Greenhaugh UTWO, a black Limousin bull with tremendous growth and muscle figures and an EBV of LM38, which puts him firmly in the top 1% of Limousin bulls in the UK. Prior to coming to Cloquhat, UTWO was the stock bull of Drew and Bob Adam’s renowned Limousin herd at Newhouse of Glamis. Three of UTWO’s sons sold at UA Perth February 2007 Bull Sales to 16,000 guineas, a UK record for black Limousins. UTWO’s semen is now available, either through Cloquhat Farms (01250 886320/886208) or through The British Limousin Cattle Society, where he will feature in the Society’s 2007 Bull Book.

The cows are all black LimousinX, and we are increasingly keeping many of our home-bred heifer calves as breeding stock. Clearly the arrival of a black Limousin bull fits in well with this policy.