An Aubrac - Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society

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IRISH
C
AUBRA
AUBRAC
Breed for the Future
Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society Ltd.
Tel: 051 641106 Email: info@aubrac.ie
www.aubrac.ie
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CONTENTS
Chairman’s Address ............................................................................. 5
Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society Ltd. Details ...................................9
Schedule of Fees 2012 ......................................................................13
Brief History of the Breed ................................................................. 15
Main Qualities of the Breed .............................................................. 17
Aubracs in Ireland.............................................................................. 21
Aubracs in France .............................................................................. 21
Official Standards of the Aubrac Cattle Breed .................................23
The French Aubrac Dairy Programme ............................................... 25
Herd Profile in France ....................................................................... 27
Aubracs in Germany ..........................................................................29
Aubracs in the U.S.A. ........................................................................ 31
USA Breeder Herd Profile ...............................................................33
Irish Aubrac Society Membership Distribution ................................ 36
Active Members 2012......................................................................... 37
My Aubrac X Heifer and Me! ...........................................................42
How Aubracs first came to Ireland - The story of Adam! .................. 45
Aubracs from start to finish ...............................................................49
Some Aubrac Kill-Out Results.......................................................... 51
AI Bulls ............................................................................................. 55
Example Tully Test Results ................................................................ 57
Crossbreeder Profile - Hell’s Kettle Organic Farm ............................59
Crossbred Aubracs ............................................................................. 61
Aubrac Champions and Reserves Results ..........................................64
Helpful Hints For New Breeders ...................................................... 67
Thank You
Membership Application Form .........................................................69
The Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society Limited wishes to thank
all those who sponsor classes at the various shows, help to prepare
and man the various stands, the judges, French and Irish, and all
who devote their time and effort to help the breed go forward.
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Our best females are being bred
to Mourgues Ultra, a 5 star bull
both within and across breed.
Ultra was originally purchased
from Francis Donohoe, owner of
the Johnstown Pedigree Herd.
Our pedigree began with the
introduction of 10 purebred
springers from France.
Our herd today is pushing
towards 100 breeding
females.
Established 2005
George D. Hayes,
Finnoe House,
Borrisokane,
Co. Tipperary
(086) 8204780
finnoehouse@gmail.com
Finnoe Pedigree Aubracs
CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS
I am delighted to be involved in the publication
of the second edition of the Irish Aubrac Cattle
Breed Society Journal. Aubracs were introduced
into Ireland in 1992, and the Society was started
in 1998. Since then the numbers have grown
steadily, but I think it would be fair to say that the
breed made a big breakthrough at last October’s
pedigree sale. In front of a packed ring, all stock
were sold at excellent prices, reflecting a growing
demand and a realisation that the Aubrac breed
has something special to offer the Irish farmer. In
the present economic climate whilst we farmers
may be enjoying record beef prices, the input
costs on our farms have also risen very steeply. The
Aubrac breed’s ability to thrive on low cost forage
and produce top grades at kill-out, as well as high
fertility rates, longevity and ease of calving make
the breed very suitable for low input farming.
The Aubrac breed is very adaptable and versatile,
which is evident from the wide geographical
spread of the membership. From mountainside
to flat fattening country; from organic farms to
intensive finishing farms, the breed has a lot to
offer. Aubrac sires are increasingly being used
in commercial suckler herds and in dairy herds
where ease of calving is required. As Aubrac cows
have good milking ability and are very docile,
there is also an increasing demand for the breed
as commercial dams.
A lot of work has gone into bringing the society
to this point. There has been an incredible amount
of time and effort given willingly by not only my
predecessor Liam Walsh, and Aubrac Council
members past and present, but also by the ever
increasing number of Society members. Cattle
shows around the country are a great way of
displaying our stock and I would ask all members
to try and make a small effort to show even one
animal. I know that this is not easy, but I feel that
showing can produce long term benefits for the
breed.
Since the publication of the last yearbook,
Ms. Angela Lacey of Deerpark Farm Services,
Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary has been
appointed as breed secretary and administrator to
the Society. I would like to welcome her on board,
and wish her continued success.
A lot of work has gone into the compilation
of this booklet and new outdoor promotional
material, for which I would like to thank Joanne
Bowers, Mireille McCall, Martin Bermingham
and Richard Cave of Cavern Design Printing.
I thank you for taking the time to read this, and
trust you’ll enjoy discovering more about the
breed for the future.
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Pat Bolton, The Strand, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois
Tel: 087 805 4460
The Ballinakill herd is run in conjunction with a commercial herd
using Aubrac stock bulls to achieve quality cattle with calving ease.
A selection of maiden Heifers
Ballinakill Aubracs
Charolais-Aubrac Calf
Pure bred Cow and Calf
Four Month old Grandson of
Ramon Acajou
IRISH AUBRAC CATTLE
BREED SOCIETY LTD.
IRISH
Registrations and correspondence:
Deerpark Farm Services, Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary
C
AUBRA
www.aubrac.ie
Tel: 051 641106
Fax: 051 641825
Email: angela.lacey@deerparkfarmservices.com or info@aubrac.ie
LIST OF OFFICERS:
Chairman
Ernest Mackey
Donard, Co. Wicklow
(087) 6737341
Vice-Chairman
Francis Donohoe
Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
(087) 2518332
Treasurer
Paul Grace
Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
(087) 7970454
Council Secretary James Byrne
via Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
(087) 0567053
PRO
Barnaderg, Co. Galway
(087) 1235333
Denis Linehan
Mallow, Co. Cork
(087) 2987901
Daniel O’Connell
Macroom, Co. Cork
(087) 7857942
Seán O’Driscoll
Skibbereen, Co. Cork
(087) 9375044
John Walsh
Ballintra, Co. Donegal
(087) 6786466
William P Walsh
(087) 9525800
Mireille McCall
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
(086) 3451373
Bernard Casey
Drumlish, Co. Longford
(086) 2115317
Michael Hanlon
Dring, Co. Longford
(087) 2709318
Shane Bowers
Coole, Co. Westmeath
(087) 9836950
Martin Bermingham
COUNCIL MEMBERS 2012:
WEBSITE, FACEBOOK & TWITTER:
Webmaster
Joanne Bowers
Email: joanne@aubrac.ie
(087) 4107041
or (087) 1906029
Keep up to date with Irish Aubracs
on Facebook and Twitter
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Overall Champion
Athlone Show 2012
Overall Champion
Beef Expo 2010
Overall Champion
Tullamore Show 2011
Breeder of Champions
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Tel: (087) 2518332 / (044) 9664665
Francis Donohoe, Johnstown Aubracs,
Collinstown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Come See for Yourself ! – Visitors Always Welcome
The Aubrac is probably the closest to a perfect suckler I have come across.”
“In my 28 years experience of Suckler Farming, I have finally found a
suckler cow that is very economical to feed, high fertility, short gestation,
easy calved and good milkability.
The outstanding pelvic conformation and short gestation length of
Aubrac and Aubrac cross cows ensures minimal calving difficulty.
As well as breeding champions, Johnstown also breed Culard
Charolais X Aubrac crosses for the export market. While the top 50%
of the pedigree herd are used to breed replacements, the rest are
crossed with Culard Charolais on advice from French breeders whose
farms we have visited over the past decade.
The Johnstown Herd comprises almost 100 pedigree breeding females.
24 top quality pedigree in-calf heifers were sourced in France in 2004.
These heifers were bred up with a French Test Station Bull purchased
for his excellent maternal qualities. As a result of this up-breeding, the
Johnstown Herd can now boast Overall and Supreme Champions at
major cattle shows.
Culard Charolais X Aubrac bulls
aged 10 months.
Mountcain Aubrac
Vaccinating
against:
BVD
Lepto
Salmonella
and IBR
Artificial
Insemination
used on
90% of Cows.
No sales talk just good cattle.
Visitors welcome.
Contact: Denis Linehan
Mountcain
Knocknagree
Mallow
Co. Cork
Pedigree Cattle
that outperform
Commercials
Tel. 087 2987901
mountcainaubrac@gmail.com
Cloonishlaun
Aubracs
Breeding purebreds
and crossbreds
MARY ROCHE & OLLIE CUNNEY
Killala, Co. Mayo
087 6553865 or 087 6428291
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SCHEDULE OF FEES 2012
Annual membership
€65
New Membership / Prefix /
First timer’s Share fee (share value € 1)
€65
Calf registration: - Female at birth:
€50
Calf registration: - Male at birth:
€30
Replacement certificate or Certificate in new owner’s name
€18
Importation, female and male for use on pedigree herd
€100
Registration of embryo
€20
Amended embryo
€15
Appeal fee
€65
Late Registration Fee - Female (up to 12 months)
€50 + Registration Fee €50
€100
Late Registration Fee - Female (after 12 months
€150
Late Registration Fee - Male (up to 12 months)
€80
Late Registration Fee - Male (after 12 months)
€130
Late Registration Fee for Males & Females from 1st January 2013
€100
NOTES:
All animals registered as pedigree will be charged to the breeder.
All heifers registered over 12 months have to be DNA tested for parentage.
Late penalty will apply to all animals not registered as pedigree at birth.
Please note that all membership will be due on the 1st of January each year.
Please note that for new members, membership paid from
1st of September includes the following year’s membership.
DNA Kits available from the Society’s office.
All stock bulls used for pedigree breeding must be DNA tested for the calves to be registered.
PLEASE RETAIN THIS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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Barna Pedigree Aubracs
Established in 2006 with the purchase of
three maiden heifers at Tullamore Mart.
Bríd & Frances Collison,
Barna, Dunkerrin, Birr, Co. Offaly
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Mobile: 087 2623725
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREED
The development of the Aubrac breed started during
the 17th century at the Benedictine Abbey of Aubrac,
in the South of the central Massif in France. The Abbey
was founded in 1120 by a Dutch Lord, Adalard, who
had narrowly escaped death twice in this wooded
and remote area during his pilgrimage to Santiago de
Compostela. He decided to build a monastery to feed
and shelter the thousands of pilgrims walking through
the area. The pilgrims were offered a meal made of bread
soaked in fresh cheese, called Aligot. The local breed of
cows was used to produce the milk then turned into this
particular cheese. This breed was selected from then on
for its hardiness, ease of management, milking ability.
The Aubrac Abbey is situated at an altitude close to 4000
feet. It had thousands of acres of land, including 9000
hectares of pastures, some situated up the mountains,
some in the low lands. The herds would walk to the
mountains pastures on the 25th of May for the summer,
and come back the 13th of October to the low lands to
be housed for the winter. This transhumance still takes
place on those dates today. After the French revolution,
the lands of the Abbey were offered for sale and split
up into individual farms but the management of the
pastures remained the same. The herds would spend the
summer on the mountains, the cows were milked in the
pastures and the cheese (Fourme) made there in a small
stone dwelling the “buron”. The production of a quality
cheese and the training and sale of draught bullocks
were the main income of these farms. The breed had
to produce rich and plentiful milk and be docile. In an
effort to produce larger quantities of richer milk, the
Brown Swiss breed was introduced but soon abandoned
as these animals were not hardy enough for the Aubrac
conditions. It is this geographical environment that has
given the Aubrac cow the ability to survive and thrive in
difficult and challenging conditions. No other breed has
been able to deliver the same profit margins in the same
conditions. To encourage breeders to aim for quality the
first Aubrac show took place in Laguiole on the 25th
of September 1830. The breeders were judged on the
quality of the cheese they produced and the look of their
animals. The shows helped to set the standards of the
breed in its colour, appearance and abilities. The HerdBook was established in April 1894.
At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the Aubrac
breed was widespread in the southern and Eastern areas
of the central Massif and even in the Mediterranean
regions.
At the close of World War II, the Aubrac breed was
seriously affected by the competition with tractors (that
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replaced the Aubrac oxen) and by the disappearance
of the milking activity of the “burons” (a combination
of traditional cheese manufacturing and the living
quarters of the cowherds, in the mountains).
The crisis period also affected other mixed mountain
breeds (Ferrandaise, Mezine). The new prevailing
tendency in this era was focused exclusively on
productivity. The mixed breeds survived with great
difficulty in the face of the attractive yields of the
breed that were specialized in the production of
milk (Prim’Holstein) or for the production of meat
(Limousin, Charolais and Blond d’ Aquitaine). After
the sixties mixed breeds were a thing of the past.
The generalized practise of non-scientific mating,
especially with Charolais bulls, was one of the main
causes of decrease in the numbers of the Aubrac
breed. In addition, life and work in the “burons” was
increasingly less compatible with the new ambition of
society. Its profitability was increasingly less, especially
due to the constant increase of the cost of labour:
“While in 1900, the sale of 100kgs of Laguiole cheeses
could pay the salary of a caretaker and his family, it was
now necessary to sell a ton of cheese to pay the same
annual salary”. (Source: Centennial Book of the Aubrac
Breed 1894-1994, Page 43)
Unwilling to watch the inexorable disappearance of
this breed, and committed to no longer seeing it on
the list of extinct species, a group of people convinced
of the specific advantages and the superiority of the
Aubrac cow in many aspects, decided to undertake the
rediscovery of the “Black-eyed beauty”. Their dynamism
and motivation resulted in the creation of the Union
Aubrac, in 1979. Close to extinction in the seventies,
the Aubrac breed began to excite interest, thanks to the
implementation of efficient measures applied starting
in 1979. Since then this interest in the acquisition of
Aubrac breeding cattle has not ceased.
The breed has won over diverse region of metropolitan
France (Corsica, Massif Central, the southeast and
northeast of France) as well as the French overseas
departments and territories (Guadalupe, Guyana).
This development has also been felt outside of
French territory. More than 15 countries have already
imported the Aubrac breed and continue to regularly
acquire animals, embryos or semen for insemination.
(Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Ireland, Great Britain,
Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Russia,
Israel, New Zealand, the United States, etc.
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MAIN QUALITIES OF THE BREED
The Aubrac is a well-muscled animal of medium-sized stature. Their attributes are numerous but the
following qualities are why the Aubrac is increasing rapidly in popularity.
HIGH FEED CONVERSION RATIO:
MILK:
The Aubrac feeds exceptionally well on low cost
roughage such as grass and hay. Their excellent
feed conversion ratio means that production costs
of the finished animal as well as maintenance of
the breeding female are kept low.
Aubracs have neat tidy udders. The quality of
Aubrac milk is excellent with average butter
fat content of 4.2%. The milk is often used to
produce cheese in France. In Ireland, the milk
quality promotes calf growth even further.
CALVING EASE:
DOCILITY:
The Aubrac is an easily calved breed. Calves tend
to average from 33kg to 39kg at birth, producing
a lively hardy calf with outstanding growth
rates. Many dairy and commercial farmers are
now discovering that using Aubrac bulls, even
on heifers, produces better quality calves and
therefore increased profits at sale or finishing.
Aubracs have impressive pelvic conformation.
Aubrac cows are renowned not only for calving
pure bred calves easily but are also capable of
calving high-muscled and even double-muscled
continentals with ease.
Aubracs tend to be calm and settled cattle and
when well-handled they prove to be particularly
docile in nature.
HIGH FERTILITY:
Aubrac fertility is impressive with up to 98% of
cows going back in calf. A priority of the breed
is to produce one live calf per cow per year for as
many years as possible.
CONSISTENT GRADING
AND KILL-OUT RESULTS:
The deep-bodied well-balanced frame of the
Aubrac ensures consistently good grades. The
density of the meat and high meat to bone ration
ensure outstanding kill-out figures. U grades are
standard for the breed as well as E grades being
achieved.
With emphasis of suckler profits now being
placed on fertility and lower maintenance
costs of the cow, the Aubrac is fast becoming
the obvious choice as there is no reduction in
quality of produce even though input costs are
undoubtedly lower.
LONGEVITY:
The Aubrac is structurally a very sound animal.
They tend to have deeper well-balanced frames
with shorter stronger legs thus making them
physically strong and sound. Couple this with a
higher overall hardiness and outstanding pelvic
conformation and thus exists a breeding cow that
will last longer and produce more live calves over
her lifetime than other breeds.
MEAT:
Aubrac meat is very dense with a notable high
quality flavour. The meat to bone ratio is very
high with very little waste from the carcase,
making it an attractive animal for butchering.
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ROCKHILL
We don’t breed
Aubracs for Showing –
BREEDING SHOW CHAMPIONS CONSISTENTLY
Tullamore 2011 Reserve Champion Rockhill Eve (sired by Benji)
Beef Expo 2010 Reserve Champion Rockhill Fawn (sired by Benji)
Tullamore 2010 Supreme Champion Rockhill Eve (sired by Benji)
Aubrac:
Venice
Beef Expo 2008 Supreme Champion Venice
Tullamore Sale 2008 Reserve Champion Cow
Tullamore Sale 2007 Champion and Reserve Champion (sired by Frezat)
Tullamore Show 2006 Overall Breed Champion Aurora (sired by Frezat)
Tullamore Show 2005 Champion Bull Frezat
Tullamore Show 2005 1st, 2nd, 3rd Heifer Calves
Tullamore Show 2004 Champion Cow and Calf
Tullamore Show 2003 Reserve Champion Heifer
Goffs Spring Show 2003 Overall Champion Heifer
Herd Established 2000
ROCKHILL PEDIGREES,
BALLINTRA, CO. DONEGAL
STOCK BUL
BULLS USED:
Sire of Champions in
France
Fran and Ireland
Still breeding at 13 years.
Breeding show
Bree
BENJI
cham
champions.
French Test Station Bull
D’ESPANGOU French Test Station Bull
AI (EPZ)
producing superb quality
Breeding quality
URBANO
daughters - semen
AI (RLU)
available from Enfield
FREZAT
Contacts: John - 087 6786466
Liam - 087 9525800
Home - 074 9734239
Email:
rockhillpedigrees@eircom.net or ewsbutchers@live.ie
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PEDIGREES
We show Aubracs
for Breeding…
Aubrac:
Rockhill Fawn
Aubrac:
D’espanjou
Aubrac:
Rockhill Eve
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LISBEEMORE HERD
Established 2000
Top Quality Cattle
Danny O’Connell
High Health
Status Herd
Lisbeemore,
Kilnamartyra,
Macroom,
Co. Cork.
087 7857924
026 40180
Visitors Welcome
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AUBRACS IN IRELAND
With a few very interested breeders getting
together, the Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society
Limited was formed in January 1998. In 2012, it
now counts over 100 members, and over 4000
cattle in the country. The Aubrac Society boasts
the accolade of having a very high number of
cattle per member.
In conjunction with the French Herd Book
and ICBF, a selection/breed improvement
programme has been put in place and aims at
maintaining reproduction, rearing and hardiness
qualities and at identifying those animals which
will provide the highest genetics to breed
from. Females must retain their milking and
calving ability and their fertility with minimal
interference and maintenance cost. The excellent
food conversion and conformation must allow
cost efficient finishing of the animals. The
selection has been based on efficiency rather than
show potential only. In Ireland the emphasis has
been put on importing quality animals to start
a very good genetic pool and carry on selecting
carefully from within the national herd to retain
the qualities that made us choose this breed in
the first place.
We believe Aubracs have a place in Ireland as
an easily kept mother breed with continental
conformation and good temperament. Bulls are
used widely to produce excellent replacement
heifers for the Irish suckler herd. Weanling bulls
have shape and quality and are much sought after
by Italian finishers.
AUBRACS IN FRANCE
In France cows are tied up in sheds for
approximately six months of the year. The calves
are separated and allowed to suckle twice a day.
The cows are fed on hay and minerals They
are fed a limited ration of hay twice a day, just
enough to milk well. The young stock might get
silage if available. At the end of May the animals
are brought up to the mountain pastures where
the temperatures can go up to 35°C during the
daytime and plunge to below freezing at night.
of any French beef breed and it is very noticeable
at all shows and sales. They can obviously see a
future in their breed.
At the end of their second summer, young bulls
not needed for breeding are sold to feedlots,
mostly in Italy, where they are finished in 100
days and command a premium price. Heifers not
needed for in-herd replacement are sold and bred
pure or used for crossing with Charolais.
The average herd size is 60 females, there are no
elite herds, instead the whole standard of the
breed is raised by culling or cross breeding the
lesser cows with terminal sires. Only the very
best bulls are kept for breeding and an average of
150 a year are being tested through the Aubrac
testing station. In 2002, 76,000 young stock
(pure and cross breeds) were exported to Italy
(2/3) and Spain (1/3). The Aubrac breed has seen
the highest return of young farmers to farming
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Summer grazing in France
COOLEY AUBRAC HERD
Ireland’s Most Northerly Herd
Established 2009
Michael & Fidelma Hegarty
Cooley, Moville, Co. Donegal
Tel: 086 8096308
Cooley Cross
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OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF THE
AUBRAC CATTLE BREED
(As set by French Herd-Book)
COLOUR
The coat is fawn with varying shades,
it can vary from wheat colour to
pale grey. The coat is darker on the
shoulders and on the croup. These
characteristics are mostly noticeable
on non castrated males, where the
front end is almost black.
EXTREMITIES
The mucous membranes, the rim of
the anus, the lips of the vulva, the
tuft at the end of the tail, the cleats,
the tips of the horns, and the rims
of the ears are black. In the male the
extremity of the scrotum is black.
HORNS
TAIL
Pointing obliquely and slightly to the front,
then upwards and finally twisting with the tip
pointing backwards, they are black at the tip and
as white as possible at the base.
The tail is thin, long with an attachment not too
prominent, well set and must end with a black
tuft.
HEAD
BODY
The muzzle, the rim of the eyelids and the
eyelashes are black, surrounded by a white halo.
The tongue is slate colour. The eye is lively and
kind with a black make-up like outline. The
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hair. The head is expressive, the muzzle short and
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chest and loins are wide. The pelvis and hips are
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LEGS
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Short and fine, they are of remarkable strength.
The hooves are black. The Aubrac has excellent
legs that are traditionally suited for travelling
mountainous terrain. The hind legs have wide
and strong hocks.
Standing on four perfect legs, the Aubrac is a
medium sized animal, solid and sturdy showing
characteristics of a robust animal.
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THE FRENCH AUBRAC DAIRY
PROGRAMME
The milk production of a suckler cow contributes widely to the profit margin the breeder can earn
from his cow. Milk has been considered as a secondary factor by the technicians but the reality of
the agricultural market today and the evolution of the price of grains, now pushes the researchers to
reconsider this opinion.
In fact, the self sufficiency obtained through milk production, is along with increased production
through larger numbers, the main criteria for profit.
Up to the 60s the Aubrac cow was milked on the Aubrac plateau, to produce the milk necessary for the
production of the Laguiole Cheese, and of the Aubrac Aligot.
Today, the Syndicat of the
Laguiole Cheese, conscious of
keeping the true identity and
image of its products, along
with the Union Aubrac, the
Agricultural School of Rodez
and the French Breeding
Institute, has launched a
breeding programme aimed
at identifying and developing
the lines with the most milk in
the Aubrac breed.
Since 2004, the cows with the
best milk indices were bought
from the breeders who agreed
to it, placed in the Agricultural School, and flushed to produce sexed embryos. In a first stage, older AI
bulls were used, and more recently newer bulls have been chosen on the milk indices of their progeny
(Nippon II or Ushuia for example).
The female embryos have been transplanted on cows in the dairy herd and the resulting heifers reared
along with the dairy cows, and milked for the Dairy Cooperative “Jeune Montagne” in Laguiole.
Today close to 200 pure bred Aubrac cows are milked as part of the dairy herds on the Aubrac plateau,
milk-recorded and evaluated in this programme. Half of them produce more than 2000 litres of milk
per lactation and the average of the 20 best ones is 3200 litres per lactation.
This program initiated by dairy farmers, should benefit all breeders, in allowing them to identify and
use to their advantage theses selected lines on their suckler cows, thus reinforcing the self sufficiency of
their system and subsequently increasing their profit margin.
The specialisation of the research towards a more efficient self sufficiency places the Aubrac breed as one
of the more modern breeds and certainly one with a most bright future.
Jean Valadier
President GIE Race Aubrac.
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This has resulted in a top quality herd which
will meet the demands of Aubrac breeders in
the future.
A breeding programme was then set up using
100% AI from the top genetics in France.
Established in 2005 with the import of two
elite females from France and the purchase of
a number of elite females at sales in Ireland.
Visitors Always
Welcome
Ballinroey, Dring, Co. Longford
Contact: Michael 043-6684924
087-2709318
Ashbrook Pedigree Aubracs
HERD PROFILE IN FRANCE
Breeder’s Profile: Mr Andre Valadier.
(Ex President of the UPRA Aubrac, Founder
of Laguiole’s Jeune Montagne cheese co-op,
Aubrac breeder and regarded by most as one of
the instigators of the revival of local traditions in
the Aubrac area).
Extracted and translated from “Paroles de Burons”
(Buron’s talks).
“Andre Valadier comes from a humble farming
background. His parents farmed 20 hectares, and his
father often had to hire himself as a farm hand to
complete the family income. Every year, he trained
and prepared a pair of draught bullocks for the sale
in Lacalm. Like all breeders this pair of bullocks was
one of the main incomes of the year, and the pride of
the herd.
If the bullocks could not be sold they sadly had to be
slaughtered as the family needed money to keep going.
He was a bright student and avid reader and after
his Leaving Cert., aged 14, he was advised by his
teacher to keep studying but preferred to farm. His
father bought an extra 9 hectares near La Terrisse, so
both of them could work together. Shortly after this,
his father died, killed by a tree he was felling and
Andre had to carry on farming on his own. At that
time breeding in the Aubrac was at a turning point
faced with competition from heavier or higher milk
yield breeds (Holstein).
At the same fair in Lacalm, in 1963, a farmer needed
to sell 3 Aubracs to buy 1 heifer of any other breed.
Cows that had been the wealth of the mountain
were now unsalable. The use of Charolais bulls
was becoming more common and the breed sliding
from milk to beef. The result of such selection was in
Andre’s terms: the Aubrac Cow is nowadays 200kg
heavier than her grand mother and produces half the
amount of milk. 40 years ago a cow could feed her
calf with no supplements, to reach a weaning weight
of 300kg on average, now with no supplements,
in the same conditions the weight of the calf will
only be 250kg. A few pockets of resistance kept the
maternal side of the breed going, mostly in the very
poor areas where the more demanding Charolais and
beefier animals could not thrive. There were also the
uncompromising “true” Aubrac breeders. It was not
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uncommon at that time for the dying owner of a herd
to ask for his cows to be gathered outside the window,
and once the priest had gone be left to die there in
their company. Andre carried on using Charolais
bulls from 1955 until 1970. During that time, the
calving percentage of the herds went down from 9.8
calves/cow to 7.5 calves/cow due to the use of first
generation Charolais X females.
In 1970 came the wake up call with oil prices
soaring. The breed had to take a new orientation, less
dependent on bought in food (the Aubrac area is not
suitable for crop production), more self sufficient and
economical. Andre Valadier for his part was keen
to preserve the local traditions including milking
of Aubrac cows. On the 1st of March 1960, the
cheese making Cooperative “Jeune Montagne” was
founded. To raise the cash necessary, Andre went
around offering shares in the co-op. This was a
completely new concept in the area but very welcome
as the collection and price of milk in the Aubrac
had declined dangerously. The business went from
strength to strength and has now moved to just
outside Laguiole, employing over 70 people in the
cheese making section, and transforming the milk
provided by 80 producers into 1400 tonnes of cheese.
The milk used is from Aubrac and Simmental cows.
Andre Valadier is also very active in political circles,
and played an important role over the years in the
revival of the local traditions. He also got involved
at a high level in the improvement programs of the
Aubrac breed, is one of the founders of the bull testing
station and was President of the UPRA Aubrac for
many years. He is now battling to isolate very milky
blood lines, and intends along with the Union Aubrac
to work on embryos to bring back high milk yield in
selected lines for the benefit of the Aubrac breed.”
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TULLIG
Aubrac Herd
Established 2004
Visitors welcome anytime
QUALITY CATTLE WITHOUT THE HASSLE
Selection of males and females for sale at all times
MIKE DELANEY Tel: 087 2342568 Email: tulligagri@gmail.com
TULLIG, KENMARE, CO. KERRY
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AUBRACS IN GERMANY
One of the well established herds of Aubrac in
Germany is that of Ernst and Felix Baumer situated
in the Eastern part of the country, close to the Polish
border.
The Baumers farm 1000 hectares, all in pastures.
Winters are cold but generally dry and summers are
warm with regular rain fall which allows for good
grass growth. The farm is divided in plots of up to 40
hectares, themselves subdivided in fields of 3 to 5 ha
to allow proper pasture rotation for the various groups
of cows.
The herd is made up of 1000 suckler cows, 300 pure
bred registered Aubrac, the remainder 700 are crossed
with different breeds like Shorthorn and Galloways.
The cows are divided in groups of 25 to 70, depending
on their breed, their calving date, and the size of the
pastures allocated. During the calving period, the cows
are looked at twice a day, the rest of the time only
once every 5 days. One man is in charge of looking
at the animals, if he notices something wrong, he
informs another team who will collect and deal with
the sick animal. There are 8 people employed on the
farm including management staff. Most of the animals
are overwintered outside. Only the cows due to calf
between November and February are housed in open
sheds for a short period. They are fed from a central
feed passage on a mixture of hay and silage. The
animals outwintered are fed ad lib on hay and silage
left out in the pastures in feeders. The heifers calf at 24
to 28 months and all females who are not in calf or lost
their calf are culled. In 2011, 1000 calvings produced
950 weaned calves. The calves are reared on milk
and grass alone and do not get any creep feed. Three
quarters of the females are destined for breeding, kept
as replacement or sold on guaranteed in calf mostly to
Eastern countries. A number of pure Aubrac bulls are
sold for breeding. Males and females not suitable for
breeding are sold to finishers. The average weight of
the weanling bulls is 300kgs with no extra feed. Ernst
Baumer has been breeding Aubrac for the last 20 years.
The Aubrac has no doubt, all the qualities necessary for
his cost efficient, low labour extensive type of farming.
Caheredmond Farm
Pedigree Aubrac
Bulls and Heifers
We imported Pure Bred Springing Aubrac Heifers some years
ago and subsequently imported 2 Pure Bred Aubrac Bulls.
To-date our breeding program for these animals is going extremely well.
Fertility rate is high with cows going back in calf regularly and they’ve
had no calving problems. The animals are quiet and are easy to handle.
We also run the bulls with our commercial cows and this has
proved successful in that the kill out rates are consistently high.
Good quality bulls and heifers now for sale, can arrange viewing
by ringing Michael Cawe on 087 2560927 - Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
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Dovea, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Phone:0504-21755
Website:
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AUBRACS IN THE U.S.A.
The Aubrac breed is increasing in popularity
not just in Ireland, but worldwide. We got in
touch with Scott Fredrickson, a member of
Aubrac International and asked him about the
history of the breed in America.
“Introduced to the United States in four
separate importations - the first in the late
1970s, the second in the early 1990s, the third
in the mid-1990s, and the fourth in the late
2000’s - the Aubrac breed in North America
today enjoys strong genetic diversity as a result
of these importations.
Today Aubrac breeders have a genetic base of over 50 fullblood females, and over 300 purebred females
(up-graded to 87.5% or higher). Polled Aubrac cattle are in high demand by breeders and new markets
have emerged as a result polled genetics. Aubrac International, Inc. has a breeder base of over 25
breeders from across the United States and Canada.
Since the first importation of Aubrac cattle to the United States breeders have identified forage efficiency
as the strength and mainstay that will lead to a bright future in North American beef production.
Some of the U.S. breed’s original founders include Dennis and Jane Svoma of Wisconsin; Dr. Wayne
Vanderwert of Missouri; Eric Grant of Colorado/Missouri; Scott Fredrickson of Montana; Charlie
Hunt of Nebraska and Wayne Bollum of Minnesota, all of whom have remained committed to the
breed since the early 1990s or earlier.”
Polled Herd Sire at 26 months. Developed on grass and hay.
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Cairn Hill
Aubracs
Established 1998
GULLY: Purchased from test station in France for €5200. From one
of the top herds in France. (See Picture). Grand Sire Ushuaia very
good milking ability. Showing promise of being the next big name
in the Aubrac breed.
THORNHILL ALEX: Bull that needs no introduction. Sire of numerous
prize winners including. Overall Champion premier sale 2011, 1st
prize maiden heifer premier sale 2011, reserve champion premier
sale 2010. Daughters retained for breeding.
CAIRNHILL SAM: Bull born on our farm from a cow purchased in
France. Sire of numerous prize winners including overall champion
premier sale 2008. Daughters retained for breeding.
Quality Bulls & Heifers
Always For Sale
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Bernard Casey,
Mobile: 086 2115317
Ohill, Drumlish, Co.Longford
Tel: 043 33 24904
www.facebook.com/cairnhillaubrac
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USA BREEDER HERD PROFILE
Scott and Janet own and operate the Fredrickson
Ranch in the beautiful plains of Eastern Montana.
A harsh country known for hot dry summers and
cold dry winters.
The first Fredrickson set foot in the United States
back in 1882 when John Fredrickson emigrated
to the United States from Norway. First to squat
on land that was available for homesteading, and
in 1884 establish through the Homestead Act, a
future for his family in the Great Plains of the
United States. The first 7th generation Fredrickson
“Brook”, attended Round up this spring.
We were first introduced to Aubrac Cattle in 1996 through the Aubrac Alliance. Video footage was
provided on a group of heifers and their sire. The Sire was Espanou with the footage taken at the farm
of BOUBAL. The sexual differentiation and the robustness of the cattle was exciting. So in the spring
of 1996 the Fredricksons purchased 140 Units of semen on Midatest bulls Goeland, Galant, Hector,
Harlem and Impresario. The semen was placed in Angus cross cows with the resulting F-1 females the
start of the Fredrickson Aubrac Ranch.
Today Fredricksons’ herd has reached 130 females. Mostly upgraded to 87% or higher, with about 10
fullblood females that trace to the BOS herd from the Cantal region of France. A goal each year is to
eliminate the cost of feeding hay by year round grazing. Aubrac cattle have the ability to thrive in this
environment better than other breeds used in the past. Aubrac females are expected to calve on their
own at less than 24 months and continue that cycle as long as possible.
We promote our cattle as often as possible. Our champions are picked based on performance in the
pasture which is where income is generated. Strong selection pressure is placed on fleshing ability over
performance, our cattle tend to be smaller framed and show strong sexual differentiation. In 2012 only
polled bulls were used to sire calves.
The Fredricksons look to a bright future for the Aubrac cattle with identifiable, value based markets.
Visitors are always welcome.
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PAUL GRACE, DUNLAVIN, CO. WICKLOW
Tel: 087 7970454 Email: paulgrac@gmail.com
● Our first Aubrac arrived in 2002
● These performed exceptionally
well when compared with
other breeds on our farm.
● These Aubracs displayed ease
of calving, milkability, docility
and outstanding weight gain.
● In 2004 we decided to
concentrate solely on
building an Aubrac herd.
● Our purebred herd today stands
at close to 100 breeding females.
● Our best performing females
are bred pure to our two
imported herd sires.
Aubrac cows with
Culard Charolais calves
● The remainder of the herd are
bred to our Culard Charolais
bull (imp 2005) to produce
weanlings for the Italian trade.
● In 2012 we introduced a new
senior herd sire from the
herd of Matthew Causse in
France. We think he will be a
great addition to our breeding
programme.
● We have breeding males
and females for sale
throughout the year.
Culard
Charolais-Aubrac Cross
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Aubracs
Purchased in Spring 2007 from the famous
herd of Matthew Causse where he was bred
and subsequently used as a senior herd sire.
This bull has gone from strength to strength,
displaying great length and power along
with superior muscling and coupled with
an extremely docile character makes this
bull a pleasure to work with. REINOU is
passing these traits to his offspring and we
look forward to his first daughters calving
in Autumn 2010.
Causse Reinou
As seen at the Aubrac stand at the National
Ploughing Championships in both 2008 and
2009.
Visitors are
welcome
at all times
Ramon Acajou
A recent addition to our breeding programme,
ACAJOU was bred in the herd of the very
well respected Jean Claude Ramon and is
the son of the extremely high index bull
LAUTARD MIGNARD, one of the greatest
sires in the breed in recent years. We are
very excited about this bull and are looking
forward to working with him.
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KILDARE
KILKENNY
LAOIS
LEITRIM
Name
Address
Michael O’Flatharta
Baile an Chaisleain, Inis Thiar Arainn, Co Galway
087-9745848
Phone
Brendan O’ Malley
Bohesial, Recess, Co. Galway
086-8566352
087-2342568
Michael Delaney
Tullig, Kenmare, Co. Kerry
James Doherty
Scrahanagullane, Rathmore, Co. Kerry
087-2734546
Michael Foley
Mausrour, Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, Co. Kerry
086-6043858
Michael McAuliffe
Fahaduff, Castleisland, Co. Kerry
087-2566364
Adrian King
Barley Hill, Grangenolvin, Athy, Co. Kildare
086-2577269
Kim McCall
Calverstown House, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
086-3451373
Henry Milligan
Robertstown, Naas, Co. Kildare
087-2661636
John Hassett
Whitehall, Rathkieran, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny
Michael Hennessy
Hoodsgrove, via New Ross, Co. Kilkenny
051-895242
086-3994751
James Murphy
Clara Castle, Higginstown, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
056-7759751
P. John Pollard
Dama Lr, Ballycallan, Co. Kilkenny
086-3041802
Michael Tennyson
Woodstock, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
087-9338135
Patrick Bolton
The Strand, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois
0878054460
R. Mark Onions
Borris House, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
087-7962414
James & Suzette Phelan
Westfield, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
087-2619763
Eamonn Rigney
Brocca, Clonaslee, Co. Laois
087-2687946
John Ryan
Kilmartin, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois
087-2445492
Michael Heslin
Drumgrania, Gortlettragh, Mohill, Co. Leitrim
086-3325496
087-6118049
LIMERICK
Martin McAuliffe
Hillview Hse., Meenoline, Templeglantine, Co. Limerick
LONGFORD
Bernard Casey
Ohill, Drumlish, Co. Longford
086-2115317
Matthew Casey
Cartrongoland, Drumlish, Co. Longford
086-6099910
MAYO
Michael Hanlon
Ballinroey, Dring, Co. Longford
087-2709318
James Cawe
Derryfadd, Taugheen,Claremorris, Co. Mayo
087-0554933
Michael Cawe
Claremorris Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
087-2560927
Ann Conroy
Lissartava, Hollymount, Co Mayo
086-0717934
Joseph Cunnane
Derrybrack, Aughamore, Ballyhaunis Co. Mayo
087-2973010
Michael J Dillon
Cullintragh, Ballintubber, Claremorris Co Mayo
094-9030976
Martin Gallagher
Aughadeffin, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
086-8523951
Shane Gallagher
Aughadeffin, Kilkelly, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo
087-1343595
Declan Glynn
Towerhill, Ballyglass, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
086-7852589
Michael Hanley
Claremount, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
087-2847856
Christine Hannon
Annefield, Hollymount, Co. Mayo
087-2300403
Thomas Heneghan
Farnane, Tulrahan, Claremorris Co. Mayo
086-0614536
Joseph Killeen
Ballinchalla, The Neale, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
087-6600332
Michael Lenehan
Killaturley, Swinford, Co. Mayo
087-6392850
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ACTIVE MEMBERS 2012
County
Name
Address
Harry Mahon
Purranes, Hollymount, Co. Mayo
087-6184884
Phone
John Meeneghan
Derrassa, Shrah, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
086-8352851
Mary Roche
Ballaghadalla, Killala, Co. Mayo
087-6428291
Richard Staunton
Tawnagh, Shrah, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
087-2705909
MEATH
Joseph Meade
Rathbran Church, Lobinstown, Navan, Co. Meath
087-2465606
MONAGHAN
Douglas Deering
Aughareagh, Drum, Co. Monaghan
086-2989605
John Nolan
Coolskeagh, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
086-3189221
Brid Collison
Barna, Dunkerrin, Birr, Co. Offaly
087-2623725
Patrick J Keeney
Coolnahiley, Tullamore Co. Offaly
086-8925588
Fintan Dunne
Clondonnell, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
087-9668689
Loughill, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon
094-9640115
087-2042685
OFFALY
ROSCOMMON Peter Forde
SLIGO
Sean McMorrow
Urlar, Carney, Co. Sligo
TIPPERARY
James Delaney
Ballymackeogh, Newport, Co. Tipperary
061-378162
Seamus Delaney
Ballymackeogh, Newport, Co. Tipperary
061-378162
Noel Farrell
Rathgallen, Golden, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
087-9558446
George D Hayes
Finnoe Hse, Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
086-8204780
Paul McCann
Mullinoly, Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
087-9266755
Patrick Rea
Gurtdrum, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
086-0578971
Francis Ryan
Cragg, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary
087-2595996
Noel Stokes
Cooleen, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary
087-4182836
Donal Quinlan
Cullenwaine, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary
086-3820117
Shrubbywood, Coole, Co. Westmeath
087-9836950
Francis Butler
Culvin, Streete, Co. Westmeath
086-1647442
Francis Donohoe
Johnstown, Collinstown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
087-2518332
WESTMEATH Shane Bowers
WEXFORD
WICKLOW
Brendan & Patricia Mulligan Balroe, Ballynacargy, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
086-0643456
Joseph Savage
Mornington, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath
086-8498862
John & Bridget Barron
The Leap, Adamstown, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
087-2730243
Philip Becker
Landscape Farm, New Ross, Co. Wexford
087-9074799
Robert Furlong
Misterin Hse, Adamstown, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
087-9445580
Philomena O’Neill
Killilane, Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford
087-2052393
James Byrne
Merville, Colbinstown via Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
087-0567053
Paul Grace
Uppertown, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
087-7970454
Alfred Hanbidge
Beechdale, Stratford-on-Slaney, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow 087-7832068
Kelly Stevenson
Coolmoney, Donard, Co. Wicklow
087-4147834
Ernest & Lionel Mackey Ballinclea House, Donard, Co. Wicklow
087-6737341
P.J. & Laurence McGrath Whitestown, Stratford-on-Slaney, Co. Wicklow
087-9863311
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Ballinclea
Visitors
Welcome
The herd is full
symbol organic.
Heifers and bulls
normally for sale.
Current Stock Bull: Dreylands Fred by Causse Ureinou out of
B. Crueize Ramita. 5 Stars. Suckler Beef Value Index EUR121
Ballinclea Aubracs 045-404973
Ernest and
Lionel Mackey
Ballinclea Aubracs,
Ballinclea House,
Donard,
Co. Wicklow
Ballinclea Blaze by Calverstown Sarawak out of Jeannine Batifol Sarita
by Obelix. This is the type of maternal cow that we are breeding.
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AUBRACS
Our aim is to
breed hardy docile
maternal cattle with
good milking ability,
using blood lines
from the Batifol herd
in France and the
bulls Remus, Obelix,
Harpon and Ushuaia.
Part of the Ballinclea Aubrac Herd
www.ballincleafarm.com
Ernest
087-6737341
Lionel
087-9970988
mackey@iol.ie
Ballinclea Duke - Male Aubrac Champion,
Kilkenny Beef Expo 2008
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MY AUBRAC X HEIFER AND ME!
In August 2011, Catherina Cunnane won an Aubrac X Limousin heifer in the
Farmers Journal Heifer and Hogget Competition. Here is her story.
“I was very excited when I opened the Farmers
Journal and saw that there would be an Aubrac
X Limousin heifer for the competition in 2011,
sponsored by the Irish Aubrac Society! I had
first been introduced to Aubrac Cattle by Francis
Donohoe from Johnstown in Westmeath and
knew what a great breed they were. With an
Aubrac in the competition I was definitely going
to enter and I was going to try and do the best!
During the three weeks before Tullamore Show
2011, I answered three farming questions. My
Dad and Mum were wondering why I was
taking a load of photos and doing a lot of typing.
It all seemed very clear to them when I got a
surprise phone call from Shirley Busteed, The
Pedigree Editor of the Farmers Journal. She said
I had made it as a short-listed candidate. I was
delighted.
The Day of the Tullamore Show arrived (Sunday
14th of Aug) and we got up early and headed
from Derrybrack, Kilkelly, County Mayo to the
Tullamore showgrounds. We arrived early and
we had a look around. First we went to visit the
Aubrac Cattle and then the Heifer Competition
stand. 11 o’clock came and it was time for the
questions from the judges from the Breed
Societies. I was interviewed by Ernest Mackey, a
member of the Irish Aubrac Society Council, and
two other Judges. Justin McCarthy described the
judges as the ‘Dragons’ from ‘Dragons Den’.
Catherina, John Deane and Tullabelle
At 2 p.m. the winners were about to be announced
and I had my eye on the Aubrac. Two winners
were called out and I was feeling I would be
going home without a Heifer. Next thing I heard
Justin saying my name ‘Catherina Cunnane’. I
was completely shocked. I went up on the stand
and was lucky enough to pick the ‘Aubrac’ scroll.
It was pure luck. I knew well she would fit in very
well with all our Aubracs at home. I met John
Deane, the breeder of my new Heifer. I got my
photo taken and it was printed in the Farmers
Journal the next week.
Since the Heifer Competition, I have joined
the Irish Aubrac Society. We have now a herd
of Pedigree & Cross-bred Aubracs. We decided
to call our herd ‘Derrybrack Aubracs’. I like the
Tullabelle in 2012
Aubrac Breed very much. I think they are the
Breed for the Future. The Aubrac are easy calved,
easy fed and easy managed. Even better the Cows
calve easily and go back in-calf quickly again. The
Aubrac Cows are excellent mothers. They have
small but very lively calves. They have very good
kill-out results, with the Aubrac and Aubrac
Crosses easily grading U’s and E’s. The Aubrac
and Aubrac crosses are also in high demand
for export. The Aubrac X Culard Charolais are
an exceptionally good cross. I can definitely see
myself with Aubrac Cattle in the future.
Thursday the 5th of July, marked a huge event
for Derrybrack Aubracs. A French A.I. specialist
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named Philippe came to our farm. He had a
look through all our pedigree Aubrac Cows and
Heifers and told us about their breeding. He had
a look through their pedigree certs and suggested
top French AI Aubrac Bulls to give them.
Tullabelle, the heifer I won, is now in-calf to
our stockbull ‘Johnstown Frank 6014’ from the
highly rated Johnstown Aubrac Herd. Frank is
5 star rated within breed and across breed with a
SBV of €130. I’m looking forward to Tullabelle
calving within the next few weeks. I thank the
Irish Aubrac Society very much for sponsoring
Tullabelle. And I look forward to the years ahead
working closely with The Society and promoting
the ‘Breed of the Future’.”
Derrybrack Aubracs
DERRYBRACK, AGHAMORE, BALLYHAUNIS, CO.MAYO
Email: derrybrackaubracs@gmail.com
Catherina 087 7706314 or Joseph 087 2973010
www.derrybrackaubracs.yolasite.com
Twitter: @Aubracs
Facebook: Derrybrack Aubracs
Johnstown Denise 5804 and her Al Aubrac Bull Calf out of Turin (TIN)
INSET: ‘Tullabelle’ won by Catherina Cunnane (Derrybrack Aubracs)
in the Irish Farmers’ Journal Heifer and Hogget Competition 2011.
From John Deane’s Aubrac herd.
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BUTLERSGIFT
AUBRACS
Established 1996
Breeding Top Quality Males and Females
“I am very impressed with the kill out of Aubrac cattle,
the meat producing a flavour of its own.”
You will be impressed.
A selection
of Males
and
Females
For Sale
Easily
Maintained
Animals
Visitors
Welcome
John Deane, Butlersgift, Drimoleague, Co. Cork
Tel: 087 9261776 or 028 31443
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HOW AUBRACS FIRST
CAME TO IRELAND
THE STORY OF ADAM!
It was in 1990 that Seán O’Driscoll,
a farmer from Skibbereen in Co.
Cork, first read about Aubracs. Their
feed efficiency, easy calving and easy
finishing qualities interested him.
In 1991, Seán travelled to a Royal
Agricultural Show in the United
Kingdom where he saw Aubrac
cattle on display. It was love at first
sight and Seán, along with his cousin
Derry O’Driscoll, made the decision
to import 10 embryos, at the cost of
£800 per embryo.
Seán travelled to the UK once more and
collected the embryos while Derry monitored
and prepared the heifers that would subsequently
carry the embryos to term. Out of the 10 embryos,
4 developed to term and arrived safely, in 1992, as
small, lively healthy purebred Aubrac calves. Out
of the 4 calves, there were 3 bulls and 1 heifer!
The first bull calf that arrived was aptly named
Coolnagurrane Adam and he was officially the
first Aubrac in Ireland!
Derry got Coolnagurrane Adam, along with
the second bull calf born, Coolnagurrane Abel,
into the Tully Test station. They both
achieved good results with an overall
Beef Merit Index figure of 112 and 104
respectively.
from Coolnagurrane Adam. The feedback
was overwhelmingly positive. A butcher in
Skibbereen, Tom Walsh, bought an Aubrac
heifer for killing and was amazed at the amount
of high quality meat that came off the animal. He
too subsequently became an Aubrac breeder!
In a separate part of the country, Kim amd
Mireille McCall from Kildare, imported a group
of maiden and in-calf heifers in 1996. Finally, a
small but dedicated group of breeders, including
those already mentioned, got together and
formed the national Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed
Society Limited in 1998.
Coolnagurrane Abel was sold and
went to Cape Clear Island where he
was prolific and produced high quality
offspring. Derry O’Driscoll worked hard
to get Coolnagurrane Adam into South
Western Cattle Breeding, Bandon AI,
where 2500 straws were taken from him.
Derry and Seán set up a small local
Aubrac Society and sought feedback
from those who had bought straws
Coolnagurrane Adam and Derry O’Driscoll
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Calverstown
Aubracs
MUDGEE:
Mudgee was born in the Cantal
mountains in 1996 on the farm of Pierre
Boulat. She is in 2012 rearing her 14th
calf. Her calving interval is 366 days.
Her progeny includes the 2004 overall
Aubrac champion at Tullamore Show
(heifer), and 5 bulls sold
as sires on pedigree and commercial
herds. 90% of her progeny that has
been slaughtered to date has graded U.
She has spent her last 8 winters out with
the other 5 horned cows and she is now
back in calf again.
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The herd was started in 1996 with the first
French imports into Ireland of 6 maiden
heifers and 3 in-calf heifers. Today we
have around 60 pure bred registered
cows. This has entailed a lot of selection
from within the herd. Our objective is
to produce a quiet, deep, well fleshed
cow which in turn will produce a quality
calf a year for at least 8 calvings, using a
grass based diet.
We are now at a stage, where we are
fine tuning from within a closed herd,
following a limited, selected, number
of bloodlines, to achieve our goal of a
totally homogenous herd which makes
selling and management much easier.
The Aubrac cow can be beaten on any
given trait but as a complete package is
hard to beat.
COWS, HEIFERS AND BULLS FOR SALE ALL YEAR ROUND.
Visitors always welcome.
Kim McCall, Calverstown, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
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Tel : 045 485280
Wagon Silage,
Tedding and Rowing.
Baled Silage
and
Hedge Cutting
Slurry Spreading
and
Dung Spreading.
Main Contractor to Merville, Barley
Hill and Dreylands Aubrac.
Wishing continued success in the
future to the Aubrac Society.
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AUBRACS FROM START TO FINISH
KILL OUT RESULTS FROM RICHARD GREENE SPRING 2012.
Aubrac bullocks slaughtered Slaney Meats Mid May 2012.
Tag Nbr
D.O.B
Grade
Dead Weight
30755
12-12-09
U=3=
402 kg
70767
25-01-10
R+3-
379 kg
20770
02-02-10
U-3-
412 kg
70775
10-02-10
U-4-
402 kg
90777
12-02-10
R+3+
438 kg
10778
12-02-10
U=3=
424 kg
20779
20-02-10
U=3+
472 kg
10786
21-03-10
U-2+
448 kg
30788
08-04-10
U-4-
427 kg
40789
16-04-10
R+2=
380 kg
70791
19-04-10
U=3=
367 kg
80792
20-04-10
R=2=
386 kg
90793
21-04-10
U-3=
439 kg
These 13 animals were born and reared on the
farm of Kim McCall in Co. Kildare. Each year
a certain number of bull calves are selected at
weaning and kept as potential breeding bulls. The
rest of the bull calves are either sold through the
mart to Italian or Irish finishers, or direct to one
finisher as was the case for these. The cows are
pure bred registered Aubrac (except for 30788
whose mother is ½ Aubrac). They are kept on an
extensive, cost conscious system. The cows are fed
grass, hay or silage. They do not get concentrates,
even as young stock. The bull calves get 3 pounds
of meal a day for 5 weeks prior to weaning. The
average birth weight of these calves was 39 to
40 kilos and they were sold after weaning in
October 2010 at an average weight of 320 kg.
Three of them are out of 2½ year old heifers
((786-789-792), 755 is out of a 3 year old heifer
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by an AI bull (Bayon), the others are by stock
bulls. Richard Greene has been finishing pure
Aubrac and Aubrac crosses over the years, on
his farm near Athy. Richard finishes an average
of 200 bullocks a year mostly continental cross
breds and buys Aubracs when they are available.
The animals are castrated soon after they are
purchased and housed in November on straw
bedded sheds. During the first winter they are
fed on ad-lib grass silage and 1 kilo per head of
a grain mix : barley (50%), citrus pulp, distillers
and flaked maize. For their second winter, until
they are finished, they get 4 kg/head of the same
mixture. During the summer, they are fed on
grass only. What Richard appreciates about the
Aubrac is their good health, ease of finishing,
excellent kill out and consistent results. The
consistency is achieved through breeding.
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Also
A
Commercial
Gameshooting
• Low Maintenance
• Easy Calving
• Calving Regularity
• Longevity
• High Quality Meat
The Modern Suckling Breed
John Hamilton
Brown Hall Estates
Ballintra,
Co. Donegal, Ireland
Tel: + () 
Mob: + () 
Brown Hall Pedigree Aubracs
SOME AUBRAC KILLOUT RESULTS
All figures taken from original factory documents, available on request.
Owner: James By
rne
Factory: Kepak
Purebred bulls
Age
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
Cold Kg Grade
353.3
U3
386.1
E2
377.8
U3
350.4
U3
394.4
U3
388.6
E3
436.6
E3
Owner: Bernard Casey
Factory: Kepak
Purebred Bulls
nnane
Owner: Joseph Cu
eats
Factory: Dawn M
Age
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<24 months
<30 months
ll
Aubrac X Culard bu
Cold Kg Grade
Age
9 E=2=
14 months 451.1
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Cold KG
413.6
388.1
399.4
404.2
352.3
403.3
420.4
401.8
430.7
Grade
U3
U3
U3
U3
U3
U4L
U3
U3
U3
Parknareragh
Aubrac Herd
Mick McAuliffe, Fahaduff, Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Contact Joe O’Connor on 086-8232466
A selection of Purebred Maiden Heifers
and Bulls from French Bloodlines as
well as Crossbred Heifers for sale
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ions, Co. Laois
Owner: Mark On
Weanling bulls
Crossbred Aubrac
of
t
ou
rm
-fa
sold off
ss cows
British Friesian cro
le Live Weight
DOB Date of Sa
427kg
15/1/11 06/10/11
446kg
26/1/11 06/10/11
420kg
01/2/11 06/10/11
459kg
07/2/11 06/10/11
Owner: James By
rne
Factory: Kepak
Aubrac X Heifers
Age
36 months
36 months
Cold Kg
411.6
367.5
Grade
U4
U4
Killaturley Aubracs
MICHAEL LENEHAN, KILLATURLEY, SWINFORD, CO. MAYO
Mobile: 087 6392850
Tel: 094 9251986
Healthy animals, easy
to fatten for weanling
or factory sale and
easy to maintain.
Introduced into
existing cattle herd in
2006 when 3 in-calf
Aubrac heifers were
imported from France.
Highly recommended.
All heifers born since
have been kept to
increase Aubrac herd.
Thanks to all the
members of the
Aubrac Society for
their help and advice
since 2006.
Very easy to put in
calf and to calf.
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Lios Na Coille Organic Aubrac
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The breed is built on grass efficiency. It is successful because it balances maternal
and reproductive traits with muscle and forage-efficient growth. Natural ability to
thrive without supplementary feeding, which makes them suitable for organic farming.
Calves are extremely lively and vigorous at birth, calve easily and nurse more quickly.
High level of resistance to disease and first in longevity.
Achieve E & U grading.
AUBRAC, the right decision for your farm,
the right decision for your family.
For details, contact Michael Heslin, Drumgrania, Gortlettragh, Co. Leitrim.
Tel: 071 9621313 / 086 3325496 Email: aoibhinmooreheslin@gmail.com
Ardara Aubrac Herd
Tullamore Show Champion Maiden Heifer 2011
Newly established Aubrac breeder since
2010 with the purchase of two females
from John Walsh’s Rockhill Aubracs.
Contact Joseph Brennan on 087 1202900 or 074 9735311
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AI BULLS
PEDIGREE BREEDING
The Irish Aubrac Society keeps a selection of
straws available to Pedigree breeders. These straws
are kept in NCBC, Enfield and have to be ordered
from the Society’s office. An up to date list of bulls
and catalogue are available and can be obtained
from the Society’s office (051 641106). The
current catalogue can be viewed on Sersia’s web
site at www.sersia.fr
The Irish Aubrac society is organising along with
the French Herd-Book and ICBF a breeding
program designed at identifying the best Aubrac
cows in Ireland. Joining Herd-Plus has been made
compulsory to obtain more accurate figures and
better reliability. The cows are chosen on their
figures and pedigree and are then matched by
the French Herd-Book with selected French AI
bulls. The resulting progeny should be of superior
genetic merit, the bull calves qualify to enter
testing in Tully and the heifers become part of
the elite female herd. Some of the French AI bulls
chosen for this program are: Roussel, Financier,
Eros, Bayon II and Dolby.
In France every year over one hundred
males
are
chosen
for
testing
on
their individual performance: growth rate,
conformation and functional characteristics. At
the end of the intake the index is calculated by
INRA (French breeding institute) based on daily
weight gain, weight for age, muscular and skeletal
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development. The animals are chosen by a group
of breeders appointed by the herd book and AI
companies. 3 or 4 are picked by Midatest to go in
to AI and the rest are sold to breeders through
the station (private sale and auction). The AI bulls
are selected on:
◆ their mother; fertility; average calving
interval; longevity; number of calvings; age
at first calving; milking ability; ease of calving.
◆ the bull himself before entering the station;
date of birth - preferably mid December to
mid March; genealogy; weight at weaning;
skeletal
and
muscular
development;
functional ability. Must conform to the breed
characteristics.
◆ on the animal at the station; precocity; ability
to show an adult format very quickly. Growth
rate; weight for age; daily weight gain;
monthly weighing and scoring at intake and
coming out of the station.
◆ Hardiness - feed efficiency on rough forage ¾ of the ration is hay. Evaluation of the legs
after being tied up (5 months on concrete).
Calving ability: internal measurement of the
pelvic opening.
CROSS-BREEDING:
Aubrac bulls continue to prove themselves as sires
of consistent good quality finishing stock with high
grades and the maternal qualities
of the breed make crossbred
females valuable replacements
for commercial herds. All major
AI companies carry straws from
Aubrac bulls that are appropriate
for cross-breeding.
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DAVID TAYLOR
ANIMAL NUTRITION
Carrick Mill, Loughbawn, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Tel: 044-9666458 & 044-9666559
Email: info@dtan.ie
Fax: 044-9666934
Website: www.dtan.ie
We manufacture and package powder, liquid and pelleted
mineral supplements for Farmers and Feed Mills throughout
Ireland, providing the nutritional demands of the Dairy,
Beef, Pig, Sheep, Goat, Dog, Poultry and Horse industries.
Thank you to Francis Donohoe for the picture.
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Michael McCall
Sean O’Driscoll
Sean O’Driscoll
Noel Farrell
Ernest Mackey
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Patrick McGarrigle
Tag number
Bull owner
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AU
AU
AU
AU
AU
AU
AU
Breed
09/02/2008
29/12/2007
19/01/2008
02/02/2008
16/01/2008
14/02/2008
15/03/2008
DOB
429
444
455
447
432
382
345
(kg)
Start
wt.
606
626
638
632
640
580
518
(kg)
End
wt.
Average
daily gain
(kg/day)
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.4
2.3
9.6
9.6
11.8
10.9
10.7
9.9
9.5
Dry matter
intake
(kg/day)
2.0
efficiency
Food
(DMI/ADG) conversion
4.8
4.6
5.6
5.2
4.5
4.3
4.8
3.2
2.66
2.69
2.31
2.69
2.36
2.0
fat depth
(mm)
Ultrasonic
90.7
84.0
85.0
88.0
83.8
86.5
76.4
Thornhill
Urielle
Thornhill
Ulette
Ramon
Tommy
Ramon
Tommy
J.L. Batifol
Shania
Calverstown
Reinette
Ramon
Acajou
Calverstown
Sarawak
Serres Unity
Calverstown
Rick O’shea
Brown Hall
Angelique
Serres
Ukraine
Calverstown
Rick O’shea
Perlou
Dam name
Sire name
The table below shows the final test results of 7 Aubrac Bulls that came out of Tully Bull Testing Station, Co. Kildare
EXAMPLE TULLY TEST RESULTS
muscle
Ultrasonic
depth (mm)
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CROSSBREEDER PROFILE
HELL’S KETTLE ORGANIC FARM
Pat and Gavin Lynch from Co. Wicklow
carry a herd of crossbred commercial
sucklers. They use an Aubrac bull and are
adamant about the quality of stock and
the efficiency of feed conversion. Here’s
what Gavin has to say:
“Myself and my dad, Pat, farm about 40
hectares in Donard, Co. Wicklow. Ours is
a mixed enterprise organic farm producing
beef, turkeys, fruit and hazelnuts.
We first came across the Aubrac breed
when visiting our neighbour, Ernest
Mackey’s farm. We had just gotten out of dairying and into sucklers and were looking for an easy
calving breed with a good temperament and Aubracs seemed to fit the bill.
We bought our first bull from Paul Grace of Dunlavin in 2005 and haven’t looked back since. Our cows
are a kind of ‘liquorice allsorts’ bunch in terms of breed. They’re mostly Hereford or Aubrac cross but
we’ve also got some Angus cross and some continentals. The Aubrac works brilliantly with all of them.
Out of over 120 calvings, I could count on one hand the number of times a cow needed any attention.
The most important factor around here is animal health and the Aubrac cross calves, although small
initially, have great get-up and
go and very quickly start to
thrive. We farm organically
and the ability to finish cattle
without stuffing them with
expensive meal is important
to us.
Our first batch of heifers
will be ready for the abattoir
this autumn having received
very little in the way of meal.
This year we’ll be feeding
just a little ration at weaning
and then red clover silage
throughout the winter and
hope for similar results. We
intend to sell our beef direct from the farm so the quality of our product will be hugely important.
We’ll be finishing our cattle at more of a ‘butchers’ size, in or around 18 months of age. In terms of
healthy, low maintenance and easily finished cattle, for my money, it’d be hard to beat the Aubrac cross.”
Hell’s Kettle Organic Farm takes its name from the river that runs through the farm. Gavin and Pat sell
their range of beef, turkeys and hazelnuts locally and online at www.hellskettle.ie , they also sell fruit
direct from the farm and through Castleruddery Organic Farm.
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James and Deirbhíle Byrne
Merville, Colbinstown,
Co Kildare.
Phone: 045403118
Mobile: 0870567053
Email: mervilleaubracfarm@gmail.com
Visitors always welcome.
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CROSSBRED AUBRACS
The qualities that make Aubrac so special are not just present in Purebreds but their traits carry through
in crossbreeding also. Easy calved, easy fed and easy finished stock with good grades and kill-outs are
what crossbred Aubrac farmers enjoy about the breed.
Pictured below are a selection of calves out of Charolais cross cows sired by a Purebred Aubrac bull.
The bull, Coolnagurrane Danny, is also pictured. This stock is from the herd of Finbar O’Driscoll,
Drinagh, Co. Cork.
He notes that in excess of 75% of his bulls kill out as U grades, mostly U3, some 20% will grade R, while
occasionally he achieves an E grade with his Aubrac cross stock.
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(087)9836950
sj.bowers@hotmail.com
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PJ POLLARD, DAMA, BALLYCALLAN, CO KILKENNY
Tel: 086 1562154
Email: pj-poll@hotmail.com
PEDIGREE BULLS & HEIFERS FOR SALE
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CROSSBRED AUBRACS
Shane Bowers, Shrubbywood, Coole, Co. Westmeath, runs a herd of commercial and purebred Aubracs.
At present, 50% of his herd is Purebred Aubrac with the rest being Aubrac crosses. Some of his Aubrac
cross cows originated from Bandon Mart as three week old suck calves. These have proved to be
exceptional breeders, particularly when crossed with a 5 star Aubrac bull. The bull which Shane used on
the cows shown below was Johnstown Darragh 636, bred by Francis Donohoe. He rates 5 star within
and across breed with a SBV of €156. He can be viewed on the ICBF website.
This cow, tag 426, is out of a Montbelliarde/Holstein cross cow and sired by an Aubrac bull. Her calf, pictured
above right, tag 304, rates 5 star with a SBV of €100. Shane intends to keep this heifer for breeding.
This cow, tag 646, is out of a Holstein cow sired by an Aubrac bull, Thornhill Ultan, who was originally bred
by Seán O’Driscoll, Skibbereen. She has a SBV value of €125. Her heifer calf, pictured above right, again out
of Johnstown Darragh 636, rates 5 star with a SBV of €141. See below.
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AUBRAC CHAMPIONS AND
RESERVES RESULTS
TULLAMORE SHOWS
2009 CHAMPION: Ugracieuse
Owned by Mr Michael Hanlon,
Dring, Co. Longford
2010 Reserve Champion: Ugracieuse
Owned by Mr. Michael Hanlon, Dring,
Co. Longford
2009 Reserve Champion: Ballinclea Campeur
Owned by Mr Ernest Mackey,
Ballinclea, Donard, Co. Wicklow
2011 CHAMPION: Johnstown Bernadette
Owned by Mr Francis Donohoe, Collinstown,
Co. Westmeath
2010 CHAMPION: Rockhill Eve
Owned by Mr J Walsh, Ballintra, Co. Donegal
2011 Reserve Champion: Rockhill Eve
Owned by Mr John Walsh, Ballintra,
Co. Donegal
TULLAMORE PEDIGREE SHOW & SALE
2010 CHAMPION: Adamstown Daisy
Owned by Mr. Leo Dooley, Clonegal,
Co. Carlow
2011 CHAMPION: Cairnhill Go-On
Owned by Mr Bernard Casey, Drumlish,
Co. Longford
2010 Reserve Champion: Cairnhill Everett,
Owned by Mr Bernard Casey, Drumlish,
Co. Longford
2011 Reserve Champion: Johnstown Frank 849.
Co. Westmeath
VIRGINIA SHOWS
2008 CHAMPION: Ugracieuse
Dring, Co. Longford
2010 CHAMPION: Johnstown Emma 636
Owned by Mr. Francis Donohoe, Collinstown,
Co. Westmeath
2009 Champion: Ugracieuse
Dring, Co. Longford
2010 Reserve Champion: Jouve Vera
Co. Westmeath
2009 Reserve Champion: Venice
Owned by Mr John Walsh,
Co. Westmeath
2011 Reserve Champion: Jouve Vera
Co. Westmeath
ATHLONE SHOW
2012 CHAMPION: Jouve Vera
Co. Westmeath
2012 Reserve Champion: Johnstown Denise
Co. Westmeath
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AUBRAC CHAMPIONS AND
RESERVES RESULTS
BEEF EXPO
2008 Female & OVERALL CHAMPION:
Venice
2008 Female Reserve & Overall Reserve
Champion: Hazelwood Carissa
Dring, Co. Longford
2008 Male Champion: Ballinclea Duke
Owned by Mr Ernest Mackey,
Donard, Co. Wicklow
2008 Male Reserve Champion: Ballintra Dale
Co. Westmeath
2010 Reserve Champion: Rockhill Fawn
Owned by Mr John Walsh, Ballintra,
Co. Donegal
GOFFS / RDS SHOW 2003
2003 CHAMPION: Rockhill Trinkle
Owned by Edward Walsh,
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2003 Reserve: Rockhill Trickster
Owned by Mr Edward Walsh,
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HELPFUL HINTS FOR NEW BREEDERS
BEFORE YOU BUY
BOUGHT IN ANIMALS
Make sure you know enough about the breed
before choosing your animals.
If the animals have been bought in from France
send in the French pedigree certificates of the
animals you want to register. The onus is on the
breeder to provide a covering cert for in calf
animals, but the Society can often help. Animals
not already registered with the Society (imports)
have to be named. The name has to start with
the letter matching the animal’s year of birth:
2009=E; 2010=F; 2011=G; 2012=H; 2013=I; and
so on. Simply write the name of your choice on
the original cert.
Read the following registrations conditions to
make sure you have all the relevant documentation
to transfer your new animals in your name with
the Society and register their progeny without
problems.
JOINING THE SOCIETY
You will find 2 forms attached One is your membership application form. Your
Herd-Book name is the prefix you will give to
your calves’ names for example: “Calverstown”
Arrow.
The other is an ICBF (Irish Cattle Breeding
Federation) form to join Animal Events
(compulsory) through which your registrations
will be processed.
Fill in these 2 forms and return to the Society
along with a cheque for €65 in payment of
your membership. Please note, to encourage
breeders to join before the beginning of 2010
(so everything is in place before spring calving
starts) all new memberships paid from the 1st of
September also include the following year.
Your membership application will be presented at
the next Council meeting and on acceptance, you
will receive a set of Herd Book rules and a Share
Certificate (value € 1).
‘All calves, pedigree or not, will be registered
through the ICBF. Giving a name to a calf will
trigger its registration as a pedigree animal. Please
do not name an animal which you do not wish
to register as a cost of naming will automatically
be incurred to the Society. Both Parents of the
calf must be registered with the Society before
the calf can be registered. AI dockets must be
forwarded to Deerpark Farm Services. If the sire
is a stock bull he MUST be DNA/parentage
tested, preferably before he serves. DNA kits are
available from Deerpark Farm Services.
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If the animals have been bought in Ireland, make
sure they have already been fully registered with
the Society to avoid possible late registration
problems and return their brown pedigree cert to
the office for transfer to your name. For in calf
animals you will have to provide a covering cert
signed by the previous owner to certify what bull
covered the cow, or an AI docket if she has been
inseminated. Also make sure the stock bull used
has been DNA tested otherwise your calves will
not be eligible for registration. As for imported
animals, send in the certs for transfer in to your
own name.
REGISTRATIONS
Bought in animals have to be registered as
explained above, and calves through animals
events. Invoices will be sent to you when the
registrations have come through. Pedigree
certificates will be issued by Deerpark Farm
Services when all documentation is in order and
monies are paid.
The Irish Aubrac Herd Book is now kept by
Deerpark Farm Services. All paperwork and
enquiries concerning registration should be
addressed to Angela Lacey, Deerpark Farm
Services, Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary.
Tel: 051 641106; Fax: 051 641825
Email: angela.lacey@deerparkfarmservices.com
or info@aubrac.ie
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IRISH AUBRAC CATTLE BREED SOCIETY LTD.
Registrations handled by: Deerpark Farm Services, Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary
www.aubrac.ie
Tel: 051 641106
Fax: 051 641825
Email: angela.lacey@deerparkfarmservices.com or info@aubrac.ie
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
I, undersigned, hereby apply for membership of the above named Co-operative. I agree to make full
payment of any annual subscription and service fees required by the rules of the Co-operative. I agree to
be legally bound by the terms and conditions of each of the Society, Membership and Herd Book rules.
Name of applicant:
Address of applicant:
Telephone number:
Mobile number:
Signature of applicant:
Date:
HERD BOOK NAME
First choice:
Second choice:
Herd number of applicant:
Herd identification:
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form continued overleaf…
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ANIMAL EVENTS ICBF
To whom it may concern,
I………………………………………………. Request that the Department of Agriculture and Food
make available a copy of my herd’s calf registration data, centralised movements monitoring system data
(CMMS) and other relevant cattle breeding data to Irish Cattle Breeding Federation for the purpose
of the National Cattle Breeding Database. Data from other organisations (for my herd) may also be
forwarded to ICBF. I understand that such information will be stored in the ICBF cattle breeding
database and will be used for the purpose of cattle breeding activities.
My mobile number is:
My phone number is:
The BTE Herd number(s) that relate to my farming enterprise is/are:
Country letter
e.g. D
Check Digit
6 Digit Herd Number
1
0
1
0
1
1
5
Yours sincerely,
……………………………………(signature)
Date:…………………………………….
Member’s name:
Please indicate those organisations to whom you wish to grant access to data relating to your herd:
Breed Society
Herd Prefix (if applicable)
AUBRAC
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S
hane
B
owers
C
ontracting
SHRUBBYWOOD FARM, COOLE, CO.WESTMEATH
Phone: (087) 9836950 or (087) 4107041
Email: sj.bowers@hotmail.com
SPECIALISING IN:
◆ Slatted Tanks
◆ Groundswork
◆ Site preparation
◆ Land reclamation
◆ Drainage
◆ Concrete works
SHOWS & SALES
The Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society Ltd.
ANNUAL PEDIGREE
SALE
Takes place at the Tullamore Show on 27th October 2012
and in October each year.
A free catalogue is available from the office - please call 051 641106 to order your copy.
See www.aubrac.ie for details and you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Aubracs are on show every year at the
Tullamore Show, Virginia Show, Athlone Show
and the National Ploughing Championships
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