Aberdeen Angus is popular sire
THE Aberdeen-Angus breed has cemented its position as the most popular native beef breed sire in the UK with more than 17 per cent of all beef breed sired calves registered with the British Cattle Movement Service in 2014 being sired by Aberdeen-Angus bulls.
As well as being the most popular native sire, the Aberdeen-Angus breed is the country’s second most popular beef breed overall and increased its influence on calf registrations by nine per cent on 2013 to a total of 296,125.
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