Spring Breeding Sale Feature - CULMAILY LUINGS

Luing cattle have been the backbone of the McCall family’s farming business since the 1960s, running hardy, low maintenance suckler cows which go on to produce progeny suitable for both the store and breeding rings. The ability to be outwintered in the north of Scotland all year round has been one of the key attractions to the breed for father and son team Angus and Ewan, who farm at Culmaily, near Golspie - home to 600 acres of which 400 acres is ploughable, and the remainder permanent pasture. A further 170 acres of rented is summer grazing for cattle. Roughly 200 acres of spring barley is grown for malting, with the surplus used for feeding, which allows the livestock enterprise to be self-sufficient in relation to straw and muck.

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