The Glenrock site for the Illingworth family’s pedigree Limousin herd was the first site to go live for us in what is looking like being a great 2013 for the mooandbaa and Show Business partnership. This was a re design site with the brief set of show casing the herd’s leading dam lines and quality progeny available for sale. Watch this space on this site though as there will be plenty more images to appear on the site in the summer!

We love a challenge at mooandbaa.com and when Boomer Birch presented us with the chance of doing something new, modern, fresh and a little quirky, we jumped at the chance. In order to personalise the site a bit more we decided to play on a fashion theme (knowing that many of Boomer’s successful British Blues have names associated with the fashion world), so with the strap line of “Fashion is temporary, class is permanent” and a fantastic image of Boomer parading a heifer down a catwalk, the Pasturefields site was born. Again, the services of MacGregor Photography was employed for this task and Catherine Laurenson did an excellent job at providing images to suit the brief. We’d like to wish Boomer and the Birch family the very best of luck and look forward to plenty of updates in the New Year.

It’s always an honour when a high profile breeder requests the services of mooandbaa.com and Show Business to design their site and the Alford family of Foxhill Livestock was no exception to this rule. From the start Melanie, Michael and Charlotte Alford were adamant they wanted something different, so with the help of Catherine Laurenson of MacGregor Photography we designed the first site in our portfolio which launches a home page with a video. The video and fantastic imagery complimented the fantastic stock and stunning surroundings of Foxhill Farm and the site has since proved to be a record launch for us with just shy of 7500 page views in the first week of going live. From the start Foxhill has been one of the most exciting projects we’ve done and we don’t doubt there will be plenty more interesting developments to the site as their pedigree and commercial enterprises expand. Watch this space for a new video in the spring of 2013!

2012 was certainly an amazing year for Bridget Borlase and her Sacombe pedigree herd. Having dominated the Southern show circuit with her stock sire Clonagh World Class, she also picked up the Burke Trophy at the Royal Norfolk Show for World Class and her own cow Perrywood Wispa. She’s made a welcome return back to Stirling to sell bulls from her leading herd and even judged there in February. With a renewed passion and fire for success we felt it was only right to re launch her website show casing the progeny World Class and past herd sire Grangewood William have produced with a view to increasing sales off farm and promote those forward at Society sales. The inclusion of Blue Texel sheep and Beef Shorthorn and British Blue heifers to the enterprise could really see some exciting times ahead for the Borlase family. It was a pleasure re designing this site and as both Lyndsey and I are good friends with Bridget, we’d like to wish her and the family the best of luck for the years ahead.

Since its establishment in 1996, the Heathbrow herd of pedigree Simmentals, owned by David and Lesley Sapsed, have fast become a household name on the Southern and East Anglia show circuit with success at many shows. Having invested heavily in proven female lines from leading herds, they are now working hard to promote the benefits of polled Simmentals and have created a strong pedigree and commercial sales following off the back of these purchases.

mooandbaa.com, together with leading livestock photographer Catherine MacGregor of MacGregor Photography, have launched a new online livestock show and sales news website.

The new website, www.farmingeye.com, has been launched in response to massive demand from the livestock industry for an up to date, accurate and informative source of sales news. The site has been borne out of discussions with a number of both firms’ clients and a wide range of contacts within the livestock sector. The aim is to deliver timely, topical show and sales news with relevant and informative commentary.

As well as offering a news service, Farming Eye also carries both display and classified advertising positions, enabling commercial companies and farmers to advertise to a dedicated audience.

Farming Eye will carry news from at home and abroad, helping keep UK farmers up to speed with the latest prime, breeding and store sales news alongside leading show coverage in both the pedigree and commercial sectors.

It was an absolute honour to be asked to re-design the website for the Beltex Sheep Society.

Working closely with club secretary Rachel Buckle and chair person Maimie Paterson, mooandbaa and Show Business have created a news driven site clearly show casing the key areas of the site with all the up to date information from shows and sales across the UK. The Society prides itself on eye catching publications in the form of its annual yearbook and that has hopefully been reflected in the new site alongside dynamic top slot imagery.

It’s always nice to work with elite pedigree breeders, so it was a complete honour to be asked to redesign the website for the Haltcliffe Limousin herd and Texel and Swaledale flocks of the Ridley family. Not only have Haltcliffe been responsible for some of the best and top priced genetics to grace the sale rings at official Limousin society sales, their Texel and Swaledale flocks have firmly established themselves as producers of quality pedigree stock. In the quest to make all our sites different, we have incorporated a unique shopping cart facility for semen sales on the site. He Ridley family truly have some fantastic genetics and we would like to wish them all the very best for future sales and look forward to working with them on reporting their successes.

In a relatively short space of time Ballathie Estates have firmly established themselves as quality breeders of pedigree Aberdeen-Angus and Charolais cattle, as well as commercial cattle. It was an absolute honour to be asked by owner John Milligan and herd manager Jim Woodward to develop a new website for the Ballathie herds, set in beautiful Perthshire countryside, the estate is a site to behold. The estate regularly have bulls forward for the major Stirling sales and exhibit at the Royal Highland Show in the summer and the Winter Fair in the winter. We’d like to wish John and Jim the very best and look forward to writing many success stories for the Ballathie herd.

Although a small herd of pedigree Simmentals, the Swallowhill herd is renowned in the south east of England for breeding quality females which have excelled on the show circuit. With three major wins at National Shows, Swallowhill females are bred from some of the very best genetics in the breed, with most going back to a past Perth champion Balmano Hitman. Regualr show goers on the southern circuit, Tony and Ann Jukes welcome your enquiries with regards possible sock for sale.

Although in its infancy, the Williams herd of pedigree Simmental cattle has seen some great success over the last year, particularly this year with the senior bull Heathbrown Tristar. The herd is continuing to grow with recently purchased top quality genetics from leading herds across the UK. Last year also saw the establishment of a Blue Texel flock with the aim here to run up to 20 years. Significant investment has been made and the flock has already been out and about on the summer show circuit with great success to date. It’s been a total pleasure designing a site for Hayley and Andrew Clarke and we wish them all the best with both enterprises in the future.

In a short space of time, Paul Cairns has had great success with his Plumtree herd of Limousin cattle. His first bull to be offered in Carlisle sold for 35,000gns and just recently he sold a half brother for £40,000 in a private deal. So it was a great honour to be asked to create a website for the Plumtree herd. Paul has some exciting breeding lines in the herd and will no doubt continue to offer the very best bulls for sale in the future. We wish him the very best with forthcoming sales.

The Dooley flock of Beltex is one of the leading flocks in the UK and in 2010 set a new breed record fog a shearling tup when Dooley Napal sold for 18,000gns.

The flock, run by David Thornley, is based on some of the best bloodlines available in the Beltex breed and has an outstanding show and sales record.

David came to mooandbaa.com wanting to capitalise on the strong position the flock enjoyed. We created the Dooley website to help maximise sales in both the UK and overseas and it has helped achieve that and helped promote the flock to new and existing customers.

Ranald Pottinger's Isauld Aberdeen-Angus herd has been founded off the back of some of the breed's top performance sires. A big believer in figures, Ranald produces top quality males and females with all the right attributes for the commercial market place.

The Newhouse herd of pedigree Charolais and Limousin cattle is known all over the UK for turning out quality males and females for sale, so it was a pleasure to be commissioned by Bob and Kay Adam to design a site for them. The Adam family has a history deep in pedigree livestock and both herds have really made their mark on the pedigree sales sector with many of their cattle topping sales at both Carlisle and Stirling. Newhouse will be represented at this February’s Stirling and Carlisle sales so we wish them all the best for both sales.

Current client Adrian Ivory of  Strathisla Farms in Perthshire felt his current website was in need of a change, so it was great to accept the challenge of coming up with a  re-design for Adrian’s pedigree Simmental and Charolais herd. Since his successful night at the FW Awards in  2008, Adrian’s success story has continued to grow having worked with  celebrity chef Mat Follas, as well as appeared on Asda’s Christmas TV  advert promoting the special beef range. Adrian continues to offer quality pedigree and commercial stock for sale both at home  and at Society sales.

Having been approached by the Hazard family of Mereside Limousins to re-design their website, we are pleased to now launch a brand new site for the  herd. Using imagery by Catherine MacGregor, the site is now following a  theme that many may recognise from a well known programme - of course we couldn't resist! Mereside regularly have commercial and pedigree stock  for sale both at home and at auction, at either Newark Livestock Market  or Carlisle. For those wanting a closer look round the herd, book up for  the Beef Expo 2011 farm tours which will be held at Mereside in May.

Mooandbaa.com and Show Business  is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new website for the Southdown  Sheep Society.

This is the first CMS that this partnership have put together and  we’re incredibly pleased with the results. The Society now has a news driven  website, with easy navigation and bright, clear imagery which it will use to  help promote the benefits of the Southdown breed. The site also includes an  interactive map showing where members are positioned throughout the UK as well  as a stock sales and wanted section.

Due to the success of some of the pedigree Aberdeen-Angus websites mooandbaa.com and Show Business have launched together, we were delighted to be asked to design a site for the North East of England Aberdeen-Angus regional club.

Working with their club secretary Victor Dobson, we have created a colour, easy to navigate site in line with Aberdeen-Angus branding. The club is incredibly active in the area and its breeders have some fantastic stock. We look forward to working with the club on a greater level in the future and would like to wish their club members who are competing at next month’s Great Yorkshire Show the best of luck.

On June 11th, Borderway Mart, Carlisle, will stage the sale of some of the best British Blue genetics, as it hosts the fifth “Wilde About Blues” production sale on behalf of Michele Wilde. mooandbaa.com and Show Business jumped at the chance of working with Michele in creating a brand new website for her herd. Ridge Dean cattle have continually sold well and many buyers come back time after time to invest in these highly sought after genetics. We’d like to wish Michele the very best of luck for the 11th and look forward to working with her on a larger scale after the sale where we will continue to add to the brand that is Ridge Dean British Blues.

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Having been established in 2001, the Hawstead Lodge herd of pedigree Aberdeen-Angus cattle has quite simply gone from strength to strength. Owned by Andrew Brown and managed with the help of stockman Kevin Byford, the herd has featured strongly on the summer show circuit picking up championship honours across the south east and East Anglia, culminating in reserve female and reserve male championship success at the breed’s National Show. Show Business and mooandbaa.com would like to wish Andrew and Kevin the very best of success with the 2010 show season and beyond. .

Brief: In 2003 Harry Emslie and Lynwen Evans immersed themselves in the world of pedigree Limousin cattle. Since it’s conception, the Emslies herd has made significant investment in some of the breed’s finest genetics and is now making a real name for itself on both the show and sale circuit culminating in an interbreed win at the 2009 Royal Welsh Show.

The launch of www.emslieslivestock.com is one of the most exciting to date for the mooandbaa.com and Show Business partnership. With its creative colours, dynamic layout and fantastic pictures taken by leading Scottish livestock photographer Catherine MacGregor, the Emslies site is a great addition to our portfolio. We look forward to working on future marketing projects with Harry and Lynwen and would like to wish them the very best of luck for 2010 and beyond.

Brief: If you’re a pedigree Limousin or British Blue follower or a commercial beef cattle show fan, the name Wilodge is one you’ll definitely know, so it was a great honour to be asked by Christine Williams and Paul Tippetts to design and manage a brand new website for the Wilodge herd as well as create a brand identity for Wilodge cattle as well as the Hackney pedigree Beltex flock. Incorporating shows and sale results as well as a detailed for sale offering, the Wilodge site is the first mooandbaa.com and Show Business designed site to host video of stock for sale. Three young bulls are available for sale at Carlisle in October and information of these bulls as well as video and pictures is now available on the site. We would like to wish Christine and Paul the very best for the Carlisle sale.

Brief: In preparation for her production sale, Jane Smith of Whitepool and Rainbow pedigree Belted Galloways asked mooandbaa.com to design a new, vibrant and eye catching website to market stock for sale as well as highlight the herd’s successes in the showing rings. Working alongside Lyndsey Behan of Show Business, we have designed just that. Jane’s new site has an incredibly modern feel with stunning photography by Richard Stanton and is a perfect addition to the herd’s marketing programme. Both mooandbaa.com and Show Business would like to wish Jane the best of luck for her sale at the end of October.

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Brief: The Boars Head herd of pedigree Simmental cattle has been successful for many years at various shows in the south east of England, so it was no surprise that mooandbaa.com were approached to design a website to promote the herd’s success.

Working alongside Show Business, we have designed a site which not only sings about the praises in the show ring, but helps promote the recent additions to the herd’s genetics from some of the breed’s top bloodlines.

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Shadwell Estates Aberdeen Angus

www.shadwellaberdeenangus.co.uk

Brief: With the success of Shadwell Estates’ herd of pedigree Aberdeen-Angus in the show ring over previous years, mooandbaa.com was tasked with the creation of a bespoke website for the herd.

The objective was for a site that showed the vast depth of female and male genetics on offer at Shadwell as well as a place to celebrate in their show success and market stock and semen for sale.

Sacombe Simmentals

www.sacombe.com

Brief: To design and manage a brand new website for Bridget Borlase’s herd of pedigree Simmentals, based in Hertfordshire. Bridget asked mooandbaa.com and Show Business to come up with a design that reflected the classic and traditional focus of the herd as well as producing a platform that easily marketed the depth of genetics Sacombe has to offer. We will soon be introducing a brand new website for Bridget’s on-farm retail business Bridget B’s.

Chaileybrook Southdowns and Hampshire Downs

www.chaileybrook.co.uk

Brief: With the recent addition of pedigree Hampshire Down sheep to Kent-based Jonathan Long’s Chaileybrook prefix it was decided to create a market leading pedigree sheep website capable of marketing breeding sheep and tups to both the pedigree and commercial producer. The Chaileybrook site now has the ideal platform to market stock available for both private viewing and prior to official Society sales.

Strathisla Farms

www.strathislafarms.co.uk

Brief: Strathisla Farms in Perth, Scotland, is managed by Adrian Ivory, the 2008 Farmers Weekly Young Farmer and overall Farmer of the Year. Having had such success at the Awards, Adrian felt it was necessary to bring in some PR support for his business. Mooandbaa.com now manage all new content for the Strathisla Farms website (already designed by Show Business) while helping support Adrian by officiating new client meetings, writing various presentations for his many talks given all over the UK. This has been a great opportunity for mooandbaa.com to cover all areas of agricultural PR, marketing and journalism.