Celebrating 40 years of breeding Salers cattle

The Walling family were instrumental in introducing Salers cattle to the UK and the breed is still key to the success of their family business

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Tom and Ian Walling

Fittingly, in the 40th anniversary year of the UK Salers Cattle Society, a new breed record was set this month, when a bull sold for 20,000gns at Stirling, along with another three at five-figures, a record...

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